How a Millionaire's Brain Works

Re:How a Millionaire's Brain Works by Alex3917 on Thursday September 13, 2007 @07:21PM (#54437)

I've heard that a lot of billionaires are extremely frugal. They'll do things like drive three hours to save a couple hundred bucks on a new car. Apparently because they get solicited for money all the time, a lot of them get very paranoid about being taken advantage of.

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Re:How a Millionaire's Brain Works by paul on Thursday September 13, 2007 @10:50PM (#54476)

That's a good idea if your time is worthless. "Penny-wise and pound-foolish"

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Re:How a Millionaire's Brain Works by Alex3917 on Friday September 14, 2007 @12:28AM (#54500)

It's not really to save money though. It's more like after getting dozens of emails a day begging for money, some percentage just develop a complex and have trouble trusting others.

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Re:How a Millionaire's Brain Works by forgotmylastone on Saturday September 15, 2007 @04:35PM (#55000)

If it had to do with emails, then this wouldn't just apply to rich people, it would apply to everyone with an email account. Have you never seen spam?

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Re:How a Millionaire's Brain Works by gwenhwyfaer on Sunday September 16, 2007 @03:12PM (#55342)

I've already got one of those, and I'm nowhere near rich...

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Re:How a Millionaire's Brain Works by Elfan on Thursday September 13, 2007 @11:05PM (#54480)

See the "Millionaire Next Door" for an elaboration on this. That or another one of the books in the series has a long chapter on automobile purchasing habits.

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