Millionaires' 5 personality traits revealed by study, do you have what it takes?

There is no miracle solution to becoming rich. Unless you win the lottery or inherit a secret fortune from your family, the only way to become one of the richest is to work hard or create something that will change the world (at least in part). But being an aspiring millionaire is also about personality. And in this area, five specific traits have been identified in the richest self-made people.

Self-made men and women

'Money doesn't buy happiness' is a well-known fact. Everything that can be bought does not necessarily guarantee fulfilment. However, a certain rapper by the name of Booba qualified this statement:

Money doesn't make you happy, but happiness doesn't fill your plate.

This is undoubtedly true. Without money, in the 21st century, we have far fewer choices when it comes to consumption and entertaining ourselves freely. This is a very contentious phrase, but it can nevertheless be the source of some people's desire to be rich, very rich, and why not millionaires.

Those who do not inherit a colossal fortune must, in the vast majority of cases, work very hard to achieve this dream. Science has analysed those who have achieved this without 'outside' help, that is, the self-made men and women. One study revealed the five personality traits that these people had.

The 5 personality traits of millionaires

A study by the Institute for Economic Research and the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster, published in Humanities & Social Sciences Communications in April 2022, defines the five personality traits of millionaires: risk-taking, emotional stability, openness, extraversion and application.

The study also shows that people who are likely to become millionaireswork more than others, about 46.9 hours a week compared to 36.4 for a 'normal' person, as reported by Block Builders.

This article was translated from Gentside FR.

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