We come up with clever ways to deal with requests for money
“Anytime the newspaper lists my name among the 100 top-paid executives in the area, I get a ton of requests from people asking for money. It happened so much that I had to come up with a strategy to deal with it. Now I say, ‘I’m happy to give. I’ll match however much you raise yourself.’” – A retired California tech executive and multimillionaire.
We don’t necessarily splurge on suits
I buy three suits every five or so years and own only ten total. That’s all I need – T. Boone Pickens, oil billionaire, in an interview with Kiplinger’s magazine in 2012.
We admit we’re snooty
When I go to other people’s houses, I don’t like watching TV on their smaller screens and listening through their wimpy stereo sound systems. It feels like you’re watching TV while slightly blind and deaf. – Allen Wong, multimillionaire developer of many bestselling apps and author of Lifehacked