Millionaire by 30 - Positive Thinking
January 30, 2008
Living cheaply can make you a millionaire…here’s proof. Alan Corey didn’t have a high paying job (~$40k per year) but managed to become a millionare by 30 years of age (he turned 30 on Jan. 20th). Here are a few of his “methods”:
- He opened a savings account at a bank far away from his $400-a-month one-bedroom apartment in Spanish Harlem to make it hard to get close to the money — and force him to save.
- He filled out surveys, if the survey companies offered money. Once, he was hired to walk around a movie release party as a Great Dane — for $350, he said.
- He saved every nickel he could, and he crashed parties and art gallery showings to take advantage of free cheese and wine.
Those are just a few things he did. The best part about this story is he didn’t win the lottery, he didn’t inherit a bunch of money, he didn’t marry some old rich lady. He just busted his butt and 
now he’s got the bucks!
Alan’s even wrote a book.
Props: AJC
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Maybe I can make it by 40 - I’ve already missed the “millionaire by 30″ timeframe.