The world’s wealthiest families adopt these 7 key habits for success, according to JPMorgan

If you have dreams of joining the billionaires’ club one day, the best place to start might not be business school—it might be your local book club.

Reading is the most commonly cited habit tied to the success of some of the world’s wealthiest families, according to a new JPMorgan report that surveyed more than 100 billionaires whose collective net worth exceeds $500 billion.

The wealth management firm found that exercise, consistency, and waking up early are also top contributors to long-term success. But across interviews, one theme dominated: extreme intentionality about how time is spent. 

“The currency of life is time,” wrote one anonymous billionaire family leader in the report. “It is not money. You think carefully about how you spend one dollar. You should think just as carefully [about] how you spend one hour.”

Forget an MBA—dust off a book if you want to become a billionaire

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