Kimbro found that the millionaires’ most common definition of success was the “ability to effect change and the capacity to enjoy their work.” From his research Kimbro came up with this formula to help you attain wealth: The majority were driven by achieving the goal to earn six figures by age 30. They had an average net worth of $4 million, 90 percent were entrepreneurs, and 30 percent of those made their money through real estate.

Kimbro surveyed 1,000 Black millionaires out of the 35,000 in the U.S. If you change your mind, you change your life.” The Wealth Choice is the result of seven years of research in which the Clark Atlanta University business professor conducted an empirical 118-question study of Black millionaires, held six different focus groups around the country and conducted more than 50 interviews. “These are tough times for Black America there are individuals who have lost hope and are without vision, and that is dangerous. “Wealth is not a function of circumstances it is a function of decision and choice,” says Kimbro.

Are the rich really that different from the rest of us? According to Dennis Kimbro, Ph.D., author of The Wealth Choice: Success Secrets of Black Millionaires (Palgrave Macmillan), you bet! All of us have the potential to be millionaires, but the challenge to achieving wealth, Kimbro argues, is adopting the right mind-set.

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