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You are here: Home / Podcast / 10: You’ll Never Be Rich, But You Can Live Like You Are

10: You’ll Never Be Rich, But You Can Live Like You Are

June 25, 2014 by David Stein · Updated October 19, 2021

Your odds of having $10 million are less than 0.2%. Here’s how to live like your rich without the money.

Photo by Steve Corey
Photo by Steve Corey

In this podcast, you’ll learn:

  1. The surprisingly low median for household net worth and 401k balances in the U.S.
  2. What percent of U.S. households are millionaires.
  3. How much you can withdraw each year from your retirement portfolio.
  4. Why it takes a great deal of luck to reach $10 million in investable assets.
  5. The Millenials and Generation X’s most important life goal.
  6. The difference between looking rich and feeling rich.
  7. What you need in a house in order to feel in rich.
  8. What you need in a car so you feel rich.
  9. How to travel so you feel rich.

Show Notes

Christopher Alexander’s A Pattern Language

U.S. Census data on wealth.

U.S. Trusts Insights on Wealth and Worth

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