http://www.richestmanintown.com Dispatches from the World of Self-Made Wealth Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:19:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en When I was doing my research for The Richest Man in Town, I uncovered only four women who qualified as the richest self-made person in their town, and I visited the 100 largest towns in America. It wasn’t exactly a ringing endorsement that women were shattering the glass ceiling ... http://www.richestmanintown.com/2010/07/30/the-richest-woman-in-america/ You might be thinking Greenwich, Connecticut, Grosse Pointe, Michigan or Jupiter Island, Florida, but you have to travel much farther west to find the greatest concentration of the really rich according to the latest data from the IRS. Teton County, Wyoming (Jackson Hole), is the richest county in America ... http://www.richestmanintown.com/2010/04/09/where-do-the-rich-live/ The richest man or woman in town is a very happy human being. In my book, I closely correlated self-made success and its resultant wealth with happiness. I said this book proves that money does indeed, buy happiness. Along my journey of writing the book and interviewing ... http://www.richestmanintown.com/2010/03/26/the-status-and-happiness-link/ For most of my career, I have dealt with the rich. I’ve created publications for, written books about, and penned countless articles for magazines about the rich and powerful. I have written The Richest Man in Town where I interviewed the richest man or woman in town in ... http://www.richestmanintown.com/2010/01/31/why-i-love-the-rich/ . . . and there is no punch line. The 76-year-old queen of comedy is the richest woman I know in all the ways that truly count. Let’s count a few of them. She lives like Marie Antoinette, only better, because her opulent apartment is in Manhattan and yeah, she’s ... http://www.richestmanintown.com/2010/01/28/joan-rivers-is-so-rich/ The ultra-affluent folks featured are not only the self-made wealthy I write about in The Richest Man in Town, but plenty of the RMITs are featured in this entertaining (and highly addictive) game: http://www.richestmanintown.com/2010/01/08/who%e2%80%99s-richer/ Fear is a useful thing. In an article in the New York Times Magazine a couple of months ago, Robin Marantz Henig described current research exploring the complex links between temperament and the brain. It was a fascinating article, but what struck me is that the more we learn about ... http://www.richestmanintown.com/2009/12/16/let-nothing-you-dismay/ As you have read in previous posts, RMITs are not believers in long-term planning. America’s big successes got where they are by incremental improvement and strong, careful execution, but they didn’t get there by deciding at the outset how they would hit a $2.5 million profit target or achieve a 72 ... http://www.richestmanintown.com/2009/11/04/can-you-keep-a-secret/ In my last post I wrote about the problem of goal setting, the importance of execution, and the difference between planning for the future and trying to plan the future. Today I want to talk about the kind of goal setting that works. It’s all too easy for budding entrepreneurs ... http://www.richestmanintown.com/2009/10/21/the-keys-to-success/ Hundreds of books have been written on the importance of setting goals. And having a clear focus is important in any entrepreneurial venture, no doubt about it. But as crucial as it is to know where you want to go, even more important is knowing how you’re going to get ... http://www.richestmanintown.com/2009/10/12/keep-your-eyes-off-the-prize/