&gt; do you think the majority of rich people prepared for &quot;getting rich&quot; by reading hundreds of motivational and self-help books?<p>No, I don&#x27;t.  But you know what they do have?  They&#x27;ve grown up in a household and a culture that teaches them thousands of small lessons in being and staying rich.  They don&#x27;t have to read about it, because their parents and friends and lawyers and accountants and country club associates have all been reinforcing those lessons their entire lives.