The article is decent, though the headline is a little silly. In the sort of cases described in the article, it's the frugality of these millionaires that was a

The article is decent, though the headline is a little silly. In the sort of cases described in the article, it's the frugality of these millionaires that was a major contributor to how they got to be millionaires in the first place. Rather than letting falling to the all-too-common temptation to let luxury spending grow wildly with income, it's possible to set clear goals of financial independence, build habits that keep you on that path, and arrest the tendency to keep going on the hedonic treadmill. I've found value in resources like Mr Money Mustache's blog for quantifying what actions are helpful to work toward financial independence: http://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2012/01/13/the-shockingly-simple-math-behind-early-retirement/ http://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2012/01/13/the-shockingly-sim...