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whelming majority of families with a net worth in excess of $1 million achieved this milestone by saving and investing early in life and living well below their means. Only a small fraction of the nation’s wealthy got there by way of luck, inheritance or celebrity. Hard work and self-discipline mattered more than high salaries and advanced degrees in building wealth. In fact, doctors, lawyers and other highly paid professionals proved to be less efficient at accumulating wealth than small-business owners, teachers and others with lower incomes but
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