How Do People Get Rich? 2 Case Studies

Darius Foroux
Stoic Letter
Published in
8 min readJul 14, 2020

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How do people become wealthy? I’ve been interested in that question because you can learn from other people’s success. If you look up that question, you automatically find more information about how people like Jeff Bezos got rich.

But I’m more interested in learning from people that are not covered by the media. “Normal” wealthy people that live in your city — not the billionaires who live on Park Avenue. Why? If anyone from your city can get rich, you can too.

I know two of these wealthy people. I see them as friends and mentors. In this article, I will share their stories, as they’ve told them to me. I’ve only changed their names to protect their privacy, but the rest of the story contains their true path to becoming wealthy.

For the purpose of this article, I’m focusing on acquiring monetary wealth. Obviously, getting rich has very little to do with becoming happy. If you want to read my thoughts on happiness and money, read this article. We can have a good life without being rich. But if you’re interested in learning from people who are wealthy, read on.

Case study 1: The enjoyer of life

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Darius Foroux
Stoic Letter

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