I was watching a video online where the presenter Tae Kim used the term Quiet Millionaires, a bit of a derivative of The Millionaire Next Door terminology where high net worth individuals wish to remain reasonably anonymous. Generally self-made individuals tend to be pretty reclusive about money and showing off wealth. I have a large amount of respect for these quiet high net worth individuals, they are typically self-made and quiet achievers.

I picked up another term from the video, that is wealth is quiet, rich is loud, poor is flashy and I have to agree. High net worth individuals, especially self-made individuals tend to be discrete and are generally not flashy in appearance. Sure they purchase quality made garments, that does not necessarily mean designer garb, just quality that does not follow the latest fashion. Style never goes out of fashion, they tend to have the confidence to remain an individual.

What I see with self-made individuals is a quiet confidence excluded, they are not loud and brash and I have picked upon another aphorism , that is insecurity tells, confidence shows. I do like the quietly confident individuals I meet, I am not a fan of the fake it until you make it ideals. Instead, just be honest, spend your time working on yourself, some self improvement always pays off and the people around you are enhanced as well. Tae Kim has some reasonable material on YouTube so I decided to take a look at what else he had to offer, he has some interesting points of view and I will check his material out some more.