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5 simple etiquette habits that help the rich get ahead, according to a man who spent 5 years studying millionaires

KATHLEEN ELKINSMar 21, 2016, 20:42 IST

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Manners matter.

"You have to know how to act and how to do certain things when you're around people," writes Thomas C. Corley in his upcoming book "Change Your Habits, Change Your Life." "Self-made millionaires have mastered certain rules of etiquette that help them in social settings."

Corley would know - he spent five years researching the daily habits of 177 self-made millionaires and segmenting out what he calls "rich habits" and "poverty habits."

Will mastering these etiquette habits guarantee a fortune? Of course not. But it certainly won't hurt.