How to get really rich: Have no friends like Gina Rinehart

The world's richest woman has some sage advice for the poor: Get off the booze and stop the jibber jabber, you lazy bums! OK, so we're paraphrasing, but that’s pretty much the attitude of Australian mining tycoon Gina Rinehart who's worth around $30 billion on a bad day. "If you're jealous of those with more money, don't just sit there and complain. Do something to make more money yourself — spend less time drinking or smoking and socializing, and more time working," she wrote in Australian Resources Magazine. And, while Rinehart's steadfast devotion to her work in plundering the country's natural resources has much to do with her success, it doesn't hurt that she inherited $75 million from her daddy. But then, it never really does hurt, does it? [Source] 

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