 50% of everything I run, put it in the bank, and live off the other 50. Well, that means you have to live dirt-clad poor. Ah, there's the answer. You're not willing to do that. But then each month, each year, as I made more money, my 50% or more was better. And, you know, in no time at all, I was back up to living the same lifestyle everybody else was, except the difference was I had lots of money in the bank because I paid myself first. George Clawson, Richest Man in Babylon.