Almost NZ$27m

The New Zealand Lotteries office is in Wellington.

Someone went there yesterday, handed over his winning ticket, and claimed his $26,598,265.

(The New Zealand Herald, Tuesday, April 3, 2012)

Jim Rohn is writing in his book SEVEN STRATEGIES FOR WEALTH AND HAPPINESS on page 68:

“If someone hands you a million dollars, you’d better hurry up and become a millionaire. A very rich man once said, ‘If you took all the money in the world and divided it equally among everybody, it would soon be back in the same pockets it was before.’ IT’S HARD TO KEEP THAT WHICH HAS NOT BEEN OBTAINED THROUGH PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT.”