Endurance athletes earn almost three times as much as the general population. Not 50% more. Not 100% more. Almost 300% more money on average!

Recent Gallup polls show that Americans still believe the best “long-term investment” is real estate. Most Americans rank real estate investment ahead of mutual funds, stocks, bonds and other options. This news is somewhat surprising considering the fact that so many Americans lost everything they had in the wake of the recent housing collapse. Could everyone be wrong?

Most of us have dreams about the amazing things we could do if we had one million dollars to play with. We assure ourselves that building the next Google or Facebook would only be possible with the right team and a lot of dough in the bank.