Who better to ask than the rich themselves about how they climbed their way to the top?

Steve Siebold did. He's spent the last 30 years interviewing the world's wealthiest people.

Siebold, author of How Rich People Think, spoke with U.S. News about what the rich have in common, how self-made millionaires attained their wealth, and why now is the best time to strike it rich.

What sparked your fascination with the rich?

I was a broke college student in 1984 and I wanted to be rich. But I didn't feel like I was getting the information I needed from my college business classes. In