--- title: These Types of People End Up More Successful and Make More Money description: Self-discipline is a better predictor of success than IQ. Happiness translates into success and happier people are more successful. Just don’t be too happy. Gay... canonical: https://time.com/3652236/why-successful-people/ author: Eric Barker article:opinion: true article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-01-07T05:01:57.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:49:37.868Z article:section: Ideas og:title: These Types of People End Up More Successful and Make More Money og:description: Self-discipline is a better predictor of success than IQ. Happiness translates into success and happier people are more successful. Just don’t be too happy. 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MONEY's Kristen Bellstrom explains how to make a simple and effective budget._ by [Eric Barker](https://time.com/author/eric-barker/) ## Eric Barker Jan 7, 2015 5:01 AM UTC  large large Getty Images by [Eric Barker](https://time.com/author/eric-barker/) ## Eric Barker Jan 7, 2015 5:01 AM UTC * [Self-discipline](http://www.bakadesuyo.com/whats-better-than-iq-at-determining-who-will?) is a better predictor of success than IQ. * Happiness [translates into success](http://www.bakadesuyo.com/does-success-make-us-happy-or-does-happiness) and happier people [are more successful](http://www.bakadesuyo.com/which-college-freshmen-end-up-making-more-mon). Just don’t be [too happy](http://www.bakadesuyo.com/is-too-much-happiness-a-bad-thing). * Gay men have 12 percent lower personal incomes and lesbians have 15 percent higher personal incomes [than heterosexual men and women](http://www.bakadesuyo.com/do-gay-people-earn-as-much-as-straight-people). * Nice guys [make less money](http://www.bakadesuyo.com/do-nice-guys-make-less-money), rude people [have higher credit scores](http://www.bakadesuyo.com/do-rude-people-have-higher-credit-scores) and being ethical [can hurt your income](http://www.bakadesuyo.com/can-being-ethical-hurt-your-income). * Taller people make more money and it’s [because they’re smarter](http://www.bakadesuyo.com/do-taller-people-earn-more-money-because-they). Thin women [make more money](http://www.bakadesuyo.com/when-it-comes-to-salary-do-the-thin-win). Weight has a positive effect on men’s salary until they’re obese. * Beautiful people are [more successful](http://www.bakadesuyo.com/are-beautiful-people-more-successful-why) and it’s largely because they’re more confident. [Beautiful people](http://www.bakadesuyo.com/is-life-better-for-beautiful-people) are likely to be happier, earn more money, get a bank loan with a lower interest rate and marry a good-looking and highly educated spouse. Hot college professors [make more](http://www.bakadesuyo.com/do-hot-college-professors-make-more-money) and your house will sell for more money if [your real estate agent is attractive](http://www.bakadesuyo.com/does-the-attractiveness-of-your-real-estate-a). * What if you’re not so beautiful? Well [groomed](http://www.bakadesuyo.com/should-you-shave-more-carefully-if-youre-ugly) people [earn more too](http://www.bakadesuyo.com/can-good-grooming-increase-your-income). * Married men [make more than single men](http://www.bakadesuyo.com/why-do-married-men-earn-more-than-single-men). This is even true for [professional baseball players](http://www.bakadesuyo.com/do-married-baseball-players-make-more-money). It isn’t true for [gay men](http://www.bakadesuyo.com/is-there-a-marriage-premium-for-gay-men), however. * [Drinkers](http://www.bakadesuyo.com/does-drinking-and-smoking-make-you-wealthier) make more money. [Smokers](http://www.bakadesuyo.com/do-smokers-make-more-money) don’t. * The [best prostitutes](http://www.bakadesuyo.com/do-the-best-prostitutes-get-paid-less-than-av) make less money than average ones. [Sexist men](http://www.bakadesuyo.com/do-sexist-men-earn-more-money?) bring home bigger checks. * People with [easy to pronounce names](http://www.bakadesuyo.com/does-your-name-affect-your-salary) and [wives who don’t take their husband’s name](http://www.bakadesuyo.com/how-does-taking-her-husbands-name-cost-a-woma) have higher incomes. * [Self-esteem](http://www.bakadesuyo.com/how-does-your-self-esteem-affect-your-salary), [personality](http://www.bakadesuyo.com/what-personality-traits-predict-higher-income) and the [season of your birth](http://www.bakadesuyo.com/can-the-season-of-your-birth-affect-your-futu) are all relevant factors as well. **_This piece originally appeared on_** [**_Barking Up the Wrong Tree_**](http://www.bakadesuyo.com/2012/05/which-people-end-up-more-successful-and-make/)**_._** **Join over 151,000 readers. 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