Lewis HowesYour Personal 24/7 Greatness Coach

Real Wealth vs. Fake Wealth

18 Aug 2026 · 1 min

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In this brief exchange, Lewis Howes asks what separates truly wealthy individuals from those merely projecting wealth. The responding speaker asserts that authentic rich people, like Howes himself, are indifferent to impressing others, implying that genuine wealth is characterized by a lack of concern for external validation, whereas pretenders are driven by the need to appear affluent.

What's the difference between people who are actually rich and those who are acting like they're rich?
People who are actually rich, like you rich, they're not concerned about impressing you.
Interesting.
They are, I talk about this in my book, they are apex predators. They do not worry about what you think about them. Wow. It is the guy that you see walking into a 3 Michelin star restaurant in a quiet, normal looking outfit, sweater vest situation, eats his meal, leaves a 50% tip because they can. That's true wealth. Then you've got the wannabe wealth that goes to that same restaurant dripped out in a designer label, is, you know, making a scene. Why isn't this water sparkling? This is still. I don't like that. Like, just, you know, really, really new to the experience and then leaves a 10% tip.