Oh, no, they told us, Iraq isn't a war about oil. That's cynical and simplistic, they said. It's about terror and al-Qaeda and toppling a dictator and spreading democracy and protecting ourselves from weapons of mass destruction. But one by one, these concocted rationales went up in smoke, fire and ashes. And now the bottom line turns out to be ... the bottom line. It is about oil.

Have you ever wondered why some people are able to become millionaires in less than five years, while others struggle their whole lives to achieve financial independence? What do these successful entrepreneurs and investors do differently? What do they see that others miss?