November 2009
Beginner to intermediate
256 pages
10h 55m
English
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The Ten Roads to Riches: The Ways the Wealthy Got There (And How You Can Too!)
by Ken Fisher, Lara W. Hoffmans
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RICH
.•
FAMOUS
•
AND
Seeking fame and fortune?
Don't mind abdicating
pr
ivacy?
Try cruising the rich-and-famous road.
R
ich and famous is a popular dream. But most rich folks
aren 't famous.
Th
ey own trailer parks or small businesses.
T hey're accountants or doctors,
not
living fantasy lifestyles.
We think big limos, Superbowl rings, Oscars, owning sports teams,
or making movies. T his road is the stuff of grade-school career
aspiration
s-b
aseball player, actress, Oprah,
Tig
er.
Thi
s road's
lidl
C ::i cun Lc pl
anri
ed
for,
though
re
alis
tica
lly
it
's clos
ed
to
m o
st
by
the time we're adults. It requires a young start. Kids dream of star-
dom. Such kid dreamers kid themselves. Be warned- though this
road's riches are legitimate, it's hard work and odds of success here
are super slim.
Or
not. T his road has two forks. One is talen
t-Der
ek
Jeter
,
Whitney Houston, and Cameron Diaz. T he other is mogul- T ed
Turn
er,
Rupert
Murdoch-
who own and run media empires.
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60 IThe
Ten
Roads to Riches
T he media mogul road is more attainabl
e-
you needn't throw a ti
ght
spiral or look like Cameron Diaz. You just need what any successful
businessperson need
s-p
erseverance, smarts, and luck.
It
happens
later in life, too . But that doesn't make the tal
ent
road less tempting.
T here's an occasional crossover her
e-t
al
ent
s who become
moguls and vice versa,
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