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The Ten Roads to Riches: The Ways the Wealthy Got There (And How You Can Too!)
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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
November 2009
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
256 pages
10h 55m
English
Wiley
Content preview from The Ten Roads to Riches: The Ways the Wealthy Got There (And How You Can Too!)
4
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.
59
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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