The Ten Roads to Riches: The Ways the Wealthy Got There (And How You Can Too!)

Rich

...

and

Famous

75

The

Rich

and

Famous

Guide

This is the

toughest

road.

Forall who successfully

navigate

it, there

are

thousands

(or millions)whofall off and flameout. The

rewards

of beingrich and

famous

remain

enticing, so folks keeptrying. It's a

sortof

American

Dream-one culminating in a

house

in Malibuand

secu

rity guardsprotecting the

privacy

youspent

decades

desperately

tryingto abdicate.

But thereare

steps

to

increase

the oddsof beingeithera rich and

famous

talent or

mogul.

It's not

easy.

Otherwise,

we'dall be

Cameron

Diaz.

How

TO

BE A

RICH

TALENT

1. Start early.

Nearly

un

iversally

, talentsof all

stripes

startveryyoungand

stick to it. Thefew "discovered" latein life (in their late20s or

beyond)

almostall toiled from a youngage.

2. Have responsible parents and/or management.

Talents

whodon't

have

a mid-20s

meltdown

all

seem

to

have

fairly

responsible

parents

and/or

ethical,

responsible

management.

Talents

lackingguidancefrom a

parentor eldertend to end up in rehab

repeated

ly.

Talents

mayalsofind

themselves

toiling with littleto showfor it if

their

management

pockets

the

profits

. As with hiring any

professional,

your

manager

must

have

a

demonstrated

history

and transparent fees.

(Creat

iveArtists

Agency

and

William

Morris

Agency

are two of the

largest

and most

respected

artist

agents.)

3. Be responsible yourself.

Garnering

huge

paychecks

for

movies

or

records

doesn

't mattermuch if they're all

blown

on stupidityand

rehab. I

needn

't list the near infinite

examples

of talents

who've

blown

ungodly

amounts ...