Many people ask this question. And a common response is: You will get rich by working hard. Well, it's true to some degree but they forget something important. Complete response is: You will get rich by working hard, after you reach 55 years old or so, and making many sacrifices through all those years, and some dose of luck as well.
Indeed. You must make many sacrifices if you choose to get rich by hard work. You must lead a miserable life from 20 to 55, so you can save as much as possible. Follow Work-home pattern 5 days per week, unless you work on weekends too. But still nobody can guarantee you that they will keep you there. One day you might get fired. And you might never get promoted as well. And if you get fired you won't get a job instantly.
So luck comes here.
But do you believe all those sacrifices worth it? It won't be as good to get rich at 55 than in 25 or 35 in my opinion. Why? Because simply at 55 you won't be able to do things you could do in your 20s and 30s. You have less energy. So in most cases your lucky son/daughter ends up consuming all your hard-worked money,if in case you decide to have kids. Does it worth it? Well, if you want to make your son/daughter live like a Prince/Princess, follow this path.
If in case you decide to be single, you can enjoy them more yourself,but still you would rather have them sooner. And you will start thinking: Why I wasn't rich when I was younger? I cannot do things I could do in my 20s-30s anymore. Now all those money don't mean much to me...
So only solution remains is, spend your working money once you have them in your hand,and ignore saving. You won't get rich later that way. But well, you can enjoy them sooner,yet a smaller amount of money.
If you don't want to work, and you don't happen to come from a rich family, then you have to depend heavily on luck. But this path often leads to disappointment, since you will end up losing more than earning in most cases. Like if you depend on winning the lottery. Another option in our days that depends on luck, is getting famous (and rich as well) from internet. Like uploading some video on YouTube. You might get recognized if you are lucky. But sometimes you might have to throw away your dignity here, because you might get recognized by doing something ridiculous.
And now about dirtier ways to get rich at a young age. Prostitution is an option. If prostitution is legal in your country, then it's just another job, yet not an easy one. But in fact it's the best choice for a job if you want to get rich at a young age. Of course I'm NOT advising young girls to be prostitutes, but I'm speaking frankly. A girl might be already very rich once she hits her 30s if she is a prostitute, instead of working 9 to 5. If prostitution is illegal in your country, then you will be considered a criminal more or less.
And being a criminal is a way to get rich at a young age as well,but definitely not suggested. You will get caught sooner or later, and you will lose your freedom too. But on the other hand there are legal criminals as well. Corruption is everywhere. Not everyone who holds a high rank in some job, is a saint and made it there with hard work if you think so.There were some things happening behind the scenes you might not be aware of. Yet those people are pretty much covered to be considered criminals, but this is a whole different story,and i doubt someone could make it so "big" at young age. So pretty much is out of the question.
So,in conclusion if you don't happen to come from a rich family,you have to follow those 4 paths.
1) Work hard and don't enjoy your youth by working hard and making money savings continuously. Once you hit your 50s,and If you happen to have kids they will end up enjoying your money more than you.
2) If in case you don't want kids then you will feel regrets you weren't rich in your youth. You will realize money don't mean much to you at this age. Maybe perhaps giving them to poor people might make you happier somehow i believe.
3) Depend on luck and get disappointed after a while. Maybe you MIGHT get lucky and make it big but chances are 1/100000 at least. So don't depend on it.
4) Go illegal and pray to don't get caught.
My point is those who have it better are those kids coming from a rich family. If you don't happen to be one then forgetting about getting rich at a young age,at least not easily or even putting some danger into it (see #4).
Be thankful for what you have and enjoy every moment of your youth the way you desire and as much as you can,without overcoming your personal barriers.
PS: I should also mention here, I'm not from America. I'm judging from my country's point of view.
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