(This is not an exhaustive list. It is a list of possibilities, not of advice. Many combinations of these have been used with various degrees of success in the past, and many of the items listed have huge drawbacks. In no particular order: )
100 Ways to Get Rich
- Get what you want by force
- Use technology to leverage force
- Use technology to save money
- Use technology to save time
- Get political power
- Get corporate power
- Have a great career
- Forget about having a career
- Give bribes
- Accept bribes
- Make laws in your favor
- Change laws in your favor
- Get government subsidy
- Get bailout money (new!)
- Avoid taxes
- Spend the money of others
- Spend the taxpayers' money
- Leverage the money of others
- Control things
- Control the financial system
- Control people
- Control nations
- Control laws of nature (good luck!)
- Sell your control over something
- Develop self-discipline
- Observe
- Introspect
- Feign weakness
- Feign strength
- Create businesses
- Develop monopolies
- Franchise businesses
- Auction off businesses
- Communicate
- Help others
- Help others create businesses
- Become famous
- Find data
- Sell data
- Make information out of data
- Sell information
- Use information
- Leverage information
- Leverage money
- Leverage political power
- Be transparent
- Spread FUD (fear, uncertainty, doubt)
- Recognize FUD (fear, uncertainty, doubt)
- Explore the depth of human stupidity
- Find the comfort zone of people
- Find the fears of people
- Solve problems
- Create problems for others
- Sell solutions you already have
- Threaten
- Deceive
- Seduce
- Fulfill needs
- Fulfill desires
- Fulfill wants
- Create needs
- Create desires
- Create wants
- Buy low
- Sell high
- Fix prices
- Trade on the stock market
- Invest on the stock market
- Make the world a better place
- Use the ideas of others
- Use the time of others
- Use the skill of others
- Become a specialist
- Become a generalist
- Kill people
- Make people kill people
- Develop a poker face
- Lie and cheat
- Be honest
- Be incorruptible
- Be fearless
- Trade money for control
- Trade control for money
- Give money
- Take money
- Trust people
- Distrust people
- Set your goals
- Make decisions
- Take calculated risks
- Recognize bets with positive expected value
- Bet on stuff with positive expected value
- Do things others are doing better than them
- Be the best at something
- Recognize when others are best at something
- Better your attitude
- Develop a holistic approach
- Love what you do
- Do the unexpected
- Think outside the box
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