Two topics that seem connected,  but really are not:  being rich and being famous.

There are very few downsides to being rich.  We all know that money doesn’t buy love, or happiness – but it sure does buy freedom. Freedom to chart your own course.  And to follow the beat of your own drum.  And that freedom is what everyone is chasing.  Being rich provides the space and time to pursue those things that are most important to us.

Being famous puts a target on your back.  Famous people endure insults, legal attacks from people trying to get a piece of their money, and being seen as an object and not a person.  It’s not a normal life, and it’s not a good life.  Just look at what happens to child actors, children of famous people, or even people who win the lottery.

In the world we live in today.  Be rich.  Don’t be famous.