This must be the main focus of your business life. Becoming rich. Not becoming one of the world’s most famous athletes, or taking on Rupert Murdoch in the newspaper publishing and television business.

You want to get rich rich. And you want to do it legally and as quickly as you can.

“And so I became a magazine publisher. That was OK, but I forgot to keep my eye on the ball. The ball was to get rich. Instead, I decided to become one of the world’s best magazine publishers. Not smart.

Why wasn’t it smart? It took me way too long, for one thing, and it cut me off from more lucrative endeavors for another.”

How to get rich, p.216