If "moderate success" is achievable without extreme fortune, then that's a perfectly acceptable target to aim for. I agree that trying to become a billionaire i

If "moderate success" is achievable without extreme fortune, then that's a perfectly acceptable target to aim for. I agree that trying to become a billionaire is a fool's errand but if you're trying to become a millionaire, you'll end up more likely to be a billionaire. I've heard Mark Cuban say numerous times how incredibly lucky he was with Broadcast.com. But he's unapologetic in his belief that he'd be successful. He knew he'd become a millionaire and the work it took to get there, coupled with the right product and the right time is what made him a billionaire. I have to agree with that. I'm sure Gates, Zuckerberg, Bezos, etc. would all be successful if Microsoft, Facebook, and Amazon didn't become incredible successes. They just wouldn't have been as successful.