Is it necessary to be a child prodigy?
jacquesm: hey Rick,Don't become a part of any pyramid schemes!Regarding the rest of your post:In my opinion it is absolutely not necessary to be a child prodigy at all, what is necessary is a certain drive and some self discipline.If you work only marginally harder than your peers it is quite amazing how that pays off over the years.And of course you can be successful after 25, I know a guy that is now in his sixties that only started his first company when he was 54. He makes more money than all the youngsters that I know combined.The lucky few that manage to be ahead of the game by the time they're 25 are solidly outnumbered by the number of people that are well of by the time they're 40 or 50.But everybody loves a good story, that's why the media will focus on the 20 somethings.50 year old guy makes a million is not as good a story as 18 year old guy makes a million.