Earning one million dollars each year is a tricky thing, and even for the most disciplined few who can save $10,000 or $15,000 each year; it would take 66 years to accumulate $1 million without compounding. The modest rate at which people save early in life is one of the most significant barriers to having $1 million in the bank. Further, more often than not, fresh graduate students are scraping by paying rent, repaying school debt, and maintaining some sort of life.
To begin, it's critical to understand the difference between making million dollars and having one million dollars as wealth. While most people can achieve a net worth of over $1 million throughout their lives, only a handful will ever make that much in a single year. Furthermore, "earning" a one-million-dollar paycheck may not make someone as wealthy as many people believe—recent history is littered with examples of sportsmen, artists, businessmen, and lottery winners squandering their fortunes on frivolous spending.
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