Discuss PGroot's answer to: How to make $1M a year?

Most people can't come close to $1 million a year.  There are a few dozen basketball players who make that much, but it helps if you are 6 foot 6 to start.  There are baseball players, football players, soccer stars, golfers, but you have to be better than average to make a million.  Many players stay in the minor leagues until they quit.  Backup players in the major leagues may not make a million.

Entertainers can make a million a year, but there are only a few dozen movie stars that make a lot, and a few dozen singers and instrumentalists.  If you can become the next Jay Leno or the next Dr. Phil, you make a lot.  But you may be the next Herbert Khaury or the next William Hung. 

Most writers won't make a million in their lifetime.  But a few like J.K. Rowling have best sellers.

Inventors can make a lot of money, but it often leaves you with nothing more than a garage full of what-nots.  The inventor of the Pet Rock had only brief success.

Attorneys and doctors might make a million, but it's not easy.  For every open-heart surgery there are a lot of people with heartburn.

Your best bet to make $1 million a year is to work for a company that has bonuses or stock options.  Bankers and stockbrokers may get million dollar bonuses.  But bank tellers barely make a living.  You have to get to be a vice president, at least.  The best bonuses come to those who invent a new product or a new way to sell an old product. 

Salesmen can possibly get a million in commissions.  If you are in real estate and can sell $33 million in a year, your 3% commission will do it.  Or maybe you can sell yachts.  But you can starve before you make your first sale.

Stock options - if you can work for a startup company and it makes a hit like Facebook, your stock options may be worth millions.  But if you worked for Solyndra you got nothing.