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Positives? Excellent charm, creativity, and attractiveness are your launch thrusters. Limitations? Mere sparks in the vast Energon of potential. Average intelligence and introversion are but minor speed bumps on the path to infamy.
Step one: exploit your strengths relentlessly. Step two: make bold, unavoidable moves that demand attention. Step three: remain unapologetically you, because nothing attracts notice like someone who refuses to blend into the background.
Fame is not given, it is seized and those too timid to snatch it deserve obscurity.
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Young Girls: "I'm going to be a pr0n star!"
In this regard it is important to know exactly what a rival is. It is not necessarily an enemy, per-se. It is a person vying for a goal that can only be achieved by one to the mutual exclusion of the other. This is why we sometimes talk about "rivals in love" in our monogamous society. One lover may be just as good as the other, but ultimately the object of their affection has to make a choice who they let into their heart.
Fame is similar to love, except it regards who you let into your brain rather than your heart, and the brain is somewhat like an attic. It only has so much space to fill with people until somebody has to be bumped out to make room for another. I am unsure of how many it is (some theories propose 50) but if everybody had what it takes to be famous, nobody would be famous because remembering 8 billion people and their accomplishments is impossibly difficult.
So you have to strike a balance in being mutually helpful enough to those who you need to help prop. you up, while simultaneously being cautious not to let others take advantage of what you can provide and choose to displace you or cut you out of the equation.
Keep in mind however, that fame is like a genie that has escaped the bottle and can not be put back inside. There are two principle problems to confront: The first problem is that with fame comes enemies who will stop at nothing to take you down not just a notch, but all of the dang way. Whether they are just jealous, or see you as a symbol of everything against which they stand does not matter. What does matter is that you need to be ready to defend yourself from your haters if you pursue fame.
Fame can also get in the way of genuine heartfelt relationships, because most people won't see you as say for example Jaleel White. Most will see you as Steve Urkle, and maybe if you are lucky a few will recognize you were Sonic too. You will never again have that opportunity to prove yourself as a stranger, which is likely the best way to form strong bonds.
Plus famous people are usually wealthy, so also be prepared to experience all of the problems that come with being wealthy. Ergo, people both figuratively and literally stabbing you in the back if it means getting directly at your wealth, and people liking you for what you provide to them rather than as a friend. Even people you thought you could trust with the whole of your heart might change if they learn you have come into money. Mind you, the ones who would just use you and hang you out to dry when they are done are low value people, but sometimes ignorance is bliss, and there is a significant risk that you will only learn who really has your back after it is too late.
I do not mean to discourage you with this warning. I merely want to be sure you are really sure what you want before you take the leap into the unknown.
-Samuel L. Jackson
Edit: The quote was from his WIRED AutoComplete Interview. Just letting you know.