Last week, I was shamelessly reading People Magazine. The Pitt-Jolie twins were the featured topic. While I may at times slavishly follow the no holds barred divorce of Christine Brinkley and Peter Cook. The twins interest me, not so much. I’m not much of a baby person in print or in the flesh.

While my interest in twins was little too non existent, my interest in how much Angelina and Brad were paid was quite a bit. Apparently they were paid $16 million for the the first pictures. I don’t think I could I pay someone to look at my baby pictures. While Jolie and Pitt are set to donate their booty to charity, this is still another example of how the haves are in the position to have more.

I’m not making a political or social comment or at least I’m not trying to, but rather attempting to emphasize how success, financial and otherwise, is a function of success. To become rich, it’s easier if you’re rich already. In the blogging world, this is apparent in the way the more popular blogs are the blogs that most easily gain readership. This is an example of the Network Effect. More generally speaking there is something like the network effect in all aspects of life. If you ask Bill Gates, I’m sure he’ll tell you that making the first billion was much harder than making the 2nd. I say this not discourage anyone, but rather to give hope.