How To Become Famous

In my quest to expose the perplexities of human nature, I have decided to add my name to the list of non-famous people who give advice on how to become famous. Two women who have not become famous have become moderately exposed to the public through their book, How To Become Famous In Two Weeks Or Less. These girls, Melissa De La Cruz and Karen Robinovitz, in spite of having a swag of connections to famous people plus various drones in the promotion industry, are known only to people who have seen their book or their efforts to promote it. Continuing in this vein, we can view lots of anonymous twelve-year-olds giving their advice on how to become a star on YouTube.

The fact is, people giving advice on becoming famous are simply gleaning some information on how famous people got that way, then telling us about it as if fame can be duplicated like a fast food franchise. There’s plenty of advice along the lines of dressing like a celebrity and being seen at big occasions, but the best advice is to be the best at whatever you do, and try to be first at doing something.

In the Lifehack post, Eight Cheap Ways to Become Famous without Killing Anyone, Tatsuya Nakagawa notes that William Hung became famous by being the worst at something. If you don’t know who he is, I guess it’s wearing off.

On WikiHow, “The How-to Manual That You Can Edit”, you will find tutorials on how to act like a celebrity, how to become a celebrity and how to become famous.

I feel that I’ve given away far too much now. You all have the data necessary to go out and be famous. What’s the other thing you need?