First step is try to get a good education. It's important to fall back on. Secondly no matter what you do in life,always live like you are poor.. Income is precious and if you can invest it rather than spend it then you increase the value of your income and this leads to wealth. So before you spend any money always think twice and buy as little as possible.Think of it like this, if you spend everything, then yourely on income and it never grows in value, as a side disadvantageyou have to keep working.