Where is the FAQ for life?

I am sure I am like most people, let me specify before that is taken to mean any number of things. But the fact remains that I can easily see myself as a rich, smart, young man on his way to the American dream. The only problem is the step from here to there. Duh, right, you say. And I don't disagree.

How many hollywood movies, how many books, stories, whatever, show you the great life, the desires and amenities given freely to the gifted or spoiled, and of course I could do a better job of it than most or all of them. The truth is that most of us could make a better hamburger than McDonalds, but none of us could build an empire that could compare.

So here we remain. Without the hamburger or the empire, to finish the analogy.

How can we get across this gulf? Where is the fast track across, because I don't want to stand in line for the small bridge. It will take too long, and I'll be too old by the time I get through the application process and everything in order to enjoy it. So where is the how-to? Where is the FAQ? Because, once again, I'm sure there are a lot of us who would want to know, and I'm sure that I could use and control it better. I promise I won't use it for promiscuity and drugs. I won't go crazy and shave my head, either. Well at least won't go crazy.

Well, the truth is, I can't promise anything for sure. But I can imagine it can't be that hard. And seriously, what do I really have to do, and is it worth it?