Eight Ways to Get Famous

Got an overwhelming need to be famous? You probably already know that's not a goal the Bible encourages Christians to chase too hard. Jesus said the ultimate for His followers would come in the form of self-denial. Solomon warned that the fame game left him cold and empty.

But if you just can't let it go, the guys at lifehack.org might be able to help. Check out their Eight Cheap Ways to Become Famous without Killing Anyone. Their ideas are actually very good, but I like their warning at the end of the post:

You need to ask yourself, why do you want to become famous? Before you go out and kill yourself putting in a lot of effort, maybe consider if fame is something you really want to achieve. If you look at some of these above examples, it seems these people, except for maybe William Hung, were not trying to achieve fame. That is part of the magic.

Not sure fame is "magic," but I agree it's a much better life goal to set out to do something that matters, something you care passionately about, than it is to set out to "be in the news." If you happen to get famous for doing something worthwhile, cool. But if you just get famous for doing something worthless, that's worth, well, not so much.

(HT: Evangelical Outpost)