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It's a book about money and author Marianna Olszewski wants to help you make tons. 
When it came to the idea of making millions of dollars, the odds were stacked against Marianna Olszewski but she knocked them over. Raised in a cramped apartment above a butcher shop this Jersey girl grew up to be a Wall Street wizard (read: gazillionaire.) "I followed my dream," she says. Her journey involved being the first in her family - and quite possibly her neighborhood - to go to college. And she had to work three jobs at once to pay for it. After graduation, there were bosses, rejections and finally courage. That's because at age 28, she left a lucrative position to launch her own business and at age 30, made her first million dollars.  Now she's teaching us all how to plow our own very profitable paths to success in her book Live It, Love It, Earn It (Penguin Group.) And you don't have to e an aspiring banker to benefit from her advice. In fact, Olszewski rounded up some famous friends in the creative fields - Diane von Furstenberg and Tory Burch to name a few - who offer up their own business experiences. And Olszewski herself touts teachings that apply to all occupations - such as the importance of fun and how to find sanity in chaos. A taste of her tips for getting ahead include: Do what comes easy to you. "Growing up, I always knew about our household finances and later, I found that all things related to money - trading it, and even arbitrage - came naturally to me. So whether it's cooking, selling or designing, do what you're good at," says Olszewski. Rejection is your protection. When someone refuses you a job, a promotion or even a piece of the company, they're pointing you in a more profitable direction. "When someone says 'no' persistently," she says, "change courses because there's something better for you out there." Go from fuzzy to firm. "Take your ideas out of your head and put them on paper," says Olszewski, who also shows you how.
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