Strategies for Achieving $1 Million Monthly in Finance

If you were back from the beginning of your career in Finance and had a goal of making $1 million a month at some point in your life, how would you approach it based on what you know today?

I was thinking of the following options:

1. get equity in one or more PE deals or privately seek deals on your own

2. manager/partner of a HF or PE fund, or senior position in a bank 

3. Start your own business in finance with services or by running your own fund after enough experience and reputation

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