8. Become an exclusive keynote speaker
Once you have become a well-known scientist in your field, people will start hiring you to lecture or give seminar. For this, you also need public speaking skill and confidence no matter how smart you are.
In most seminars, both corporate and academic, a keynote speaker is hired to share professional insights. Being a groundbreaking scientist, people will want to hear all the things you have in mind.
How much can you make from attending a forum or seminar as a keynote speaker? An average good speaker earns around $15,000 per event, which is averagely two hours top.
Not to mention if your paper became a bestselling book, you can earn more (more than $40,000). Doesn’t this prove that science make you rich?