Pictures of AdSense checks for $132,994.37 & $901,773.84

Why can't everyone do it?

1) Many people are busy trying to balance money-earning on the web with real-life jobs, school, etc.

2) Luck and timing are definitely big factors. People who got into this early have had more time to build traffic, thus having better success. For example, PoF (the $900K check) has been online since 2001 and the webmaster has had five years to promote his site and get it to where it is today.