Rock legends are usually known for hemorrhaging money on cocaine or being glad-handed into harebrained oil pipeline investments. Not Jon Bon Jovi, whose success began with his first album debut in 1984 and continued with the co-acquisition of Philadelphia Soul, an expansion team of the Arena Football League, in 2003. He stays on top by keeping in touch with customers and employees.

"It's very easy to be George Bush Sr. and go into the supermarket and not know they have scanners because it's easy to be unattached from everyday life. And that's what too many people in business do, in entertainment do, in politics do, and they forget what's out the window."

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