Okay, there are more than two. But the difference between these two, in particular, demonstrates a point.
The long way around is spending your time building something of value.
For anybody—company, entrepreneur, inventor, non-profit, artist, entertainer—no matter how valuable their thing is, somebody still has to pay for it. In other words, they still have to go to market.
So if they’re going to make money, they have to either learn sales skills themselves or partner with a salesperson.
Other than the mythical money tree or a money-making machine, there is no achievement in physics, psychology, health, even business, etc. that makes money in and of itself. The closest thing is working in finance.
To be honest, the world needs people that build something of value more than it needs salespeople.
But the short path to making more money is being the person that sells the thing.