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6 DISTINGUISHED DEFINITIONS OF SUCCESS When we talk about a  "successful" person , we're typically talking about someone who's got billions in their bank account, someone who's authored multiple bestsellers, or maybe someone who's in charge of an entire nation. However, the definitions below will explain that these achievements are not actually what makes you feel successful.  1.   Sir Richard Branson  -  Sir Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin Group, is  worth some $5 billion  (R60 billion). In his opinion, true success should be measured by how happy you are.  2.  Arianna Huffington -  Huffington says that while we tend to think of success along two metrics — money and power — we need to add a third. S he told Forbes' Dan Schawbel , "a third measure of success that goes beyond the two metrics of money and power, and consists of four pillars: well-being, wisdom, wonder, and giving."  Together, those factors help you to t

WHAT MOST OF THE BILLIONAIRES HAVE IN COMMON. A report by 'The Independent' discloses the research from  British recruitment agency Aaron Wallis Sales Recruitment, which examined  Forbes ' list of the 100 richest people in the world which reveals  what the billionaires studied, their first job and how rich they became.  The report found that 75 of the world's richest 100 people have a degree, and out of these 75, 22 studied engineering.  Fifty-three of the top 100 also started working in a non-family owned business, with 19% starting in a salesperson role and 17% starting as a stock trader.  Meanwhile, 17% of the world's top 100 billionaires started their careers by setting up their own business.  The top 5 degrees amongst the world's billionaires are engineering - 22, Business -16, Finance & Economics - 11, Law - 6, Computer Science - 4.  More than half (53) of the top 100 people on  Forbes  magazine's World’s Billionaires list started out

THE DEFENCE RELATIONS BETWEEN INDIA AND RUSSIA India and Russia discussed a host of bilateral issues, including cooperation in defence during a meeting between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin that ended  on the margins of the 2018 BRICS Summit.  The Russian leader is expected to visit India later in 2018 for the annual bilateral summit. Russia has identified about 19 companies in India to manufacture defence products and provide spares and components of Russian platforms currently being used by India’s defence forces, Defence Production secretary Ajay Kumar said. India and Russia are in advanced talks to seal a $ 1.1-billion deal for new medium lift helicopters to be used by both the defence and home ministry, with a likelihood of it being inked at an upcoming bilateral summit that will see Russian President Vladimir Putin travelling to the capital in October.  The deal for 48 additional Mi-17 V5 choppers - which currently a

SAUDI ARABIA PREPARES FOR THE ANNUAL MUSLIM HAJJ PILGRIMAGE Saudi Arabia  is preparing to host the annual hajj pilgrimage beginning on Sunday, as over 1.6 million Muslim faithful from abroad have arrived in the ultraconservative kingdom. T he pilgrimage represents one of the five pillars of  Islam  and is required of all able-bodied Muslims once in their life. In recent weeks, the faithful have arrived in Mecca from across the world, all chanting “Labayk Allahuma Labayk,” or “Here I am, God, answering your call. Here I am.”  The five day pilgrimage is the world's largest single gathering of people and this year begins on the evening of August 19. Qatar  has accused Saudi Arabia of barring its citizens from this year's haj, something Riyadh denies, saying a diplomatic dispute is not stopping Qataris from making the pilgrimage to Mecca.  A Saudi official said Qatar had blocked several registration links set up for its pilgrims.  A total of 1,308 women from India will,

NEED TO COLONISE THE SPACE The 54 year old billionaire, Jeff Bezoss, speaking at the Space Development Conference in Los Angeles over the weekend made the argument that in order to protect Earth and allow the human species to continue growing, we need to move much of our industrial activity to the moon, or even asteroids. “We will have to leave this planet,” he said, according to  Geek Wire . “We’re going to leave it, and it’s going to make this planet better. We’ll come and go, and the people who want to stay, will stay.” He  says a trillion people will live in space, there will be "a thousand Einsteins and a thousand Mozarts" and we'll develop other planets, leaving Earth a beautiful place to be.  As humanity expands into space, the Earth will remain the crown jewel, says Bezos.  "By the way, I believe that in that timeframe we will move all heavy industry off of Earth and Earth will be zoned residential and light industry. It will basically be a very b

    10 INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT SULTAN OF BRUNEI 1.       EARLY LIFE – The full name of Sultan of Brunei is Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah. He was born on 15 July 1946 is the wealthiest monarch of the world. His full name is is 75 characters too long to fit in a tweet. He received his early education in the form of private tuition and attended top institutions in both Brunei and Kuala Lumpur until 1961. Whilst he was a cadet at Britain’s Sandhurst Military Academy, he was recalled to Brunei when his father voluntarily abdicted the throne in a last desperate move to resist both communism and pressure from the British to permit greater democracy. The father and son waged a public dispute over Radio Television Brunei, but in the end the police and the army declared allegiance to Hassanal. He was installed as the crown prince in 1967 at the age of 21. He is 29 th and current Sultan of Brunei. After Queen Elizabeth II, the Sultan is the world’s second longe