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 Africa is just hunger and poverty – that’s what many people think!!! Let us see the opposite side of Africa. In Rwanda there is a thriving economy with clean streets and safe neighborhoods  In Ethiopia 50% of its Ministers are women including the President  And an economy that grows by 10% every year one of the fastest in the world  In Nigeria they are building technology companies left and right  In Zimbabwe they get rid of its 40 years dictator and people are celebrating  In the Seychelles there are a lot of rich Africans and a lot of rich nature  So the next time you think of Africa I hope you don’t see the past I hope you see the future 

 Did you know that you are not allowed to tip in CHINA!!! Every country has some strange customs that you should know about so you don’t offend anyone. In France don’t blow your nose in public especially with handkerchief. French people find this gross. In Japan it is super rude if you don’t finish all the food on your plate  But in Thailand or China it is rude if you do finish your food  In Finland standing with your arms crossed is super arrogant it could even get you in a fight if you do it in a bar. In Italy don’t cut your pasta drink cappuccino after lunch or put pineapple on Pizza if you don’t want to make life long enemies. In China never ever tip it might get the waiter in trouble with their employer because it implies they are not paid well enough. Every country has some little things they are sensitive about. But don’t worry if you are a good person you will make friends anywhere because kindness is the one language that everybody understands.

 Two Monks story…. Two monks were going somewhere and they reach a river to cross it. There was a women near the river who asks for their help to cross the river.  So without any hesitation, the senior monk says, come and sit on my shoulder and I will get you across. The junior monk gets a little shaken by hearing this, because a vow is taken in the monks that they will never go close to women or touch them, so he was little shaken. But the senior monk crosses the river, drops the women, and moves on. Junior monk is still shaken, so he can’t help but ask, how did you touch that lady? Then the senior monk says, I left that women on the other side of the river but you are still carrying her in your mind? If you have moved on from a situation, but your feelings are still the same, then you have not moved on, you are just where you were. 

 What is APPLE company make profit? There are lot of APPLE product but which is the main source of profit? First comes, Apple’s 52% comes from apple phone sales Second comes, Apple’s watches & ear phones makes a revenue of 10.5% Third comes, Apple’s MAC makes revenue of 10.2%  Forth comes, Apple’s IPAD makes a revenue of 7.4% Apple makes 80% is made by product  Finally, Apple’s Software & Services makes 19.9% revenue  Iphone shares are dropping down & the services sales is going up!!! Apple is concentrating more on services as it has highest & easy margin.

 THREE tips to make you successful career! Three tips to make you successful career which is very important 1- You get your salary not for being fast, but for being right. So don’t try to do your work fast, try to do it right. 2- If no one can trust you or depend on you, then it doesn’t matter how smart you are, it doesn’t matter how hardworking you are, because trust is the most important thing. 3- Asking for feedback – how am I doing? How well can I do? What good can I do? That is your responsibility. It is your manager’s duty to give, but it is your duty to ask.

 Do you know that heels were not worn by women but were worn by men! Heels were originated in the 15th Century in Persia so that they could maintain balance while riding a horse. With this balance, any soldier could easily attack their enemies. In 1599, Persian diplomats travelled to Europe and the people of Europe saw that Persian boys had worn heels and then this became famous in Europe, be it a rich person or a common man everyone started to wear heels and the elite wore such heels that were longer than usual so that they looked more dominating. There was also a time when women would also want to dress up like men they would cut their hair short, and would wear hats. In that time period, both men and women would wear heels. In 17th century enlightenment movement started in Europe because of which, fashion for men changed completely, where practical things were given more importance because of which, men stopped wearing heels and now heels are only worn by women. 

 Did you know that the longest running ad-campaign in the world is by Amul!!! It was created in 1967 and the reason behind it was that Amul’s competitor back then Polson had a Polson Girl for marketing their butter. Its been years since Polson stopped making butter, but Amul’s famous campaign, utterly, Butterly, Delicious” continues even today. Apart from this, their campaign “Amul Dhoodh Pita Hai India” has been running for 18 years, and “Amul the taste of India” for 28 years. Their marketing stratergy is so effective that everyone recognizes the character.  But shockingly, Amul dosent even spend 1% of its revenue on marketing!!! By comparison, the companies in similar fields spend 8 to 15% on marketing. Perhaps the key to success is to continue using what works. One shouldn’t needlessly spend on creating new concepts.  There are many lessons to be learned from Amul’s success story. 

 You have no clue that how much gold, do people from Kerala buy? Kerala is not known to be God’s own country by Gold’s own country. According to a government survey if we combine India’s gold spending Kerala spends more than that for buying gold. In Kerala 199.7% of Average household monthly expenditure money is spent in Kerala for Gold compared to other states in India.  Many of the big gold retailers are from Kerala. Kerala love for gold started about 5000 years ago. The roman empire was in need of these hot spices and because of this reason the roman empire gave gold to traders from Kerala and then gold became a very important part of Kerala. When a kid is born, gold jewelry is gifted. An average middle-class bride gets about 320 grams of gold in dowry. So next time you visit Kerala notice the number of gold shops and now you know what is the reason.

 You hate this country if you SMOKE!!!... And you will love this country if you don’t smoke…. Because this country BANNED SMOKING inside & outside… Welcome to SINGAPORE….. Here, in entire 3 kilometer district which is in the heart of the city smoking is banned. In the busy shopping area you can only light a cigarette in tiny tiny boxes that are clearly marked outside of them no smoking in parks, no smoking at bus stops, no smoking on the beach, no smoking around people. This is amazing! Because smoking not only hurts you but it also hurts everyone around you! The 3 kilometer district is now smoke free! But soon entire cities and countries will become smoke free and that is good news for all of us

 Did you know that rats have a special superpower? Humans can train rats to detect dangerous and explosive mines.  Yes, that’s Right… A Belgium Organization Research Organization APOPO was the first to get the idea. They were established in 1997, and since then, their rats have unearthed more than 13,200 mines from the minefields across several countries. Dogs can also be trained to detect mines, but rats are advantageous as they require less training. They require lesser maintenance and food as compared as dogs. African Giant pouch rat is believed to be the best at this. They weigh so little that even when they get close to it, the mine wouldn’t blast.  Such a heroic rat was MAGWA in Cambodia it detected many bombs by sniffing. In a tennis court-sized area, a rat takes 20 minutes to detect all the landmines. It would take 4 days for a human to detect these with a metal detector. 

 A 65-year-old, fondly known as Narayani teacher, has been walking 25 km everyday to take tuition for children in her area. Her day begins at 4.30 am and she reaches the first house by 6.30 am. From here, she walks to her other students’ houses and returns home by nightfall. She began teaching at the age of 15 but never was a school teacher. Within the past 50 years, the sexagenarian has taught more than a 100 students. “I have also received positive feedback and all my students score good marks,” says the teacher who uses the tuition fee to sustain her livelihood and take care of her bedridden husband. She & her husband live in a rented house and her biggest desire is to shift to own house. Would be happy if her students crowdsource money to help her buy a house.

 The Farmer earns Rs. 1 Crore from banana waste!!! When P M Murugesan from Tamilnadu India dropped out of school to help his father on the farms, he had tones of banana waste to be disposed of every day. While some chose to dump or burn it, Murugesan decided to make money out of it. He developed a machine that could convert banana waste into ropes and tuned them into mats, bags, baskets, etc... Today, he helps 350+ women earn a livelihood by employing them. These products made from banana waste are loved and exported to the UK, the Netherlands, Singapore, France and Malaysia.

The Netherlands has become the world’s 2nd biggest food exporter ( source : National Geographic ) While reducing water use by 90% and almost eradicating the use of pesticides. The Dutch use technology and science to push the boundaries of agriculture. Drones are used to monitor potato and onion fields.... Producing crop yields more than double the global average  Huge areas of the country are covered by glasshouses producing large crops of fruit and vegetables. It now exports more tomatoes, chilies and cucumbers than any other country. The Dutch success story is amazing because the country is small and densely populated with 1,300 people per square mile The USA, the world’s number 1 food exporter, is 270 times bigger. More than 140 countries have adopted methods developed by Dutch farmers including China, India, Mexico, Brazil, Ghana and Ethiopia. by 2050 there will be 10 billion people on the planet we will need more food in the next 40 years than all of the harvests in history co...

 In Singapore they love mosquitoes!!! This is the exciting journey of how Singapore fights mosquitoes with mosquitoes!!! They created a new type of good mosquito that doesn’t bite or hurt you in way but if this good mosquito mates with a bad mosquito that carries the dengue virus then the bad mosquitos will not be able to have babies. It’s so genius that Singapore opened a Mosquito factory created millions of good mosquitoes everyday put them in a mosquito gun and blasted them to neighborhood’s, rooftops, gardens everywhere and the result bad mosquitoes dropped a large percentage and so did the virus. It goes to show the world’s biggest problems can be fixed with a little bit of creativity and may be a mosquito gun.

  Huge Aquarium Bursts In Berlin, Releasing Floods Of Water And Around 1500 Tropical Fish POSTED IN NEWS ON 16TH DECEMBER 2022 As 264,000 gallons of water gushed out of the 82-foot-high aquarium on Friday morning, glass and other debris were swept out of the structure, which also contains a hotel and cafes. A huge aquarium in a hotel in Berlin, Germany, that was filled with thousands of tropical fish, has erupted. In the Radisson Blu's lobby on Friday, December 16, a massive aquarium with a million liters of water broke, wreaking havoc on the hotel and the streets around it. According to BBC news, the 14-meter-tall AquaDom is the largest free-standing circular fish tank in the world and is home to 1,500 tropical fish from over 100 different species. Visitors claimed that they heard a loud noise, like a thunderclap, and at first believed that a bomb had gone off since glass and other debris were hurled across the lobby. The attraction, which debuted in December 2003, i...

 They throw babies in pools and parents pay them for it! Jay & Jacklyn from Singapore decided to teach babies how to swim before they could even walk. If the baby can support their neck they are good to go!  But WHY? You see most people don’t know how to swim. Over 200 thousand people die every year by downing and many of them are babies! And so Jay & Jacklyn decided to build an entire swimming pool just to teach babies how to swim. This skill saves their lives but also helps them read, learn and move better, because swimming helps babies to create new brain cells by taking a small risk they made a big difference in the lives of children. They made water safe and fun for generations to come…

 Written outside a Hospital OPD: When you cross 40, you must reduce your evening Friends and Increase your morning Friends….! Response by a One Patient: What Nonsense!!! Who drinks so early in the mornings!!!

 3-2-1 Technique to improve memory, recall power Have your dinner 3 hour before going to bed Do your meditation / relaxing / close your eyes & sit / think positive thoughts - 2 hour before going to bed Keep all your gadgets – laptops / mobiles / TV - 1 hour before going to bed This is Magical 

 3 Enemies of Success… The first biggest enemy is comfort zone. The comfort zone is were people become comfortable doing what they are doing and they don’t like to change. 80% of the population finds reasons not to change. Even if they change can be positive or beneficial.  The second thing which holds people back is called learned helplessness. This is were people feel I cant do it.  And the third enemy is what we call the path of least resistance which is always looking for an easy way to achieve a result. But nothing worthwhile can be achieved easily.

 Do you know in the last century the biggest philanthropist was an Indian and not Bill Gates or Warren Buffett. When calculated with today’s dollars value he donated around $ 102 billion or 81 million rupees. In the last century it accounted for about 12% of total amount donated. He realized that poverty and lack of education were two big problems in India. He started donating in 1892 spending his wealth on improving education and health. He ever created an endowment fund to encourage Indian students to persue higher education. He also contributed to India’s freedom movement. He was also the founder of India’s first major industrial city Jamshedpur. And he is often referred to as the Father of Indian Industry. You probably guessed it by now the great philanthropist and the founder of the massive Tata Group Jamsetji Tata.

 Some unbelievable facts about Bhutan. Do you know that Bhutan is the only country with no traffic lights? People prefer to be guided by the traffic police on crossroads. The design of the roads isn’t very complex to need traffic lights.  Second, Bhutan is also known as the Land of Thunder Dragon. Because this country in the Himalayan region sees a lot of heavy thunderstorms. It is believed that the lightning of the thunder bolts is the fire of a Dragon. This is why you will see a mythological Dragon on their National Flag.  Third, did you know that Bhutan was a monarchy till 2006? For years, Bhutan had kept itself cut off from the rest of the world. To an extent that till 1999, the country had no televisions.  However, it dosent mean that this country hasn’t progressed. Today, it is the only carbon-negative country. 70% of the country is covered by trees. It absorbs more carbon dioxide than it produces. A reason for this is the mandate in Bhutan’s constitution that ...

 Do you know, the World’s Quietest room, is in Washington?  In the headquarters of Microsoft. When you converse with people, the intensity of the sound is 60dB. When you whisper it is 30dB. The sound below 0 dB cant be heard by human ears. Inside the World’s Quietest Room, the sound level is at -20dB. The surfaces of this room are covered by fiberglass wedges. It has a double wall of insulated steel and concrete, that’s one foot thick. This setup ensure that 99.99% of sound are absorbed. Even if an aeroplane takes off besides the building, inside this room you wouldn’t hear that.  If you’re thinking about how low can a sound get?  The lowest sound level is at -23dB. This sound is made by air molecules when they bounce off of each other. Because of the Brownian motion. 

 Around 800kms to the North of Norway there is a island called Svalbard. The special thing is that to live or work here, you don’t require a visa. It might be the only such place on earth. If you want to permanently settle here all you need is a job and a place to stay on the island. You’re allowed to live there. There is no need to apply for visa. In Svalbard’s capital Longyearbyen only 2,400 people live. This is the reason why 1/3rd of them are immigrants. They’re from 50 different countries. But if you’re seriously interested, keep one thing in mind – the place is extremely cold. Winter temperatures can reach upto -20 degree Celsius. In summers, it dosent go beyond 10 degree Celsius. Also, if you’re travelling outside the city you need to carry a rifle on you as the population of polar bears here is more than humans, in comparison. Also, keep in mind if something happens to you – if you get hurt or get sick, then there are no hospitals here. You’ll have to go to mainland Norway ...

Can you imagine what would happen if every women in the country stopped working?  Something similar happened on 24th October 1975, in the small country,  Iceland. 90% of the women in Iceland refused to work for a day, known as the Women’s Day Off.  A historic day for Iceland. On this day 90% of the women didn’t go to the office, neither did they do housework, nor they look after the children. Instead, they came out on the streets to protest gender inequality.  As a result, the country came to a standstill. Several banks, factories, and shops had to close down. Since these women said they wouldn’t look after children on that day, the husband’s had to take care of them. Many husbands couldn’t even cook. Though this protest lasted 1 day, it had such a huge impact that it helped everyone realize women’s   importance in the society. New laws to ensure gender equality were implemented in the country over the next few decades, and as a result, today, according to ...

 While Elon Musk is trying get people to Mars Saudi crown price Mohammed Bin Salman has plans of getting a different world on earth itself. Imagine a science fiction type city with same population as New York City with no roads, no cars & no pollution! This 500 Billion $ dream city alongside the Red Sea is called THE LINE. And the name is not without a reason on the outside it looks like a 170kms long but only 200m wide wall make of mirrors & it will house 9 million residents with afootprint of 34sq km. it will be 500m tall hence taller than both Eiffel Tower & Empire State Building. On the inside its 3D space will be structured such that residents can have access to all necessities at a 5 minute walking distance & high speed rails can take you from one end of THE LINE to another in 20 minutes. So cars would be useless hence zero emissions & all of it will be powered by renewable energy. You could witness a part of it as early as 2030.

 They did a study of 50 CEO’s of the successful companies and they asked them what is the very best time management or business tool that you have ever discovered? 49/50 held up a yellow writing pad and this is what they did this is how they planned their day and made a list to do list today. They wrote down everything they had to do they always work from a list. If you don’t work from a list it’s very much like taking your hands of the wheel of your car going down a winding road in the mountains. What happens is your life’s going to go up and you’re instantly going to start doing irrelevant and unimportant and useless things and at the end of the day you’ll be exhausted and you accomplished nothing!!!!

 The poorest state of India has become an inspiration to the whole world - Inspiring story of ODISHA.  IN 1999, A huge cyclone hit Odisha that killed 10,000 people and the damage was so big that everyone felt ODISHA IS FINISHED!!!  But Odisha made a comeback by starting from the basic problems. Today, Odisha is so amazing that you can get a fulfilling mean in just 5 rupees.  Odisha is so amazing that farmers get free medical treatment  Odisha is so amazing that their CM fired 3 of his ministers only because they were corrupted When a women is empowered she empowers her family  Hence 5 lakhs self-help groups are formed in Odisha. For their empowerment, women received loans at just 1% interest. 50 lakh women received benefits from this initiative. Where others appreciate the medals won in Hockey for a day or two and then conveniently forget about them Odisha sponsors the Indian Hockey Team. Odisha is often hit by cyclones but its disaster management system is...

 5 things banned in Singapore 1. Chewing gum : in 1992, they observed that people stick chewing gums below the metro seats. That’s why chewing gums are banned in Singapore. If you are caught having a chewing gum on the road you will be billed with $1000. 2. Nudity : going out nude is illegal in many countries. But in Singapore you cant be see nude in your houses. So when you are not wearing any clothes you have to be very careful. If a neighbor complains you will have to pay the fine. 3. Porn : the main reason to ban nudity is that Pornography is illegal in Singapore. So if you are going to Singapore, remember which sites not to be visited. 4. Durian : Durian that looks like Jackfruit its worlds most controversial fruit. If you carry it in metro then you will be fined with $500. Because some people hate its smell. 5. Smoking : if your are caught smoking in public place you will be fined with $200. Spitting & litering is fined with $ 1000. 

 POTS When a person becomes successful & get growth before that he faces many problems & challenges. It means, this is the syllabus of success, without it, getting success is impossible. So next time, don’t be scared when you get challenges, rather, remember that this is a  POTS – Part Of The Syllabus

 Did you know that after water the most consumed drink in the world is Tea. And it is consumed the most in China not India. We have our Tea from road-side stalls but what if I told you that some people are willing to pay more for an exclusive tea than they would for Gold? China was the birthplace of Tea and today still China accounts for more than 35% of the total world tea consumption and its no surprise that the most expensive tea also come from China. But why is it so expensive that it costs 20 times more than gold. The reason is its scarcity this high quality tea called Da Hong Pao comes from a rare type of trees in China called Mothers Trees said to be thousands of years old only six of those original trees still exist because of which its been designated a national treasure and its harvesting has been banned since 2006 so they can be studied and if you wanted to buy one kg of this delicate tea you will need to pay between USD $ 250,000 

 Which is World’s number 1 Biscuit? Undoubtedly its Parle-G.  In 2011, Nielsen marketing company published a report Parle-G was declared world’s no. 1 most sold biscuit. Let’s know Parle G’s story in these 5 points. 1. Parle Company was founded in Vile Parle, Mumbai in the year 1928. It was founded by Mohanlal Dayal. The first, it only had 12 employees who were his family members.  2. They were inspired by the Swadeshi movement. They wanted to start an Indian company that made Indian snacks for Indian people but biscuit wasn’t their first product. 3. It was an Orange candy name Orange Bite.  4. Parle G biscuit came into the picture when in 1938, people wanted an Indian alternative to dip in their tea cups. By learning the process from Germany Parle G Biscuit was launched  5. National wide Parle G has 130 factories and 5 million stores  The Biscuit that started from the Swadeshi movement is sold in at least 9 different countries  Now that’s a ...

 This is the cleanest village in Asia!  Its not in Japan  its not in Singapore its in…..I will tell you later….. Here, instead of dirty streets you will see gorgeous gardens. Instead of pollution you will see clear skies and clean water. And instead of trash you will see beautiful handmade waste bins. This village stays clean because everyone believed in cleaning…TOGETHER…. People clean before they go to work  Children clean on the weekends and people turn their food trash into the beautiful soil. They work together to make sure that every person has a toilet and every person can read. This is the village of MAWLYNNONG in India Where cleanliness is not a personal thing  It’s a COMMUNITY RESPONSIBILITY This inspiring village teaches us the power of COMMUNITY

 Do you know that there is a lake in Denmark that looks like the world map? Spread over 4,000 sq meters, made out of map and stones, an actual world Map! The name of the lake is KLEJTRUP, and when you walk around it, you will see the flags of all the countries. This entire thing has been made by just one farmer – SOREN POULSEN, A Danish Farmer. He got the idea for this in 1943 and it took 25 years to complete. But the process was simple- when the lake was frozen, he used to place the rocks in the shape of continents. When summer come, the ice used to melt and these rocks sank and settled in the lake. After doing this repeatedly for years these rocks accumulated on top each other in the same shape and this beautiful thing was formed.  This map was completed in 1969 but many nations were born after that like Montenegro in 2006 and south Sudan in 2011. There is a team of this park that updates this map every year as and when new nations are formed.

 Unbelievable Facts of Burj Khalifa -  The world tallest building has some interesting facts. If you jump from the top of this building, it will take you 20 seconds, to fall to the ground. Its total height is 828 meters, it has 200 floors but of the 200 floors, only 160 floors are habitable. The other top floors are only for Technical use. If you visit Burj Khalifa in the evening to watch the sunset, and then you get on its lift, and get to the 124th floor you can watch the sunset again. And the lift you would use to go up travels the most distance in the world and is the world’s third fastest lift. Its speed will be 36kms/hr. if you see the Burj khalifa from above it is designed like a flower. And finally, it wouldn’t remain the tallest building much longer, because in Saudi Arabia, Jeddah Tower is being built and its height is said to be 1 kilo meter.

 Success story of Parachute Oil. Parachute Oil secret to success is due to RATS!!! IN 1980’S Parachute oils were sold in tin cans. Tin cans were expensive and it used to get Rust. So the owner Harsh Mariwala decided to sell coconut oil in plastic bottles. Then in the market research they found that competition was also selling coconut oil in square shaped plastic containers but it was failed due to rats. Rats were easily accessible to square shaped containers and bit the containers and oil used to spill in retailers shop.  That’s the reason Parachute designed cylindrical bottle were rats couldn’t climb the bottle. It was a massive success but lot of copy cats came in the market to capture Parachute market. So Harsh Mariwala had a imported mold maker and made the bottle with drop like mold and differentiate with other copycat competitors. That mold has become Parachute coconut oil bottle identity.

 World’s most empty Country Genghis Khan – a famous warrior who founded the largest empire of his time. The Mongol Empire. Today, he is known as the Founding Father of Mongolia. But Mongolia is the emptiest country in the world now. The most sparsely populated. As per the land area, area of Mongolia is 1.6 million kms, but only 3 million people live here. The population of only 30 lakhs. The population dnsity of almost 2 people per kms. Worlds least densely populated country. It is estimated that about 30-40% of Mongolians, are Nomadic Herders. This is why the population of livestock in Mongolia is 67 million. Even though the population of people is only 3 million. More than half the Mongolians live in only one city. Ulaanbaatar – the Capital of Mongolia.

 The New Buzz work Quiet Constraint highlights problems with Toxic work culture. What is Quiet Constraint? Quiet Constraint involved withholding important information Not sharing valuable input also qualifies as quiet constraint Do you not share knowledge at work? some believe this new work trends is a result of remote working hy people hold on to important information? employees blame bosses for not providng a channel to share Quiet Constraint highlights problems with Toxic work culture Why workers hold on to critical Information? 26% say they were never asked 23% say employers dont provide them a channel to share  26% say their talent and self expression is stifled at work Quite Contraint  58% employees admit holding on to information 77% of employees who hold on to information are GEN-Z 63% of employees who hold on to information are men 57% of employees who hold on to information are women Quite Constraint is Unhealthy... Think about it...

 India Won and Britain Lost!!! Did you know that East India Company ruled India for a century but and Indian owns East India Company. It feels impossible but its true.  Sanjiv Mehta the owner of East India Company. Lets rewind to find out how?  East India Company started with the purpose of trade. It traded spices with India and other countries. We never realized when did they turn from business people to our rulers. After India’s first uprising of 1857 East India Company was disband. In 2003, some of its shareholders wishes to sell tea & coffee.  Indian Entrepreneur Sanjiv Mehta found out about this. In 2005, he bought this company and its name. If you visit London you may go to the shop of East India Company to have tea but the difference is that British will serve tea for you. But the money you send will be received by an Indian. How cool is that!!!

 Most safest country in the world – Every country has its own Army and Navy excepting one country in the World who don’t have any Army or Navy, and police don’t carry a gun here because there is no crime. We are talking about the most safest country in the world. Welcome to ICELAND. There is no railway station in Iceland because people love to travel by road. People do not use artificial lights also because of Norther Lights which cause a shiny sky at the night also. Crime rate is ZERO in Iceland  People don’t fight for Caste or Religion because they don’t have surnames they use first or middle name only. And the most interesting things is there is no mosquitos, no cockroaches and no snakes and of course no McDonald’s Burgers.  Since 2008 ICELAND has been declared worlds safest country in the world.

 The most powerful village in the World!! The village in Switzerland will blow your mind….. Davos – the most powerful village in the world because every year 3,000 smart people come there not to vacation but to work at the most famous conference in the world  WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM Prime Ministers, Presidents, Activities’, CEO’s, Entrepreneurs and even Gurus come to discuss Politics, Social Justice, Climate Change, Education, because everyone here has one GOAL… MAKE THE WORLD BETTER  What happens in this village make the world better….

 Unbelievable facts of Ukraine!!! Ukraine is the country that had nuclear weapons but it gave them up. Once Ukraine had the third-largest nuclear arsenal.  But, in 1996, Ukraine gave them up. One of the largest reasons for it was the Chernobyl disaster.  The deadliest nuclear disaster of 1996. The radiation emitted during this was 400 times more than that from the Hiroshima bomb. This radiation travelled so far that radioactive rain was seen in Ireland.  Apart from this, worlds deepest metro station is in Ukraine. 105mts below the ground. Arsenalna Metro Station.  Finally, the literacy rate of Ukraine is 99.4% as per 2021 data. 

 Apsara & Nataraj Pencils – How they fooled you! As a child, did you prefer Nataraj Pencils or Apsara pencils? You might be shocked to know that both of these pencils belonged to the same company. Hindustan Pencils made both these pencils.  This type of corporate strategy is known as a multi-brand strategy.  The same company develops multiple brands in the same sectors to target different sections of consumers.  While promoting, Apsara pencils were promoted as extra dark pencils while nataraj pencils were considered to be economic.  Many companies use this strategy Dove and Lifebuoy soaps both belong to Hindustan Levers. Porsche and Volkswagen Cars both belong to the Volkswagen group.  This disadvantage of this strategy is that it is cost intensive to maintain both brands.  Many times the brand start competing against each other, but the same strategy is used by media organisations as well to appease people of different ideologies. 

 Did you know that there is only 1 country in the world with no Government!!! They have no prime minister no president not even a King or Queen. The Biggest political mess in the world. The country made of ice also called Antartica. It’s the coldest place on Earth. This country has no Government because its not one country. Its actually 7 – France, Argentina, Chile, Australia, New Zealand, Norway and the UK all claim to won a part of it.   And other countries like the US and Russia also want a piece because Antartica could be full of oil and oil means money. But the one thing every country agrees on is to protect it! Because Antartica could melt away in the next 500 years because of climate change. Antartica is a huge mess but it’s a beautiful one. Lets take good care of our planet so that our kids and grandkids can one day take a boat and may be visit the huge continent made of ice…..

 Dark truth of self-made Billionaire – in 1987 Steve Jobs and his co-founder Randy Adams bought TWO 911 Porsche which stood outside the office to their new startup next company but just before the investor meeting they hid both these vehicles and that investor felt that these boys are doing a startup. They have no money at all such a hard working boys. If they get some money and support then these people will do wonders.  And guess what? Seeing these boys have no money at all Paret investor invested $20 million in next company at the same time. All the Billionaire are great story tellers but there is a catch and the catch is PSEDO INSPIRING stories. In a very simple words Falsely inspirational it is not inspiration, it has been made inspirational. The Maximum billionaires of the world are master in telling you a Psedo-Inspiring story which is not even true or it is the half-truth.

 Imagine Ordering Pizza & getting a bill of USD $ 12,000! Yes we are talking about world’s most expensive pizza in the world named LOUIS XIII which is served in SALERNO ITALY. LOUIS XIII is a pizza for two with a diameter of only 7 inches! But what is so special about this? Firstly you have to order it 3 days in advance. So that its special ingredients can be arranged fresh. It takes 72 hours to prepare the dough which is made from organic Arabian flour and dusted with the Australian Murray Rivers pink salt. The toppings include a choice of 3 types of caviar – Norwegian lobster & 7 types of cheese. The pizza is served with a Remy Martin Cognac Louis XIII a bottle of which sells for USD $ 3700 along with a wine bottle worth USD $ 3000.

 In Chennai India there is a guy who makes tables chairs couches and even beds out of rice. B L Bengani loves nature but he also loves furniture. He started working in the furniture business at a very young age and eventually became a millionaire but he realized the cost of his success was the death of millions of trees. So he searched around the world for something sturdy that could replace wood and found that the husk on rice crops could be very strong. Bengani took the rice husk to his factory crushed it and mixed it with some minerals and resin to end up with the cheapest and most sustainable wood. This wood is insect proof, weather proof and it cant even spread fire. This story is proof that when people like Bengani bring nature and technology together we are able to enjoy beautiful furniture inside without destroying the nature outside.

 Asia’s first green village – Do you know that in Nagaland, near the India- Myanmar Border, 22kms from Kohima, there is a village Khonoma.  This is Asia’s first green village.  Its special because the tribe living in this village used to be a hunting tribe. Hunting festival used to be celebrated where young men would be awarded status based on who could hunt more animals.  Once in the early 1990’s, in a similar festival in this village, within a week, more than 300 endangered Blyth’s Tragopans were hunted. It’s a bird species, it is actually the state bird of Nagaland.  The villagers realized that they couldn’t live sustainably like that. Their village community leader started a campaign to create a protected area with a ban on hunting and deforestation.  It wasn’t easy to convince all, but after 5 years of hard work, the Khonoma Natural Conservation and Tragopan Sanctuary was built in the village in 1998.  Hunting was banned and the villagers who were...

 Business Case Study -  Sir Ratan Tata’s recently launched new startup – 1.5 crore elderly Indians live by themselves. Many of them feel lonely. And due to their age they also face problems with their daily errands. To address their problems Shantanu Naidu & Ratan Tata started startup GOOD FELLOWS. Based on Physiological test, Background checks, personal interview empathetic and educated young dynamic graduates will be hired. Then they will be matched to an elderly person. Educated graduates are called Good Fellows and elderly are called Grandpals  Duty of Goodfellows is to take care of Grandpals and spend quality time. They have to take care of their shopping, walk & take them to doctor. Even they have to help them to teach technology. This may not be a Billion dollar business for Ratan Tata but for sure this will touch & win Million peoples Heart.

 IKEA Secret Business Strategy –  Have you ever thought that among the people entering the IKEA store 85% of people go out only after buying something?  Well the answer to this thing is hidden in IKEA Store design. If you once enter the IKEA store then your only exit will be on the second floor of IKEA store.  IKEA’s entire store is designed like a maze so that you end up spending more time and you end up buying more things. Along with this, if you see near the exit of IKEA store a very special thing is kept and that is Cinamon bun counter.  Everything is sold very cheap inside IKEA so there are very high chances that whoever goes to IKEA store, overbuys due to which their subconscious stress increases even more.  When these buns are baked so, the smell of sugar it is so soothing that that smell gives you a relaxed feeling, because of which the Physiological stress you have increased by overspending it falls short. You start to feel good and you will go ahe...

 This Indian Forest Glows in Night – If you have seen James Cameron famous film, Avatar, then you must have noticed that there are some plants that glow in the dark. That is a film. But how would you feel if you come to know that this exists in reality as well?  A similar glow forest in the dark forest is found in India.  In the Western Ghats, if you visit Goa and Maharashtra, in the month of June-October, then you might see the glow in the forest with your own eyes!  At the time of monsoon, these forests in the Western Ghats get completely soaked in the rain. If you go there in the day, you’d find nothing unusual. But at the night the real magic happens.  In these forests, there are tiny mushrooms called Mycena. They almost look like moss. Their uniqueness is that at night, when there is a lot of moisture present in the surrounding environment, then they start to glow in the dark. It seems as if the entire forest is glowing. This property is called BIO-LUMINESC...

 Did you know UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and Oman in all these Middle East country something is common – can you guess?  Indian rupee was officially currency & commonly used currency in all these countries till 1959. Illegal Gold smuggling was going on during that time. Smugglers used to buy gold in very less price in these Middle East countries and sell for higher price in India and in profits again they used to go back to Gulf country and buy gold again. In 1959 RBI ( Reserve Bank of India ) came out with special gulf currency for gulf region called Gulf Rupee, these currency design was similar to Indian rupee currency with color difference and currency note series was with Z series with denominators with 1, 5, 10 and 50’s. In 1960’s Gulf countries started issuing their own currencies. Oman was the last country which was using Indian Rupee till 1970.  

 The Big Clash! Who will WIN!!! TESLA is not the number one anymore. Guess who is number one? China’s BYD has taken the number one spot as the largest electric vehicle producer in the World. The company sold more cars than Tesla in 2022.  And can you guess who the early investor in BYD was? Yeah, its non-other than Mr.Warren Buffett. He invested in the company in 2008 and his $230 million of investment are now worth a massive $7.7 Billion. But how does the company manage to do this?  Now BYD’s factories were running even the lockdowns in China because they were far away from the main COVID hotspot areas like Shanghai.  And were as Tesla’s biggest manufacturing plant in China? Shanghai… While Tesla’s factories were shut, BYD was producing more and more and more car. And as a result of this, the shares of BYD have shot up by a major 36% in one year.  Now we have to wait and watch who will WIN – Is it Elon Mask or Warren Buffett?

 This slum in India makes more than USD $ 650,000,000 every Year!! It’s called Dharavi in Mumbai, India and it’s the 3rd largest slum in the world! Here, more than 100,000 people live in tiny houses all cramped up next to each other but when you take a closer look at this place it’s much more than just another slum. This slum has one of the biggest recycling business, pottery business, and leather and garment business. The people of Dharavi are super hard working. Even inside houses women are working even with dirty roads and no toilets every house is clean on the inside. This place is more than just a slum, its and economic powerhouse filled with huge businesses, engineers, artists and hard workers. It just happens to be called a slum.

 AI & Robots can’t control humans – I went to the Museum of basketball. You know basketball used to have a basket People threw the ball inside and use the ladder to take the ball out. This think has been last for 18 years and there’s one guy said, why not cut the bottom of the basket and it could be easier it’s a great idea, much basketball became more competitive, but people hated. The people who hated the most were the guy who used the ladder. He said I am losing my job.  So this is what I want to say. People start to worry AI, ROBOTS, jobs. But don’t worry about it. Human beings are much smarter than machines. Machines can never control because machines only have chips. Human beings have their hearts – Jack Ma.

 Which Country is Tax Heaven?  This is how Amazon paid $0 dollars on $55 Billion dollar sales in Europe. Amazon Europe basically has its headquarters in this country which is even smaller than Goa and that country is called Luxembourg.  And that’s because Luxembourg is basically a Tax Heaven.  A Tax Haven basically a country which offers companies, lower rates of taxes than their own nation or their own country. And this is the reason why so many companies like Apple, Amazon and Microsoft have their offices in Luxembourg.  They save up to billions of dollars as a result, Luxembourg has become the hub for multinational companies all across the world. But whatever said and done the country that’s enjoying right now is Luxembourg because they are currently the richest country on the planet as per their GDP. Intellectuals & Legends make millions and pay ZERO tax!!!

 The Country you cannot HACK!!! Do you know which country is online in the world? Here Taxes are Online, voting is online, schools are online, and the Justice system is online. You can be a resident online without even visiting the country.  Welcome to ESTONIA. Where you can talk to your doctor over facetime and get medicine online. As soon as you are born you get a digital ID. In Kinder garden they give you coding and robotics classes to make you tech-friendly as possible. And people are not worried about online privacy because ESTONIA is also good at encryption.  The internet is moving fast and the choice is very clear. Countries that adopt the internet will win the future and the ones that don’t will lose it.

 How you start your day can either set you up to success or sabotage you. When you first wake up your brain is in malleable & changeable state. It’s impressionable. When you check your phone first thing whether looking at social media or checking emails you trigger your brain into “alert” mode especially if you happen to come across something negative. Shawn Anchor’s research found that just 3 minutes of negative news in the morning can ruin your mood for the entire day putting you on edge & magnifying your own personal anxieties. This undermines your performance. The first 20 minutes of your day can set you up for success.  Practices of peak performers include a morning routine which can have things like gratitude, prayer, meditation, mindfulness, exercise and even affirmations or visualization. Choose a routine that works for you & you will notice the difference.

 A super simple way to increase your CHARISMA & your personal Magnetism comes down to what we call the 3SP – three second pause. You might have noticed that people who rate highly on Charisma have this quiet confidence about them.  If you have ever watched an interview with one, you will notice that they often pause before answering a question. They remain silent but maintain eye contact for around 3 seconds. Not only does it convey confidence and self-assuredness it also gives them time to collect their thoughts, to take a breath and deliver a well-considered response. This is a great tip for professional environments or if you experience interaction anxiety where you blurt out the first thing that comes to mind.  Try out the power of 3SP.

 These guys deliver 200,000 lunchboxes every day without using Google maps and they make almost ZERO mistakes. Who are they? And how do they do it? Mumbai Dabbawalas…. Every day the Dabbawalas go to people’s homes pick up home cooked meals and delivery them to people for their lunch breaks all across Mumbai. And Yes! They do it without using apps or QR Codes. Instead they use the hand written codes. Dabbawalas are one of the world’s oldest food delivery services. They have kept this complex system simple and cheap. Harvard even came to study them because they were so impressed. These Dabbawalas teach us that in a world where everything is getting more complicated the best solutions are sometimes the simplest ones.

 Why does Red Bull give you WIIINGS!!! Red Bull’s tagline is “Red Bull gives you WIIINGS” Not WINGS its WIIINGS with 3 i! Do you know why? There is an interesting reason. About 20 years ago, the slogan had normal WINGS with single i Then in America, a consumer sued the company claiming to the court that the company was lying. After drinking Red Bull for 10 Years, he didn’t grow any wings.  The company was lying. A case of false advertising. The judge found it to be a sensible argument. Red Bull lost the case. And the court awarded USD$ 13 million as compensation to be paid by Red Bull to the customers who purchased a can of Red Bull between 2002 to 2014 in America. They were entitled to a USD $ 10 cash payout. It was an embarrassing loss for the company.  After this, Red Bull decided to change their slogan. Red Bull Gives you WINGS was replaced with Red Bull Gives you WIIINGS Now if someone is upset for not growing wings, Red Bull can defend themselves because they don’t ...

 Why prices end with Rs.99? Have you ever wondered while shopping why do prices always end with a 9? Buying a new T-Shirt? Rs. 599. Ordering a Pizza? Rs.399? Recharging your phone? Rs.799? Why aren’t the prices rounded off? People are habituated to reading from left to right. So in the shop, when we are taking a quick look at the prices, we focus on the first digit.  If the price is Rs.799, we might imagine it to be closer to Rs.700. even though the actual price is around Rs.800. Its been proven scientifically.  In a 2012 study, it was found, that on the stock market, the shares priced at a round number aren’t preferred much. But the stocks, that are a cent lesser, are brought excessively.  Another interesting reason was seen in a 2014 IIM Bangalore study, that Indian consumers assume that things whose price ends that things whose price ends with a 9 have a higher value. As compared to something whose price ends with a 0. There is a perception that it is of a higher ...

 If brands don’t listen to you, build a brand. The guy whose las name is Lamborghini, he wasn’t a car manufacturer.  He was a man who owned tractors.  But he drove Ferraris. And he went up to the Ferrari man because he knew something about engine parts. He made a suggestion to the Ferrari man about how his cars could be a little better. And the man who drove the Ferrari, who owned the Ferrari Company looked at the tractor man and said “Your advice is not important”.  Because see sometimes you don’t understand that there are Ferrari people now. But you have a Lamborghini destiny. And what he did is instead of arguing with the man who owned Ferrari he went and created the Lamborghini and fixed what was broken in the Ferrari.  And then let me tell you something. Some of you all keep arguing with Ferrari. Would you just become Lamborghini? The only reason who Lamborghini is here now is because he did what Ferrari wouldn’t listen to.

 Tata’s are blessed by GOD. They are role models in life. The person who established the house of Tata’s Sir Ratan Tata, brought this together. And Sir Jamsetji Tata they willed all their wealth to charity.  And do you know one thing the Tata cancer Hospital in Bombay every child who comes to Bombay is examined by them. If they feel they can cure it, they give free treatment. The Indian cancer society gives medicines. Now they are setting up a cancer hospital in every district, in every headquarters in India. Who set up India’s first Steel plant? First five start hotel in India? First power plant in India? First Software Company in India? First car manufacturing company in India? Who set up the Indian Institute of Sciences in India? Who set up the Tata’s ? So it a role model of what is wealth? They are creating wealth for the good of the society. What a great, Greater Noble aim can a human have?

 By talking too much in a meeting or in any kind of situation, you make people inadvertently smell weakness on you. A lot of communication between humans is nonverbal. We feel we sense something from you and it communicates and we have impression. And people who talk a lot generally give an impression of they don’t know how to control themselves.  Whereas people who kind of say little bit less can speak in riddles, almost say, you know, that’s great. I will think about it, or whatever gives off an impression of power they know more than they actually do, because the game of power a lot of it has to do with appearances. Inevitably they had that quality they knew how to control their tongue.  The other thing is if you talk too much to inevitably say something stupid. 

 Nelson Mandela across the world is universally regarded as a great leader. He was actually the son of a tribal chief, and he was asked one day, how did you learn to be a great leader? And he responded that he would go with his father to tribal meetings. And he remembers two things when his father meet with other elders. One, they would always sit in a circle. And two, his father was always the last to speak. We see in boardrooms every day of the week. Even people who consider themselves good leaders who may actually be decent leaders will walk into a room and say, here is the problem.  Here is what I think but I am interested in your opinion. Let us go around the room. It’s too late. The skill to hold your opinions to yourself until everyone has spoken does two things. One, it gives everybody else the feeling that they have been heard. And two, you get the benefit of hearing what everybody else has to think, before you render your opinion.

 It’s pretty unexpected that one of the most intelligent animals in the world has been labelled as Evil and Bad Omen!! Meet Crow or Corvids in general. They are mischievous, playful and extremely intelligent. They can use tools to Forage and solve complex problems. They also known to drop hard shelled nuts on the road so that passing by cars can crack it and then they pick them up once the road is safe using the pedestrian lights. Scientists have found that crow’s problem solving abilities are better than 7 year old human. They also can recognize faces and have been known to hold a Grudge against someone who was rude to them. Crows live in a group and have a complex social structure they share territories and help raising each other’s young every season. They are Omnivorous and their diet mainly consists of small insects, worms, seeds and fruits. Crows can be found all over the world with their ability to adapt to their environment. 

 Have you ever wanted to go to the moon? In a few years, you may get to experience the moon, right here on Earth. A ginormous project is being planned in Dubai – Moon Dubai!!!! Literally, a gigantic, moon-shaped resort. It’s being planned by a Canadian company. It will be a luxurious resort, 200 meter tall, circumstance of 600 meter and from the outside, it will be a replica of the moon. It will be equipped with many modern facilities, such as spas, wellness sections, restaurants, bars, nightclubs, event center.  Space-themed attractions, robot taxis, hotels, and even apartments for people to reside in. The private residences will be named SKY VILLAS, and reportedly, they will not have normal windows. There will be artificial windows, where you can choose the view you want to see outside your window. The digital screen will then display the view.  The biggest attraction here would be the Lunar Surface Simulation. A simulator that will make you feel as if you are literally...

 The Hippopotamus is the world’s deadliest land mammal, killing around 500 people annually in Africa. Their height is about 1.6 meters and their weight is about 3200 kilograms. These creatures are known to be aggressive and territorial. They are mostly herbivores but can be dangerous to humans if they feel threatened. They are great swimmers and can stay submerged for up to 5 min with their eyes and ears and nostrils on the top of the head hippos can hear, see and breathe while most of their body is under water. They can even sleep under water using a reflex that allows them to bob up take a breathe and sink back down without waking up. Yet despite all these adaptations for life in the water hippos can’t swim and they cant even float their bodies are far too dense to float o they move around by pushing off from the bottom of the river or simply walking along the river bed in a slow motion gallop. 

 If you are trying to focus and you leave your phone on your desk, even if it is facing down and on silent, it negatively affects your cognitive capacity – you don’t perform as well and struggle to focus. This was found in a 2017 study ( Ward, Duke, Gneezy and Bos, 2017 ) The same principle applies if you are in a meeting with someone and you leave your phone on the table you subconsciously communicate that you are only going to be present with that person. Unless and until something “more important” catches your attention on your phone. The moral of the story – if you want to focus or show others that you are fully present with them –  PUT YOUR PHONE AWAY.

 How do you do social distancing? Today, all of us know this. But did you know that there are some plants and trees in the world that maintain social distancing among each other. In some forests, if you look towards the sky, you will be able to see some trees have gaps between the leaves of the two trees. The leaves look like a jigsaw puzzle. They fit properly beside each other, but would never touch each other.  This is known as Crown Shyness. This is mostly seen in the same species of trees. Such as the Black Mangrove Tree, Eucalyptus, Camphor. There are many theories for this behavior of the trees.  One theory claims that this is the trees way of social distancing, so that diseases aren’t spread from one tree to the other. If one gets an infection, the other is protected.  The second theory claims that it is to permit the light to enter so that the photosynthesis isn’t disrupted. But the most likely theory is that these trees do not wish to harm each other. Crown ...

 The Ancient looking bird is one of the closest descendants of the dinosaurs.  Meet Cassowary – the deadliest bird in the world. They are the second Biggest & Heaviest bird in the world after the Ostrich which also part of the Ratite family together with Emu. Cassowaries can grow to 6 feet or 1.8 m tall and they can weight up to 167lbs or 76 kg. Despite their big size & lack of flight cassowary can run up to 30 mph or 48 km/h which is faster than usain bolt. They have a pair of deadly razor sharp claws that can reach up to 5 inches long or 12cm combined with their muscular & powerful legs cassowaries can deal a deadly blow. Although they are Herbivorous cassowaries have been known to attack human. In 2019 a man from Florida was attacked by a cassowary he owned as a pet the man was severely injured and unfortunately died after he was transported in to the hospital.

In n Tokyo, Japan – there is a chef who cooks a deadly fish and gives it to his customers he is Minoru Sasaki. Fugu is a type of fish that actually has POISON! People still eat it. That’s why sasaki’s late father spent a decade to learn how to cook this fish without the poison. It is a delicate art that takes years to master because its so dangerous. That’s why people pay $118 to have this poisoness fish for dinner.  Luckily so far nobody has died from eating it. Today fugu is a popular meal and you can find Sasaki all the way in Japan serving a deadly fish to customers just like his father. Some people are willing to eat a nice fish.

 A FISH that is not made from FISH!!!!  Ofek realized that we were running out of fish in the ocean, so he decided to do something about it.  He found the 3 smartest people in Isreal and together they built a machine that can print food. It copies the fish molecules using plant molecules and they made the printer and the molecules work perfectly together to create the world’s first cooked salmon fillet made entirely out of plants. It has zero cholesterol and lots of omegas. But it doesn’t have any mercury or micro plastic or antibiotics and this is just the first version. In the future we will be able to eat a fish that is 10 times more delicious than a normal fish without touching the ocean. And that is exciting!!!