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A.P.J Abdul Kalam; The Man Who Dedicated His Entire Life For General Interest

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A.P.J Abdul Kalam was an aerospace scientist, author, professor and elected president of India from 2002-2007. A story of lifetime dedication for public interest and general benefit. How a person from a small village became the elected president of India? How he kept overcoming hardships? Why he dedicated his entire life for public interest? How many honorary award was he awarded? A.P.J Abdul Kalam was born to a Tamil Muslim family in India. Firstly, his family was rich and boat owners but went into crisis and failed miserably; moreover, Kalam started selling newspapers from an early age and contributed his income to his family. A.P.J Abdul Kalam was known as a bright and keen student from childhood who had a thirst for education especially for mathematics and he graduated from university with a degree from Physics. He joined Defense Research and Development Organization of India and started working there with full dedication and a dream of inventing missiles for...

Stephen King; King OF Horror

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Stephen King is an American horror writer known as King of horror because of his dark works. Stephen’s story is so touchy and inspirational as he arise from a very dark environment. How Stephen was raised by single mother? How he handled mental challenges and nightmares after witnessing his friend’s death? How and why he started writing? How he grew by every passing day? And what are his accomplishments? Stephen King was born in poverty and financial crisis and his father left his family forever with an excuse of buying a packet of cigarette. His mother raised him with his brother and her parents all alone by herself working most of the hours of the day. Stephen was not raised in a normal environment as he had so many mental challenges and nightmares as an adult; moreover, he had witnessed death of his friend with train that gave him tough times and made him have darker works. He was an avid fiction and horror reader from school years that made him start writing for...

Victor Frankl; The Man Who Survived Holocaust

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Man’s Search for Meaning is a book written by Victor Frankl on psychology of survival. Victor Frankl was an Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist who survived the holocaust and death camps of the Nazis. He survived the death camps of the Nazis for 3 years where he discovered the importance of finding meaning in all conditions of life and how finding meaning out of life will potentially help us achieve what is considered to be next to impossible. After surviving the holocaust and death camps Victor Frankl mastered the science of psychology and founded logotherapy which was a new analysis to psychotherapy. Victor Frankl discovered how human brain worked and how to condition it and get things work; in form of contribution, he wrote Man’s Search for Meaning in order to help human beings condition their mind according to their will. Man’s Search for Meaning is a book written on personal experiences in worst and cruel situations that human beings faced in the 1940s with elaborat...

Ali Agha; A Football Player With Big Achievable Goals

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Ali Agha, a 19 years old boy, belongs to a Sadat family of Hazara tribe and lives in Hazara town, Quetta, Pakistan. He started playing football from childhood and practiced non-stop in an environment where sportsmen are not supported and facilitated. He has been playing for local teams in his hometown and other cities of the country in tournaments where he and his colleagues represented Hazara nation. Hazara nation is a big name in Pakistan in terms of education, sports, social activities, subordination and being peaceful; in contrast, they are restricted due to security reasons. Ali Agha was awarded one of the Best Player of Balochistan trophy in a province level football tournament; moreover, he was awarded and declared several times as Man of The Match and Best Player of The Tournament . He has big achievable goals and he is working day and night to pursue his dream of becoming a professional footballer. He is also a football trainer as he trains and coaches a scho...

Gary Vaynerchuk; A Social Media Guru with $ 160 Million USD Net Worth

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Gary Vaynerchuk is an American entrepreneur, author and internet personality best known for his 4 time New York Times best-selling books and seminars around the world. He is a social media pioneer and digital marketer who grew his family’s wine business from $ 3 million to $ 60 million dollars and he is founder of VaynerMedia and VaynerX . He is an investor and advisor to: Uber, Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and Snapchat ; on the other hand, he speaks regularly at the global entrepreneurship and technology conference and he hosts the Ask GaryVee Show. VaynerMedia is a social media-focused digital agency that provides ads and strategy services to 500 plus companies. In 2016, his company had earned $ 100 million in revenue and had 600 employees. In 2009, he signed $ 1,000,000 deal to publish his first book Crush it! Why Now Is the Time to Crush Your Passion which sold millions of copies and became best-selling book on Amazon. In 2011, he published his second book The Tha...

Opera House; An Art Performing Center

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Opera House Sydney is one of the most famous building of the 20 th century which was designed by Jorn Utzon , the man who won the. 1957 international design competition. It is a performing art center with a number of halls whose construction started in 1959 and ended in 1973 with a cost of $ 102 million AUD. Annually, more than 8 million people visits Opera House; on the other hand, 1500 performances takes place in a year in different halls with different capacity. 1.        Concert Hall is the biggest hall with 2,679 seat where concerts are held. 2.        Joan Sutherland Theater has 1,507 seat where Australian ballet is shown. 3.        Drama Theater has 544 seat where dance and theatrical performances takes place. 4.        Play House has 398 seat where end-stage Theater is shown. 5.        Studio has 280 se...

Arunima Sinha; First Ever Amputee Girl Who Climbed The Mount Everest (21,726 feet)

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Arunmia Sinha is the first Indian and the only female amputee (amputation is the removal of limb by medical illness or surgery) that has climbed Mount Everest. A story of courage and dedication that made her make a world record. How a girl lost her limbs? How she overcome depression? What made her made her climb the Mount Everest? What made her an inspiration? And so on. Arunmia Sinha was an Indian national level volleyball player who was pushed under the train’s track while resisting robbers that wanted to rob her bag in 2011. She was given a low compensation by Indian government and a 4 month treatment by All India Institute of Medical Sciences; on the other hand, a private Delhi-based Indian company provided her a prosthetic leg for free. She was very depressed after losing her leg but after getting a prosthetic leg she thought that it is time to create history and be the first ever amputee to climb the Mount Everest as she was inspired by the persons who battle...

Nobel Prize; World's Most Prestigious Award

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Nobel Prize is an international award from Swedish and Norwegian institutions awarded in recognition of academic, cultural or scientific contribution and advances to one person or an organization. Alfred Bernhard Nobel was a Swedish scientist, engineer, chemist, inventor, businessman and philanthropist and he founded the Nobel Prize Foundation to appreciate the individuals or organizations for their contributions for making this world a better place for living. Nobel Prize ceremony for academic, cultural and scientific contributions annually takes place in Stockholm, Sweden except Nobel Prize ceremony for Peace which takes place in Oslo, Norway. Every Nobel Prize laureate receives a medal (made from 24 carat gold) , diploma and an amount of money which is decided by Nobel Prize Foundation ; interestingly, Nobel Prize is known as the most prestigious award in the world and the expense for each Nobel Prize Laureate is considered $ 920,000 USD. Every September, 300 perso...

The Pentagon; World's Largest Office Building & The Defense Department Of USA

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The pentagon is the headquarters of The United States Department of Defense which is located in the Virginia across the Potomac River. Pentagon is built on 600,000 m 2 land and the construction work started in September 11, 1941. The building has five sides with five floor above the ground and two basement levels. It is considered as one the largest office buildings in the world with 20,000 military and 3,000 civilian employee. Hall of heroes is a hall in the second floor of the pentagon which is dedicated to all the medal honors of the 3 forces (army version, sea version and air force version) of the United States. More than 3,460 medal recipients’ names are decorated in the hall; on the other hand, retirement and promotion ceremonies of the high officials are held in this hall. September 11, 2001, was the 60 th anniversary of the The Pentagon and a tragic terrorist act happened inside The Pentagon that killed 70 military and 59 civilians; on the other hand, twin towe...

Les Brown; A Black American Who Was Declared Mentally Retarded

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Les Brown is an American motivational speaker, author, radioDJ, and a former television host for The Les Brown show which was aired by King World Production. His life story shows that it’s possible to live your life by your own terms no matter what the situation is. How an adopted kid was raised in hard times? How a mentally retarded kid did so well? How was his attitude towards rejection? What was the inspiration of becoming a motivational speaker? And so on. Les Brown with his twin brother Wesley was born to a single mother in liberty city. His mother gave Les with his brother for adoption to a woman named Memie Brown who worked as a waiter in a cafeteria and as a domestic assistant. Les Brown with his twin brother was raised in poverty and in a low income area of the city. At his school years, he was declared as a mentally retarded person who was demoted for several times at school and was broke as hell. One day at school, a teacher asked him some questions and in a...

Sandeep Maheswari; An Inspiration For Teenagers TO Succeed In Life

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Sandeep Maheswari is an Indian entrepreneur, author and motivational speaker. An inspirational life story of giving back and sharing what you don’t need with those in need. How one handled financial crisis at home? How one tried so many things in search of finding passion? How one handled fraud? How one acquired a new skill and mastered it? How one made a world record? How one helps other succeed in life? And so on. Sandeep Maheswari was born in middle class family who were having Aluminum business and in his teenage years their family business went bankrupt and lost all their assets; moreover, they had financial issues and his mother started a STD PCO to lend a helping hand to the family with Sandeep. Sandeep is a college drop-out and he did try so many things to find out his real passion and turn it into his profession for a lifetime.  He worked with his mom in a PCO to help family financially and he started an event organizing company with his three friends and wa...

Nick Vujicic; Life Without Limbs

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Nick Vujicic is an Australian motivational speaker and author who was born with tetra-Amelia syndrome a disorder that causes absence of leg and arm. An inspirational life story to thank lord for every privilege that we are blessed with. How can one survive depression of natural ability? How one turned depression to potential for achieving a long lasting happiness? How one stayed thankful of lord for his blessings? And so on. Nick Vujicic was born in Melbourne, Australia in 1982. His parents refused to see him when they were told that their son is not normal; moreover, Nick had a very tough time growing up as he was bullied consistently by everyone that made him try committing suicide. Just because I don’t understand God’s plan does not mean he is not with me is the statement that changed Nick’s life and did not let him give up on himself as he graduated from University with a bachelor degree in accounting and financial planning. He founded Life without Limbs Organi...

Tom Bilyeu: Co-founder OF Highest Growing Company known As Quest Nutrition

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Thomas Bilyeu known as Tom Bilyeu is as American entrepreneur who is a co-founder of Quest Nutrition. Tom’s story is all about getting inspiration and achieving what is next to impossible. How was he inspired to start a nutrition company with no big budget? How a 3 year old company grew 57,000%? How he went from hiring a few persons to 15,000 plus workers? How and why he started private social media company known as Impact Theory? Tom was born and raised in Washington and he was broke in his teenage years. His young sister was affected by low quality nutrition foods and he decided to do research and start his own nutrition company with a vision to end metabolic disease and show people that food can be good and still taste good. I don’t know if it is a big business but I know it is a big problem. And that’s the problem we are gonna solve , commented Tom Bilyeu about his company. Tom with his two partners stared Quest Nutrition with a low budget from a small shop prod...

Walter Elias Disney; A Man Who revolutionized Animation & Cartoon Industry

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Walter Elias Disney was an American entrepreneur, animator, voice actor and film producer. He is known as a pioneer in the animation and cartoon industry having 59 nominations for Oscar and winning 22 of them and 2 Golden Globe award and 1 Emmy award. What happens if one masters the field of expertise? How one dealt with dark days and stayed committed? How hard work with full commitment will reward one person? And so on. Walter Elias Disney was in December, 1901 and from the very early age he developed drawing skills; moreover, he studied fine arts in a university. He started his career with making short animations and writing comic books but he did not earn well as his works were flop. He lived in his office as he could not afford living in an apartment and he had to see so many dark days; finally, he gave a big hit with animating Mickey Mouse . Later on, he opened his own studio with his brother and he was on track and doing better and better by every passing day and...

FIFA 2022 World Cup; History Making Match With $ 200 Billion USD Plus Investment

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FIFA 2022 world cup which is the 22 nd edition of FIFA world cup is scheduled to be played in Qatar. It is the first time that FIFA is being held in Middle east; more importantly, in an Islamic country. 32 teams will compete and the matches will start in June and the final will be played on December 18, which is the national day of Qatar. 5 stadiums were supposed to be build up for FIFA 2022 and some stadiums are expanded for the FIFA matches. Stadiums apply technology capable of reducing 20 °C temperature to avoid heat stroke. Lusail Iconic Stadium is built for the opening and final match of FIFA world cup 2022 with $ 45 billion USD cost in Lusail. It is considered to be the biggest stadium in the world with high tech. The stadium has a circular base and is connected to car parking area with six bridges and is designed by a British architecture company and is contracted to a Chinese company. The stadium has the capacity of 86,250 person with a saddle-...

Shakira; A Journey From Sounding Like A Goat TO Highest Selling Colombian Singer

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Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll is a Colombian singer, songwriter, dancer and record producer. She began singing American, Arabic and Latin songs from her school years; along, practicing belly dance. Shakira’s journey is all about committing to become successful beside all the hardships. How can one adjust in economic crisis? How can one overcome rejection from early years? How can one keep going beside failures? How can one achieve the envisioned life? Shakira was born and raised in a rich family in Colombia. When she was 7 years old, her father went bankrupt and lost all the things he possessed. She was so upset and sad to know that they are no longer rich and she was upset that how his did father so poorly in business. Her mother took her to a park where orphan children of her age were playing and had a very bad condition and she was told that she still had a better condition and should be thankful of it. She took an oath to become successful in life and she started wor...

Mark Zuckerberg; CEO of Facebook Who Donated 99% of His Share For Charity

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Mark Elliot Zuckerberg, 33 years old person, is a computer programmer and an internet entrepreneur. In 2004, he launched Facebook from Harvard University’s campus with assistance of some of his colleagues. His Story is all about contribution and promoting equality and human potential. How a 20 years old person launched Facebook? How he grew from a few hundred users to billions of users? How he bought Instagram and Whatsapp? Why he contributed 99% of his share in 2015? Mark Zuckerberg is CEO of Facebook. In 2004, he got the idea to launch a platform where people could easily communicate and share things; finally, after months of hard work with full dedication with help of his friends Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes he launched Facebook from the university campus. On the first months, Facebook had a few hundred users and it grew to millions by every passing month as Facebook was becoming a better platform for people to communicate. ...

Tony Robbins; A Life Coach Who Teaches Secrets To A Happy Life

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Tony Robbins is an American author, motivational speaker, entrepreneur, life coach and philanthropist. He is best known for life coaching and live seminars and more than 4 million persons have attended his life seminars in several countries of the world. His life story is about deciding to change and achieving goals.                                                                                                                 ...

Jim Rohn; An Ideal For College Dropouts Who Made A Great Fortune In Life

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Jim Rohn was an American entrepreneur, motivational speaker and an author. His family owned a farm in Washington where he was raised and worked for a long period of time. Jim Rohn is best known for changing his life from almost nothing to great fortunes in life. How can a college dropout make a great fortune?  How a mentor or an ideal in life affects us? How discipline and dedication change our destiny? And so many other questions that should be given a thought. At an early age, Jim Rohn got married with the girl he loved and left college; on the other hand, he was behind his bills and could hardly run his family as he only knew how to milk cows. He met a humbled millionaire Earl Shoaff through one of his friends and was so inspired that he decided to work for that person and learn how things work. Earl Shoaff liked Mr. Jim Rohn and started mentoring and teaching him about life and how things work in real life. He had no formal education and skills but Mr. Earl Shoa...

Oprah Winfrey; An Inspirational Life Story Of The World's Most Influential Woman

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Oprah Winfrey, a 63 years old black African American, is media proprietor, talk show host, producer, actress, author and philanthropist. She is best known for hosting The Oprah Winfrey Show which was ranked the highest rated show of the American TV history where she had educational segment, self-help segment, interviews of celebrities or highly influential persons, book clubs and many other segments. Oprah Winfrey’s life story is about turning wounds into wisdom and overcoming dark times. How a 14 years old teenager handled pregnancy? How one overcame childhood abuse and poverty? How one handled career setbacks for not being qualified? And so on. Oprah Winfrey was born to a single teenage mother and was raised by relatives in poverty. At age 14, she got pregnant and gave birth to her first child and her child died; it was the moment for her to change her life and convert wounds into wisdom. She studied media communication and started her career as a news reporter but go...

Paulo Coelho; A Journey From Drug Addiction TO Authorship

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Paulo Coelho, a 69 years old Brazilian, is a novelist and lyricist. Paulo Coelho is a best-selling author especially known for his master work The Alchemist which is translated into 100 plus languages. Paulo Coelho‘s life story is so touchy and common like most of the person’s aiming to pursue passion and success in life. His life story is about: How can one go from law school to mental institution? How can one stand bravely against illogical traditions? How he came back to life for pursuing his writing career from drug addiction? Paulo Coelho was born into a catholic family who were very strict in terms of religion and faith. His father was an engineer and wanted his son follow his path or become a lawyer. At age 17, he told his parents about his passion for writing and his introversion in following tradition; as a result, he was admitted in a mental institution from where he escaped 3 times. He was enrolled in a law school but he left and started drugs and travellin...

J.K Rowling; A Life Story That Helps You Find Meaning In Your Sufferings & Achieve Success

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J.K. Rowling is a British novelist, film and television producer, screenwriter, and philanthropist. J.K Rowling’s story is very interesting and as well as very motivational. A life story that inspires you to find meaning in your sufferings and believe and achieve success in life. How can one person go from working as bilingual secretary to a best-selling author who sold 400 million copies? How can one person go from living on state benefits to making 600 million pounds fortune? J.k. Rowling had hard times before convincing and publishing her first book of the Harry Potter’s series as she witnessed death of her mother, birth of her first child, divorce from first husband and poverty and she had to face so many problems for the 7 years’ time; along her problems she wrote her first book Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s stone in seven years (1990-1997). Harry Potter has 6 series and the budget for filming the series was $ 130 million dollars and it was released in 20...

MGM Grand Las Vegas; 3rd Largest Hotel In The World & LA's Biggest Casino

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MGM Grand Las Vegas, the third largest hotel in the world, is located in Las Vegas Strip, Paradise, Nevada. The MGM Grand Las Vegas is the biggest hotel in the USA and third largest hotel complex in the world with 5,124 rooms and with the largest casino in Las Vegas. The main building of MGM Grand Las Vegas is 30 story with the height of 293ft and the land of MGM Grand Las Vegas for five outdoor pools, rivers, waterfalls, shops, night clubs and restaurants is 6.6 acres.  MGM Grand Las Vegas has the largest gaming floor that has 2,500 gaming slot machines and 139 poker tables. The slot machine range starts from 1 cent to $1000 dollars and the highest payout of slot machine is $500,000.   For check in, one person should be 21 years of age and the cost for one night stay at hotel in MGM Grand Las Vegas starts from $80 dollars to $ 30,000 dollars depending on the accommodation and facilities. Tickets are up for sale for the boxing match between Floyd Mayweather an...

Titanic; The Largest Ship That Created History Sank In 1912.

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Titanic, the largest ship of 1912, was a British mega ship that worked as a passenger liner. Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean on April 15, 1912 after colliding with an iceberg. 2,224 persons were in the ship that included passengers and crew; moreover, 1500 persons died in this tragic collision including Thomas Andrews the architect of Titanic. The height of Titanic was 175ft and 882ft was the length and it weighed 52,310 tons. Titanic was owned by White Star Line and the cost of making titanic was $7.5 million dollars which equals $ 300 million in the present year (2017). Titanic left Southampton for New York City on April 10, and carried some of the wealthiest persons of the world and hundreds of immigrant who dreamt of making a better life in America. Titanic had 3 compartments. The first compartment was designed for wealthy persons and it was luxurious and comfortable as it had swimming pools, libraries, high class restaurants and other facilities. The second...

Statue of Liberty; A Symbol Of Human Liberation & A Historical Gift By France

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Statue of Liberty, is a neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island with the height of 151 feet and 1 feet, in New York City, USA.  The statue is made of copper and it was gifted from France to the United States of America. The sculpture was designed by world famous sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi and it was built by Gustave Eiffel, the man who made Eiffel tower in Paris, and was placed on October 28, 1886. The statue is the sculpture of a Roman goddess who holds a torch with her right hand above her head and carries a book on her left hand where the date of USA’s Independence Day (July 4, 1776) is engraved in Roman and with a broken chain in her legs. The torch is the symbol of bright future and the broken chain is the symbol of liberty. The statue of Liberty became an icon of freedom and a welcoming sign for international immigrants. Around the Statue of Liberty, a park has been made in the name of national park and hundreds of thousands of tourists visit this histori...

White House; The Most Secure Place On Earth & 18th Century's Architecture

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White House is the official residence and work place of the president of the United States of America, which is located in the 1600 Pennsylvania avenue, Washington Dc. White House has been the resident of every US president since John Adams in 1800. The construction of the White House started in 1792 and finished in 1800. A contest for the architecture of the White House was held and James Hoban won the contest with his classical design. White House was built by the assistance of many European artists, free African-American labors and other immigrant workers. Firstly, White House was known as President’s Residence or Executive Mansion but the name White House was officially announced in 1901 because of its white color. Major changes has not been made to the White House and no one can bring major changes without discussing it to White House maintenance team who takes the final decision of approval. White House has got two wings which are west wing and east wing and executiv...

Eiffel Tower, Paris; A Dream Tower For Everyone To Visit In The Life Time

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The Eiffel tower is a wrought iron (an iron with a very less amount of carbon) made tower on the Champ De Mars in Paris, France whose construction started in 1887 and was completed within 2 year, in 1889.   The tower is named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel who designed and completed this mega structure in the 19 th century and it was the tallest mega structure in the world till 1930. It is a cultural structure and mostly couples and lovers visits it annually and according to a research 6.91 million tourists visited this place in 2015. The height of Eiffel tower is 324m (1,063ft) with three levels of visiting area inside the tower. The first two levels can be reached by stairs and there are restaurants and the third area for visitation is reachable via elevator which is only for observation through; more importantly, one can observe the entire dream city of Paris and this is the highest observation area in the European Union. Eiffel tower was constructed in the 19 th ...