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image credit jamesaltucher.com A certain farmer had become old and ready to pass his farm down to one of his two sons. When he brought his sons together to speak about it, he told them:  The farm will go to the younger son. The older son was furious!  “What are you talking about?!”  he fumed. The father sat patiently, thinking. “Okay,”  the father said,  “I need you to do something for me. We need more stocks. Will you go to Cibi’s farm and see if he has any cows for sale?” The older son shortly returned and reported,  “Father, Cibi has 6 cows for sale.” The father graciously thanked the older son for his work. He then turned to the younger son and said,  “I need you to do something for me. We need more stocks. Will you go to Cibi’s farm and see if he has any cows for sale?” The younger son did as he was asked. A short while later, he returned and reported,  “Father, Cibi has 6 cows for sale. Each cow will cost 2,000 rupees. If w...

A Success Story by Niel  Darusa 9 months ago I went to fix up my phone. It fell down and the screen was just scattered all over. I literally couldn’t see a thing on the screen. It was a Galaxy s6 plus to be precise. So I took the phone to a phone repairs shop nearby and when I got there I saw the guy Sleeping. For the sake of the synopsis let’s call him Jerry. Jerry was just sleeping on the table. Well not really on the table, he was sitting down with this head on the table while he dosed off. So I walked up to him and woke him up then I said “hi, I hope this is a good time for you, my phone has an issue and I’m here to fix it up”. He said “Oh yes sure, this is a great time really, I was just praying”. I laughed. He then said “Okay so what is the problem with your phone”. I gave him the phone and told him the issue with the phone and then we had a long conversation about the issue and how he is going to fix it up and the cost of fixing up the phone. A...

Ugochi being crowned winner of MBGN 2017 Michel Ugochi Ihezue yesterday emerged the Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria in the just concluded MBGN 2017 hosted and sponsored by the Silverbird Group. She beat 35 other contestants to emerge the winner. This was the same pageant that saw Nigeria producing Africa's ever first Miss World, Agbani Darego in 2001. The Success Digest would try to get an exclusive on her.

Photo credit theodesseyonline.com Of all the goals people set in life, two stand out: success in our personal and professional lives. It turns out, these two are interdependent. Personal success supports and reinforces professional success. Professional success reinforces personal success. And together, they reinforce life’s most important pursuit -- happiness. That’s why both goals are on top of everyone’s agenda, especially the 20-something generation, as they begin the life journey from their parents’ nest. How are these goals achieved? What does it take? If you ask Rhonday Byrne, she’d tell you it’s The  Law  of Attraction. Byrne argues in  The Secret  for the power of positive thoughts, which she says will act as a powerful magnet to bring things your way, and help you to identify and externalize your internal strengths and capabilities. Put good things in your mind, says Byrne, and they’ll happen. While positive thought may be a necess...

Success is relative. Here are some really great and interesting definitions about success: Huffington Post founder Arianna Huffington says that money and power aren't enough. Getty Images/ Astrid Stawiarz Huffington says that while we tend to think of success along two metrics — money and power — we need to add a third. "To live the lives we truly want and deserve, and not just the lives we settle for, we need a Third Metric,"  she says , "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 take care of your psychological life and truly be successful, or as the title of her new book suggests, " Thrive ." Legendary basketball coach John Wooden says it's a matter of satisfaction. The Associated Press With  620 victories and 10 national titles , Wooden is the winningest coach in college basketb...

Everyone has bad habits. Even those who’ve risen to entrepreneurial greatness Steve Jobs  had poor hygiene , Walt Disney  smoked three packs a day  and Michael Bloomberg  has a sodium addiction . But more iconic than their flaws is the success that ensued despite their insufficiencies. What could have been their undoing was, instead, their humanizing characteristic. And that’s the case with our flaws. The worst thing any of us can do is  hide our imperfections . No matter how glaring, strange or destructive, our shortcomings flourish in the dark, but atrophy in the light. So in the spirit of transparency, here are 22 entrepreneurs owing up to their worst habit. 1. I do too much at once. “I continually try to do too much at once. Before, I would take on any idea or project that I liked. Now, I  focus more . I still get caught up in doing too many things, but I catch myself before I go too far down that route. It’s my biggest weakness.” — ...

Well, considering the fact that I'm a movie buff (I just got off a short film project), this was of great interest to me when I came across it today, so I decided to post it here as well. Mark Wahlberg is the richest actor in the World as of now with Emma Stone leading as the richest actress. Jackie Chan is the richest Chinese actor on the list with Shah Rukh Khan as the richest Bollywood actor closely followed by Salman Khan  Here is Forbes' list of the World's richest actors (and actresses): List of 30 1. Mark Wahlberg, $68 million 2. Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, $65 million 3. Vin Diesel, $54.5 million 4. Adam Sandler, $50.5 million 5. Jackie Chan, $49 million 6. Robert Downey, Jr., $48 million 7. Tom Cruise, $43 million 8. Shah Rukh Khan, $38 million 9. Salman Khan, $37 million 10. Akshay Kumar, $35.5 million 11. Chris Hemsworth, $31.5 million 12. Tom Hanks, $31 million 13. Samuel L. Jackson, $30.5 million 14. Ryan Gosling...