The New Year is rapidly approaching, and with its arrival you may be considering updating the car in your driveway.

For those looking to stick with a smaller car, we took a gander at the 2017 sedans with the sweetest tech perks.

Scroll down for a closer look:

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1. Starting at $52,150, the 2017 Mercedes E-Class Sedan is one of the best options if you're looking for a tech savvy car. But first, some details on its specs: the car comes with a 2.0-liter, four cylinder gas engine with 241 hp. It can accelerate to 60 mph in 6.2 seconds and comes standard with nine-speed automatic transmission.

The new E-Class comes with a function called Drive Pilot that allows it to drive itself at speeds up to 130 mph. It can also steer itself while driving at speeds up to 81 mph, even when lane markings aren't completely visible, thanks to a function called Steering Pilot.

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Similar to Tesla's Summon feature, owners can use the car’s smartphone app to have the car park itself or pull up for you to get in. The car also comes with a radar system that constantly tracks blind spots, and a warning signal will display in the side mirror if there's a vehicle in your blind spot.

Throughout Wednesday, the US and much of the world acknowledge the victory of Donald Trump in the US presidential election.

Many in the US and around the globe expressed dismay at Trump's ascension to the Oval Office, but many world leaders said they looked forward to working with the incoming administration and hoped to continue the relationships they had established and developed during Barack Obama's two terms in office.

Trump, as a populist politician who has taken controversial stances on polarizing issues like immigration and trade, has also won the praise of some of the world's anti-establishment leaders.

Below, you can read a selection of the comments and congratulations extended by world leaders to their newest counterpart.

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France

French President Francois Hollande had a mixed response to Trump's win.

"The people of America have spoken. I have congratulated Mr. Trump, as it is usual in this situation. I thought of Clinton, with whom I worked during the Obama administration. This result leads to uncertainty," Hollande said.

The French president said that the United States remained an ally of France's, but cautioned, "I also urge vigilance because of statements made by Donald Trump."

French far-right political leader Marine Le Pen heralded Trump's presidential victory.

"Long live President Trump," Le Pen said on Twitter. "The American people want Donald Trump to be the people's president. Today the United States, tomorrow France. Bravo!"

"I dare to repeat that the election of Donald Trump is good news for our country," she said.

Le Pen, who will be the anti-immigration National Front party candidate in France's 2017 presidential election, said a Trump White House would reject the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership deal between the US and the EU.

"More generally, wild globalisation" would be tamed, she added, predicting that international relations would improve, "notably with Russia."

He would also restrain "the warlike interventions that are the source of the huge migratory waves that we are suffering," she said.

Mexico

In Mexico, a consistent target for Trump's xenophobic and otherwise antagonistic rhetoric during the campaign, President Enrique Peña Nieto extended congratulations to the US for "its electoral process" and reiterated his "disposition to work together in favor of the bilateral relationship."

"Mexico and USA are friends, partners and allies who should continue collaborating for the competitiveness and the development of North American," Peño Nieto added, in what may have been an allusion to the NAFTA trade deal Trump has zeroed his criticism in on.

Mexican leftist leader Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador spoke more forcefully to Mexicans on Tuesday night, exhorting them to have faith in their country and its history.

"I consider it important in these moments … to send this message … to all Mexicans … there is no cause for concern for the results of the elections in the United States. One cannot forget that in Mexico, for the effort of the sacrifice of the fathers of our country, this is a country free, independent, sovereign," Lopez Obrador said in a YouTube video, adding:

"It is not a colony. It is not a protectorate. It doesn’t depend on any foreign government ... I think that it was an error of the members of the mafia in power in Mexico to become involved [in the US election]. They forgot the principle of nonintervention and of self-determination of the people. … We are going to enforce the principle of our independence and the right of our sovereignty. There is nothing to fear. We will go forward."

India

Indian Prime Minister tweeted congratulations to the American president-elect on Wednesday.

"Congratulations [ Donald Trump] on being elected as the 45th US President," Modi, leader of the world's largest democracy, wrote. 

"We appreciate the friendship you have articulated towards India during your campaign," he added.

Trump borrowed a slogan from Modi's 2014 campaign for the PM job for his own presidential campaign, saying"Ab Ki Baar Trump Sarkaar"— "This time a Trump government" in English — and said he looked forward to working with Modi, an attitude echoed by Modi on Wednesday.

Trump also has backers in India. The ultra-nationalist, far-right Hindu group "Hindu Sena" began celebrating in New Delhi as the news of Trump's victory came through.

"Now terrorists will be hunted everywhere in the world, even if they go and hide in a cave. Now only God can help Pakistan. India will now have the support of the US in our efforts against terrorists. We will be together in this," Vishnu Gupta, the group's head, told AFP.

"Donald Trump will do what no other US president has been able to do before. We are happy. All terrorists should now run and hide," Gupta added.

"Rich" is relative.

Maybe you think it means being in the top 1% of earners in some of the wealthiest cities in the US. Maybe it means being able to buy a flashy mansion or spend your life flitting from luxury vacation to luxury vacation.

But former investment banker Kristin Addis told Business Insider she feels richer earning about 40% of her previous six-figure salary while she travels the world. Nick and Dariece Swift, who also left their jobs to make a fraction of their former income, said they're happier earning less. The self-made millionaire stars of "West Texas Investor's Club" say their relationships are more valuable than the money they earn.

Ultimately, "rich" can be just as subjective as "happy"— it's different for everyone. However, there are a few universal indications of wealth, no matter how you view it: 

SEE ALSO: Here's how much of the population is considered high-income in 19 major US cities — and what they earn

You can save money

"Most people fail to realize that in life, it's not how much money you make. It's how much money you keep," writes Robert Kiyosaki in the personal finance classic, "Rich Dad Poor Dad."

At the end of the day, money does not solve financial problems — in fact, it often exacerbates them. Consider the lottery winners who lost it allwithin a few years; or theprofessional athletes who made millions in their 20s and wound up broke.

"Money often makes obvious our tragic human flaws, putting a spotlight on what we don't know," explains Kiyosaki. "That is why, all too often, a person who comes into a sudden windfall of cash — let's say an inheritance, a pay raise, or lottery winnings — soon returns to the same financial mess, if not worse, than the mess they were in before." 

If you can hold on to a portion of the money you earn, you're in good shape.

You can live comfortably below your means

Living below your means is one of the major tenets of responsible money management: spending less than you earn, however much that may be.

Self-made billionaire Anthony Hsieh told Business Insider that learning to live within his means was a lesson he learned from his parents, who immigrated to the US from Taiwan.

The habit "has helped me quite a bit and that's one of the reasons I've survived and flourished in consumer lending for 30 years," he said. "My career spans four different economic and housing cycles and I'm still sitting at the table as a key executive in consumer lending. I think part of that is my discipline of making certain that the company and myself don't overspend."

Living within your means might not sound like a big deal if you're already doing it ... but not everyone can manage. A 2015 report released by the The Pew Charitable Trusts found that more than half (55%)of the nearly 8,000 Americans surveyed said they spend more than they earn, or just break even every month.

You will eventually be able to pay for the things you really want 

If you can go out and buy a yacht in cash today, most people would agree that you're rich. However, if you can go out and buy that same yacht five years from now after setting a savings goal and socking away money on a monthly or annual basis, guess what? You're probably still rich.

Survey after survey turns up the same dispiriting result: Americans aren't saving all that much. The same Pew survey reported that 33% of respondents had no household savings, and a GOBankingRates survey of over 4,500 Americans found that a third of them have no retirement savings whatsoever.

Which brings us to our next point ...

What you eat all day doesn't affect just your health and weight — it affects your productivity, too.

High-fat, high-sugar meals and snacks make us sleepy and have low energy, says Lisa De Fazio, a healthy-lifestyle expert and registered dietitian. But thanks to things like boredom, lack of time, and sleep deprivation, people tend to make bad eating decisions during the workday.

Luckily, there are plenty of quick, easy, and inexpensive healthy snack options.

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Almonds

Almonds are a great source of protein and healthy fat that is satisfying. "They contain nine essential nutrients; have the highest rate of proteins when compared to other nuts; have the highest rate of fiber (3.5g per 23 pieces) when compared to other nuts; are rich in Vitamin E (23 pieces provide 35% of the daily value of Vitamin E); and contain monounsaturated fats that help increase HDL levels," explains Nicole Maftoum, a Lebanese clinical dietitian. 

Low-fat popcorn

This low-calorie snack will satisfy your craving for something salty and crunchy, and it's also a good source of fiber, De Fazio says. 

If you're trying to be healthy, stay away from the buttery variety.

Fresh fruit

Fruits are packed with vitamins and minerals and are full of great natural sweetness, Maftoum says. "They are also a great source of antioxidants needed for a stronger immune system and a better performance at work."

November 9 is not only the day we begin to ponder the implications of a Trump presidency. It's also the birthday of the belated scientist and luminary Carl Sagan.

And nothing makes more clear the fact that we must come together after 18 months of divisive campaigning than Sagan's "pale blue dot" view of Earth.

Photos of our Earth from hundreds, thousands, millions, or even billions of miles away not only help scientists understand how a habitable planet looks from afar, aiding the search to find more cozy worlds, but also remind us of a humbling, chilling, and inescapable truth: We live on a tiny, fragile rock that is hopelessly lost in the cosmic void.

Take a moment to ponder 25 of the most arresting images of Earth and the moon from space that humankind has ever captured.

We hope you find them as perspective-lending as we do.

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A few rare satellites launched by humanity enjoy a full view of Earth from thousands or even a million miles away.

Taken by: Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (Suomi NPP) spacecraft

Date: April 9, 2015

NASA and NOAA created this composite image using photos taken by Suomi NPP, a weather satellite that orbits Earth 14 times a day. You can see the Joalane tropical cyclone in the Indian Ocean (top right).

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Their unending gaze helps us monitor the health of our world while catching rare alignments of the sun, moon, and Earth.

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Taken by: Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR)

Date: March 9, 2016

Orbiting from a million miles away, NASA's DSCOVR satellite always views this sunlit half of our planet. This allowed it to take 13 images of the moon's shadow as it raced across Earth during the total solar eclipse of 2016. Together they make up one of the most complete views ever of the event.

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But it's when we venture deeper into space that Earth comes into spellbinding focus.

Taken by: Rosetta

Date: November 12, 2009

To rendezvous with comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in 2007 — which it will crash into on September 30, 2016 — the Rosetta spacecraft needed a speed boost with the help of Earth's gravity. This photo it took of Earth shows the South Pole and Antarctica illuminated by the sun.  

Source: ESA

Canada is looking like a popular destination the day after the shocking US election.

Many are looking for ways to move there and become Canadian citizens, and searches for one-way plane tickets to Canada surged 1,000% on the morning of November 9. The Government of Canada's immigration website even crashed Tuesday night as the US election results came in. 

Whether you're leaving your home country for good or just looking to get away for a while, here are 16 things to do if you opt to spend some time in the Great White North.

SEE ALSO: How to move to Canada and become a Canadian citizen

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With a population of about 2.6 million, Toronto is Canada's largest city, with world-class restaurants, museums, universities and historic districts.

Dine on inventive small plates at Chef Lorenzo Loseto's George Restaurant, one of the best restaurants in Toronto. Menu highlights include an ahi tuna wrapped in sweet potato and a Cornish hen served with goat cheese and broccoli.

If skiing is your hobby of choice, Whistler in British Columbia has some of the best slopes in the world.

America has been called a lot of things: beautiful, majestic, wild, and great. It's all those and more.

Whether you're driving down the Pacific Coast Highway, whale watching in Cape Cod, or waiting for Old Faithful to erupt in Yellowstone National Park, the US is full of incredible surprises.

From the East Coast to the West and everywhere in between, we've found 50 trips you must take in the US. 

Hike to the top of a volcano in Hawaii and marvel at the stunning scenery.

Watch the sunset from Bass Harbor Head Lighthouse in Maine's Acadia National Park.

See a live country-music concert at the Bluebird Cafe or Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee.

In the wake of a bitter presidential campaign and Donald Trump's huge Election Day upset, some jaded Americans say they're considering living abroad as an option to escape all the division.

It's not just celebrities, either. Last night, the desire to flee the US peaked to the point that Canada's immigration site actually crashed.

So how exactly does one go about actually becoming an American expatriate? How do you realistically secure a job and lodgings overseas? What's it like uprooting your life in the US and starting over somewhere new?

Well, here are some things you should know before packing your bags and heading to the airport:

SEE ALSO: How to move to Canada and become a Canadian citizen

Know what you want

It's really important to move abroad for the right reasons.

Writing for Life Before 30, Elaina Giolando argues that it's a mistake not to know exactly what you want out of the experience before you move abroad.

Giolando, who's worked in Mongolia, South Africa, Turkey, Qatar, and Nigeria, says that it's also necessary to always keep geography in mind. Don't just gravitate toward tourist hotspots because they're popular — look for options that are off-the-beaten path too.

As Business Insider previously reported, promising spots include China, Singapore, and Switzerland, which all boast great economic prospects for expats.

Other top locations include New Zealand and Spain, where expats live awesome lifestyles and tend to make friends easily.

Do your research

Research doesn't mean pulling up some Wikipedia pages on your preferred country's culture and customs. You've got to dig deeper if you want to live overseas for an extended period of time.

The US government actually has prepared a helpful checklist for Americans looking to travel abroad for any period of time. The Department of State also provides more specific information on different countries around the world.

Its recommendations including brushing up on local laws, figuring out your political rights as a visitor, reading up on the nation's visa and immigration laws, and contacting the local US embassy.

You also need to get your finances in order. Consider opening a local bank account and brace yourself for exchange rate fluctuations. Also, remember that, as a US citizen, you'll still need to file with the IRS and pay taxes every year.

Get a job overseas

Unless you're some sort of international billionaire, it's important to get a job to support you while you live abroad.

As part of your research, look up whether or not you need certain licensing to work in your field. Reach out to local recruiters. Do your homework on what companies and industries are on the rise in the country.

Expat Jeff Parker provides some tips on snagging a gig on his blog Expat Yourself. He notes that it's important to have a CV ready (it's similar to a résumé with more personal details, a shorter length, and a focus on education): "Compared to American résumés, a CV is less of a self-marketing tool, and more an autobiography."

The Expat's Info Desk reports that it's important to have a good grasp of the jobs market you'll be entering into, if you plan to obtain a job locally, as opposed to work at an international company: "Your frame of mind will also be very important as you will need to be realistic about what is actually achievable."

After November 8, 20% of Americans now live in states that have voted to allow recreational marijuana use. 

Massachusetts, Nevada, and California have now joined Colorado, Washington, Oregon, Alaska, and the District of Columbia in voting for initiatives that make it legal for adults to consume cannabis. Votes are still being counted, but it looks like Maine will most likely join that group. And several states joined the 25 that already allow for medical use of marijuana — the most notable addition being Florida, with a broad medical marijuana law that will allow doctors to recommend cannabis for a wide variety of conditions.

Critics of legalization claim that legalization is bad for public health. "When states legalize recreational marijuana, fatalities increase and the lives of children and teenagers are put at stake," Kurt Isaacson, president and CEO of Spectrum Health Systems, a substance abuse and mental health treatment provider, recently wrote in an opinion piece for Stat News. 

But the data on how both recreational and medical legalization of marijuana tells a different story.

It's still early — marijuana hasn't been legal for long, even in these states — but so far, legalization hasn't had a negative impact on public health, according to a report recently published by the Drug Policy Alliance (DPA). That report and other recent studies help show how marijuana legalization for medical or recreational purposes in these states has changed things. 

Here's what we know so far:

SEE ALSO: There are intriguing reasons to think marijuana improves night vision

Recreational legalization doesn't seem to make kids more likely to use marijuana.

Nationally, the number of students who used marijuana in the past 30 days leveled out in 2010 after rising for several years, according to the DPA report. State surveys of kids in Colorado, Washington, Oregon, and Alaska show that after legalization, the number of students who used or who had ever tried marijuana stayed stable (depending on the state, surveys looked at kids in grades 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12) or decreased slightly.

In his opinion piece, Isaacson says that Colorado youth use marijuana at higher rates than any other kids in the country. But as Christopher Ingraham notes at The Washington Post, experts say that trend existed before legalization, too.

Medical marijuana legalization also doesn't seem to increase youth marijuana usage.

A 2015 article in the New England Journal of Medicine states that legalizing medical marijuana in Colorado doesn't seem to have increased the prevalence of youth usage. While the percentage of kids who described marijuana as "highly risky" decreased after legalization, the percentage of students who reported ever trying marijuana decreased slightly as well.

Traffic fatalities have not increased in states that have legalized recreational marijuana use.

There's some debate about the effect that cannabis legalization has had on traffic deaths. Isaacson says that data from Washington and Colorado shows that an increased percentage of the people involved in traffic fatalities have had marijuana in their systems since legalization. 

However, traffic death rates since legalization have not increased in Colorado or Washington and are lower than the national average, according to National Highway Transportation Safety Administration data analyzed in the DPA report. At the same time, DUI rates seem to have decreased since legalization, potentially an overall benefit, since the risks of driving under the influence of alcohol are much more obvious than the risks of driving under the influence of cannabis (people who combine the substances perform the worst on driving tests, however). 

The DPA report says that more people may test positive for cannabis now since officials are now more likely to test for it in the first place. Also, since people can test positive for cannabis long after they've stopped feeling the effects, the report says the "data only illuminate that tested drivers consumed marijuana hours, days, or weeks prior to the test"— not that cannabis was involved.

In 2015, Business Insider published a list of ways to make yourself more attractive.

We learned that walking a dog and playing good music are easy ways to give yourself a boost.

But lately we've been wondering: Aren't there things we're all guilty of doing that can decrease our attractiveness?

The answer is almost definitely yes. What follows is a list of common traits and behaviors that can make it harder to impress the object of your affection.

Read on and find out how you might be sabotaging your own sex appeal.

SEE ALSO: 13 science-backed ways to appear more attractive

Sleep deprivation

We generally look a lot less attractive after skimping on sleep.

In 2010, researchers took photos of people who'd slept for at least eight hours the night before and people who hadn't slept in 31 hours. Other participants rated the people in the photos on different criteria.

Not only were the sleep-deprived people perceived as more tired (obviously), but they were also perceived as less attractive, less healthy, and sadder.

Being mean

Do nice guys really finish last?

For a 2014 Chinese study, researchers had men and women look at photos of other people, all displaying neutral expressions.

Some of those photos were accompanied by the Chinese words for "decent" and honest"; the others were accompanied by the Chinese words for "evil" and "mean"; still others weren't accompanied by any information.

Participants ended up rating people least attractive when they were described as evil and mean.

Contractive body language

If you've heard about the "power pose," you know that expanding your body can make you feel more powerful and confident, while curling inward can make you feel less so.

According to 2016 research, that contractive body language can also make you seem less attractive. In one study, researchers created profiles for men and women on a GPS-based dating app. In one set of profiles, the men and women were pictured in contractive positions — for example, by crossing their arms or hunching their shoulders.

In the other set of profiles, the same men and women were pictured in expansive positions, like holding their arms upward in a "V" or reaching out to grab something.

Results showed that people in expansive postures were selected more often than those in contractive postures. And men pictured in contractive postures seemed to be at a special disadvantage.

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• Jasmine Teed thought she found the perfect travel partner — until he ghosted her.
• She went to Ireland and Iceland with a foam cutout that said "You could be here" to show him what he was missing.
• She loved Ireland so much she's planning to move there from Canada next year.

Jasmine Treed, 32, has a Restless Heart. She's traveled all over the world, for instance crossing Canada all the way to the Yukon, and living on the subarctic border of Quebec and Labrador.

Recently, she thought she had finally found a guy that could keep up with her and her travels — until he ghosted her.

But Treed took it in stride, embarking on her birthday trip through Ireland and Iceland with a foam replacement, and documenting their adventures on an Instagram account entitled @ucouldbehere.

You go, girl.

When Jasmine Teed started seeing a guy who loved travel as much as she did, she thought she might have found the travel partner she'd been looking for.

"We had known each other as casual acquaintances for three years, but I got to know him better this summer after he told me he was interested in me," she told INSIDER via email.

The week before their date, on which he planned to take her flying on a private plane, he ghosted her and never contacted her again.

She had been thinking of inviting him on her upcoming birthday trip to Ireland and Iceland.

Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton offered her concession Wednesday afternoon after losing the election to President-elect Donald Trump earlier in the morning. 

Trump hinted that he would potentially not accept the results of the election had he lost, but ultimately it was Clinton's task to address the American people after her defeat. 

"We must accept this result and look toward the future," she said. "Donald Trump is going to be our president. We owe him an open mind and the chance to lead."

Concessions have been a part of the democratic process since William Jennings Bryan sent Williams McKinley a "concession telegram" two days after the 1896 presidential election.  Here's how Clinton's speech compares to the most memorable concessions in recent and past years:

Hillary Clinton concedes to Donald Trump, 2016

Watch the full speech here.

Mitt Romney concedes to Barack Obama, 2012

Watch the full speech here.

John McCain concedes to Barack Obama, 2008

Watch the full speech here.

You might be thinking about leaving the United States for a little while.

If so, we've got a few suggestions, courtesy of HSBC's annual Expat Survey. Put out by the global banking company, the report draws insights from 27,000 expats living in 190 countries, and then ranks those countries based on factors related to economics, living experience, and family.

SEE ALSO: Your complete guide to moving to Canada

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11. Australia

"Australia's near-perfect weather, cultural diversity, and good quality of life attract expats of all ages from around the world," writes HSBC.

The country ranked #5 for overall experience, #18 for overall economics and #20 for family considerations.

Two-thirds of expats say their quality of life has improved since moving there, compared to a global average of 52%.

10. Germany

Germany is fantastic for economic considerations, ranking #3 in that category overall, #5 in confidence about the local economy, and #1 in working opportunities.

"As well as its financial strength, the country's rich culture, natural beauty, and comprehensive social security are very appealing to expats, especially if you're looking for a welcoming environment to raise a family while you develop your career," writes HSBC.

The country ranked #27 for experience and #12 for family.

9. Bahrain

"People are drawn to Bahrain for its exciting career prospects and laid-back lifestyle," writes HSBC.

The relatively liberal Gulf country ranked #17 for economics, #6 for experience, and #9 for family.

The majority of expats in Bahrain, as with other Gulf countries, say they've been able to save more than they could in their home country.

The last month of the election was marked by scandal after scandal.

A lewd 2005 tape surfaced of Republican president-elect Donald Trump bragging about groping women and kissing them without permission.

Finding the courage to come forward after the video leaked, over a dozen women accused Trump of sexually assaulting them. He denied every allegation.

After appearing to finally be past the email investigation that embroiled her early campaign, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton was broadsided again when FBI Director James Comey announced he was examining new emails from when Clinton used a private server while secretary of state. A week later — and only three days before the election — Comey told Congress there was no need to investigate her further.

And the widely watched, brutal debates between the two candidates only increased the divisiveness across the country. While Clinton appeared to be the overwhelming favorite in nearly all the polls, her ascension was never really certain.

It has been an emotional month. After waking up to the shock of President-elect Trump, Americans are likely still feeling raw emotions — whether they were the half who voted for him or not.

Here are 40 iconic photos from the election's bitter final month:

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Nine-year-old Belle Shefrin holds a Clinton doll while listening to the first female presidential candidate for a major political party speak at a campaign rally in Akron, Ohio on October 3.

Trump waves to supporters outside the front door of the infamous Trump Tower where he lives in Manhattan on October 8.

Trump listens as Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton answers a question from the audience during their second debate on October 9. He was later criticized for "lurking" behind her.

It can be easy to see the world's most powerful and influential people as occupying a sphere far removed from the rest us. 

But even some of the most successful people started off working odd jobs to earn money and learn the ropes.

These 25 successful people prove that the path to success doesn't have to be linear.

Dylan Love contributed reporting.

SEE ALSO: What Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, and 23 other successful people were doing at age 25

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Donald Trump collected bottles

The president-elect and billionaire real-estate mogul grew up wealthy, but he says his father wanted him to learn the value of money early on.

As a child, his father, real estate developer Fred Trump, would take him to construction sites and have him and his brother pick up empty soda bottles to redeem for cash, Trump tells Forbes.

He says that he didn't make much, but it taught him to work for his money.

Hillary Clinton supervised park activities

Clinton writes in her autobiography "Hard Choices" that she got her first paying job, other than babysitting, at 13, supervising a small park a few miles from her home in the Chicago suburb of Park Ridge, Illinois.

The former secretary of state says she had to lug a wagon full of balls, bats, and jump ropes back and forth three days a week that summer.

"My parents believed in self-reliance and hard work, and they made sure we kids learned the value of a dollar and appreciated the dignity of a job well done," she writes

President Barack Obama scooped ice cream

Even the leader of the free world once had an unglamorous summer job.

As a teenager growing up in Honolulu, Obama got his first gig working the counter at Baskin-Robbins, Time reports.

Silicon Valley's reaction to Donald Trump's presidency has so far been a combination of shock, fear, and cautious optimism.

Trump winning the election is especially meaningful for Facebook employees, some of whom once reportedly wanted to block the candidate's posts on their social network for being hate speech.

CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been a vocal opponent of Trump's rhetoric about building a wall along the US-Mexico border and barring Muslims from entering the US. On the other hand, VC investor Peter Thiel, who donated $1.25 million to Trump's campaign, is a director on Facebook's board.

Several prominent Facebook employees, including Zuckerberg, have weighed in on the election. We've rounded up their reactions below:

SEE ALSO: Some people are blaming Facebook for Donald Trump's surprising victory

Mark Zuckerberg didn't share his opinion of Trump directly, but appeared to take a veiled jab at the president-elect by saying "progress does not move in a straight line." He talked about the work that needs to be done to make the world a better place for his daughter, Max.

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Ad boss Andrew Bosworth defended Facebook's role in spreading fake news as only one possible factor that could have affected the election.

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Marketing VP Carolyn Everson: "I just didn't think this would be the outcome."

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Since July 2013, retirees Michael and Debbie Campbell have consecutively lived in 109 different homes around the world, all booked through room and apartment rental service Airbnb.

Later this summer, a visit to Poland will mark country No. 50.

Throughout their Airbnb-hopping adventure, the Campbells have become a poster couple for the Silicon Valley-based travel company. They've visited Airbnb offices in Portland, San Francisco, and Dublin, spoken at a company conference in Paris, and penned a forthcoming manual for Airbnb hosts called "Your Keys Our Home." They've also mastered the skill of traveling on a budget.

Business Insider recently caught up with Michael, 70, and Debbie, 60, over the phone from their Amsterdam Airbnb.

Scroll through to learn more about how they do it, and follow their adventure on their website, Senior Nomads.

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The Campbells' journey as self-proclaimed "Senior Nomads" began more than three and a half years ago when their daughter Mary was visiting them in Seattle for Christmas. Mary noticed a lengthy list of countries posted on the couple's fridge that they'd hoped to visit during their impending retirement.

Mary presented an idea: go visit those countries, but instead of spending money on pricey hotels, try an affordable rental service called Airbnb. Michael and Debbie were intrigued.

Michael, a former sports promoter, and Debbie, a graphic designer, had always been travelers, even moving themselves and their four young children from the US to London for five years to experience life overseas.

"Arrival" is an emotionally charged sci-fi drama that critics instantly fell for when it began playing the award-bait film festivals — Venice, Telluride, and Toronto — in September. And that critic love has only continued.

With a current 96% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, things are looking good for "Arrival," which opens on Friday. If general audiences react to it as strongly as the critics have, this could be a strong last few months of the year for its studio, Paramount.

Amy Adams stars in the film as a linguist who is chosen by the military to assist in communicating with aliens who have just landed on earth. Based on the short story by Ted Chiang, the screenplay Eric Heisserer adapted and then shopped for a decade until it got into the capable hands of director Denis Villeneuve ("Prisoners,""Sicario") is not just a thrilling aliens-come-to-earth story that will keep you on the edge of your seat, but also a devastatingly touching exploration of love and family that will have you tearing up by the end.

But don't take our word for it. Here are what the top critics are saying:

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It's an alien movie that actually makes you think.

"Arrival" is a rare studio movie about aliens that is interested in telling a strong story rather than dazzling you with visuals.

The Playlist puts it this way: "The moment you realize 'Arrival' might force you to engage in that most un-blockbustery of activities — thinking — is when the first signal comes from the beings in the craft, and it looks like a coffee mug ring crossed with a Rorschach ink blot." 

And ScreenCrush points out the different kind of sci-fi movie it is: "One of 'Arrival''s greatest achievements is the way it makes alien seem alien again: Strange and inhuman and beyond the limits of our comprehension. It readjusts our thinking about what life on other worlds might be like."

Director Denis Villeneuve is the real deal.

Villeneuve has impressed many with his previous films, but this one proves that he should be considered one of the top-flight filmmakers working today. 

"The way the resolution is revealed, which I wouldn’t divulge for all the tea in China, is a moment of such storytelling ingenuity and skillful execution that I wanted to cheer at the sheer perfection of the moment, and the brilliant way Villeneuve and screenwriter Eric Heisserer orchestrate the dialogue, acting, cutting, and scoring," Flavorwire said of the movie's emotional ending.

"That Villeneuve so seamlessly wrangles thought-provoking ideas with awe-inspiring visuals and a very human story bodes extremely well for his upcoming 'Blade Runner 2,'"Games Radar wrote.

It's a beautifully shot movie with Kubrick vibes.

Cinematographer Bradford Young is one of the rising stars in his field (he's now shooting the young Han Solo movie) and he showcases his talents in this movie, which has strong echoes of Stanley Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey."

"Cinematographer Bradford Young shoots the drama in a graceful, composed style, adhering to a sober, calmly observational approach even when temperatures onscreen are at their highest and nerves at their most jangled," The Hollywood Reporter wrote.

"...he creates a beautiful world of cool, symmetrical compositions and ever-patient camera moves," The Verge said. "It would be foolish to avoid the Kubrick comparisons."

The 2016 election has come to an end, and people are either celebrating or making plans to leave the country.

Travel search engine Kayak, for example, saw a 15% increase in searches by 9 am on November 9th (compared to the Wednesday before).

So where are people looking to jet off to?

Below are the 10 destinations that experienced the greatest booking activity on TripAdvisor yesterday.

10. Spain

9. Thailand

8. India

Everyone from astronomers to tech companies wants to know what it would be like to live on Mars.

From growing vegetables in Martian soil, to claims that leaving Earth could save the human species, scientists are constantly making advances in this field.

Now, astronomers from the Royal Observatory in London and Stephen Petranek — author of "How We'll Live on Mars"— have designed a Martian Show Home to demonstrate what life could be like on the Red Planet.

The exhibit, which launched on Thursday 10 November and will run until Wednesday 16 November, marks the launch of "MARS"— a mini-series on National Geographic showing how humans could survive on the planet.

Business Insider went along to take a tour of the Martian home.

This is the Mars Show Home, which is currently on display at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London.

The pod-like house was designed by the observatory's astronomers along with "How We'll Live on Mars" author Stephen Petranek. The book is the inspiration for a National Geographic mini-series called "MARS," which looks at how humans could colonise the planet over the next century.

Inside, the pod contains everything a person needs to live on Mars. The Royal Observatory's Public Astronomer Dr Marek Kukula said one of the biggest challenges the planet's first visitors will face is staying happy.

"I think all of the logistical and technical issues have been well thought through," Dr Kukula said. "I suspect the real challenge will be how astronauts will survive and keep their morale going."

According to Dr Kukula, the first astronauts to live on Mars will have to overcome living in "tiny environments, millions of miles away from their families and penned up together for really long periods of time."

More mundade items included a microwave oven and a shelf with personal belongings.