Nothing beats a stiff drink at the end of the workday (or in the middle of it).

Whether you've got a bar cart or stash your office booze in a file cabinet, GQ's Best Stuff knows exactly which bottles of whiskey belong in your office.

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Best whiskey to share with colleagues

If you’re busting out a bottle you’ve stashed in the bottom of a filing cabinet, you're going to drink it with ice. (Save "pass the bottle" for when things are really bleak.) This means you need a whiskey that can a) hold up to rocks and b) isn't too pricey… because anything drunk on the rocks is going to be drunk fast and in large quantities. Go for Wild Turkey 101. This high-proof bourbon is reliably delicious, and can stand up to a "Boss of the Year" coffee mug full of melting ice. Stir in a packet of sugar from your "packet drawer" and you've got a vague approximation of an Old Fashioned.

But if Scotch is your move, stash a $30 bottle of Monkey Shoulder. Snifter snobs look down at blended Scotches, but what a lot of people don't understand about them is that they're often blended with very good single malts — in this case, Glenfiddich, Balvenie, and Kininvie —  which is a bit of trivia you can share with your coworkers as they sip. (Power move.)

Best whiskey if you really need a drink at the end of the day

Want a sliiiightly more interesting "dram" (as people who like more interesting drams are inclined to say)? The Glen Grant 12 is light, clean, crisp — the antidote to your mood at the end of a horrible day at work that still hasn't ended. It’s a boozy pick-me-up.

Best whiskey for your "Mad Men"-style office bar cart

There should be two types of bottles on your office bar cart: inviting and intriguing. The Macallan is as relatable and identifiable as it gets. A decade of brilliant marketing and a pleasing finish of vanilla and lumber (Note: also works when describing Nick Offerman) have made Macallan hugely popular, and the 18-Year is proof of why. For the intrigue, a bottle from Lagavulin is a Scotch that Macallan drinkers can graduate to. Deeply smoky, but just as sweet, it's a game-changer the first time you taste it.

Warning: There are spoilers ahead for "The Walking Dead" season seven finale.

"The Walking Dead" finale ended with battle lines drawn. Rick, Maggie, and Ezekiel let Negan know they're a united front and the Saviors declared that they're going to war next season.

While we know season eight will focus on the giant battle that's been brewing between both sides, "The Walking Dead" didn't tie up every loose end.

Keep reading to see what questions we have after the season seven finale.

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How did the Kingdom and Hilltop survivors sneak into Alexandria undetected?

Wasn't there a perimeter of Saviors guarding the gate that would make it tough for a tiger and horses to get through?

Where was Gregory?

One of the few characters we didn't see on the season seven finale was the official leader of the Hilltop, Gregory.

The last time we saw him he was planning a roadtrip to the Negan's Sanctuary compound. Is that what he was doing this entire episode, blissfully unaware of the conflict going on?

Is Maggie now the official leader of the Hilltop?

No one really seems to like Gregory and Maggie did teach the Hilltop survivors how to defend themselves against the Saviors. Maggie was commanding the Hilltop group pretty well inside Alexandria. 

There's no question that the books we read as children shape us, and help us become who we are today.

From cartoon books to coming-of age-stories, some children's books are timeless tales that will never get old, even if you're making your way into adulthood.

Whether you simply wish to relive your childhood, or want to introduce your children to the classics, read on for 17 children's books everyone should read at least once in their lifetime.

"A Wrinkle in Time" by Madeline L’Engle

First published in 1963, Madeline L’Engle’s fantasy novels tell the story of a young girl named Meg Murry who, along with her brother Charles and friend Calvin, travels through time to rescue her scientist father, who is being held prisoner on another planet. The novel won the Newbery Medal the year it was published, and is currently being made into a film by Oscar-nominated director Ava Duvernay.

Buy it here.

"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" by Roald Dahl

Roald Dahl’s classic tale was “pure imagination” in book form. The story tells the hilarious and inspiring tale of a young boy named Charlie who is invited on an exclusive and magical tour of Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory, along with four other children.

Buy it here.

"Chicka Chicka Boom Boom" by Bill Martin, Jr. and John Archambault

You likely had a blast reading this book as a kid, sticking around to see just what happens when all the letters of the alphabet attempt to climb a palm tree.

Buy it here.

Have you heard of Quanzhou? 

The odds are, probably not. And yet, Quanzhou, China is home to 800,000 more people than Madrid, which you probably have heard of.

The Guardian recently reported that China has over 100 cities with populations of over one million. 119 of these cities are bigger than Liverpool.

The size and population of China can be mind-bendingly confusing, and it can be hard to put things into perspective.

The sheer scale of the country's enormity is best illustrated by pictures, which is where Reuters news agency comes in.

Reuters has collected its best images of China, captured from above. If anything can help you get your head around the size of the world's most populous country, it's the photos below.

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Here's China in rice, cultivated on the outskirts of Shanghai.

Red chilli is dried in the sun in Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region.

Students from a martial arts school practice Shaolin Kung Fu in Dengfeng, Henan Province.

When looking to sell their house, most owners probably want to make a profit and sell the home for more than they paid for it.

But the selling price isn’t the only factor to consider, there are hidden costs when it comes to selling a home.

And if it takes a long time to sell a house or if the closing costs are exorbitant, the math may change on how much money the seller gets to pocket.

We considered these factors and others when determining the best cities to sell a house.

In order to find the best cities to sell a house, we considered five factors. We looked at the change in median home value, the percent of homes in the area sold at a loss, the average number days a home sits on the market, the closing costs and the number of real estate offices per 1,000 residents. Read the data and methodology section below to get a better understanding of how we used our data to create our ranking.

Key Findings

• Two states race – Two states, Colorado and Texas, claimed nine out of the top 10 best places to sell a house. If you’re looking to sell your home and you reside in one of those states, you may be in luck.
• Tough sell in the Northeast– There’s only one Northeast city in our top 25. One reason for that is that closing costs tend to be higher in the Northeast region. Boston, the aforementioned representative, has the third-highest closing costs in the top 25.

SEE ALSO: 9 things that crush the value of your home

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10. Portland, Oregon

Portland, Oregon narrowly beat two other Northwest cities – Seattle and Eugene, Oregon – to close out the top 10. If you are new to the home selling process, Portland is not a bad place to be. The city has 1.33 real estate offices per 1,000 residents.

That’s the fourth-highest rate in the top 10 and the 30th-highest rate in the study. One potential drawback to selling in Portland is that the city has the third-highest average closing costs in the top 10 at $2,676.

9. Dallas, Texas

Selling your home in Dallas is a lot like selling your home in Plano or McKinney. The home sits on the market for a relatively long time (50 days on average) but you can expect to make some money once it sells. Median home values in Dallas rose 4.48% from 2011 to 2015. That’s the 21st-largest change in the country.

8. Plano, Texas

Situated between McKinney and Dallas is Plano, Texas, the eighth-best city to sell a house. With its low price-to-rent ratio, Plano is one of the best cities to buy a home. It’s even less likely to sell a home at a loss in Plano than it is in McKinney.

Just 0.6% of homes here sell for a loss. For a clearer picture that means if 200 homes being sold in Plano, only one of these would be expected to sell for a loss. However, one downside of the selling process in Plano is that it may take a little while to get a home here off the market. Our data shows that homes in Plano sit on the market for an average of 50 days.

Like all living things, cities have lifespans. 

London started as a small Roman settlement along the Thames River. But today, more than 8.6 million people call the place home.

Here are 18 maps, paintings, and old-time photographs that show the journey of the British capital.

SEE ALSO: Amazing images of Tokyo before it was a city

The Romans founded Londinium (now called London) in 43 AD. This artist's illustration of Londinium in 200 AD shows the city's first bridge over the Thames River.

Westminster Abbey, founded in the 10th century, is a World Heritage Site and one of London's oldest and most important buildings. Here it is in a 1749 painting.

William, Duke of Normandy, was crowned King of England there on Christmas Day, 1066 — just after it was completed.

By the 11th century, London had the largest port in England.

2016 was a big year for self-driving cars.

Alphabet's self-driving car unit officially became its own independent company, Waymo. Tesla says its cars now come with hardware that will support full autonomy when the regulatory environment allows it. That doesn't even mention the various startups, like AutoX, now vying for a foothold in the space.

Navigant Research assessed all the self-driving-car players and has released its leadership grid showing who is most poised to bring Level 2, Level 3, and Level 4 self-driving cars to market in the next decade. Navigant first released its leadership grid in the third-quarter of 2015, but says in its report that the "landscape for automated driving has advanced significantly" since then. 

(For reference, Level 2 and 3 autonomous systems refers to vehicles that can handle some complex driving tasks, but still primarily rely on a driver. Level 4 autonomy refers to cars that can drive themselves without any human intervention, but only in certain geographic regions. You can get a better breakdown here.)

Companies on the the Leadership Grid were assessed on 10 criteria: vision; go-to market strategy; partners; production strategy; technology; product capability; sales, marketing & distribution; product quality and reliability; product portfolio; staying power. The companies were then given an overall score out of 100 based on their performance in each category.

Scores were boosted for those who have announced Level 2 autonomy plans for 2017 or 2018 as well as for companies that have publicly demonstrated Level 4 autonomy.

Scroll down to see the 18 companies slated to get their autonomous systems to market first, ranked:

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18. Baidu

Baidu, a Chinese internet company, has been publicly testing its self-driving-car technology since 2015. In December of that year, a BMW 3-series modified with the company's autonomous tech completed an 18.3-mile route, performing tasks like lane changes and u-turns.

Baidu also let members of the public take rides in a fleet of electric cars retroffited with driverless tech in November 2016, but the trial only lasted a week. The company has an autonomous testing permit in California and an office in Sunnyvale.

The Beijing-based company plans to produce a limited number of autonomous vehicles for a shared shuttle service in 2018. It plans to mass produce self-driving cars in 2021.

Navigant Research gave Baidu an overall score of 47.1 out of a possible 100, noting that the company ended its partnership with BMW in November of last year.

17. nuTonomy

NuTonomy, a Boston-based startup spun out of MIT in 2013, has been quietly making big moves in the self-driving-car space. 

In August 2016, nuTonomy became the first company to launch a fleet of self-driving taxis under a pilot program in Singapore. The startup has since expanded that trial to its home city of Boston in November of last year.

NuTonomy has raised $20 million in venture funding through 2016. Investors include the government of Singapore and Fontinalis Partners, a venture fund founded Bill Ford, the executive chairman of Ford.

Navigant Research gave nuTonomy an overall score of 51.6 out of a possible 100.

16. Uber

Despite drawing a lot of attention when it launched its self-driving-car pilot in Pittsburgh last September, Uber is relatively low on Navigant's list.

Uber set up shop in Pittsburgh after poaching several robotics experts from Carnegie Mellon in May 2015. After launching its Pittsburgh trial in September, Uber now also runs one in Arizona.

In December, Uber got into a public dispute with the California DMV after launching a self-driving-car pilot in San Francisco without first obtaining an autonomous vehicles testing permit. Uber left California for Arizona after the DMV revoked registration of its 16 self-driving Volvo XC90s.

In January, Uber formed a partnership with Daimler. "This could be a hedge by Uber in the event that its in-house technology development does not work out — or if it proves to be too
expensive to operate its own fleet of vehicles," Navigant wrote in its report.

Waymo is suing Uber, claiming the ride-hailing service stole the intellectual property for its lidar system.

Navigant Research gave Uber an overall score of 54.5 out of a possible 100.

Everyone knows about the White House, but where do the rest of the world's leaders live?

Unsurprisingly, the world's most powerful people live in luxurious homes befitting their positions. These palaces and abodes are equipped with everything from helipads to priceless works of art.

From the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, where Japan's Emperor Akihito lives, to Paris' Élysée Palace, where French President François Hollande resides, here are the lavish residences of 12 world leaders. 

Talia Avakian contributed reporting to an earlier version of this article.

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Palácio da Alvorada in Brasília, Brazil, has housed every Brazilian president since 1956. The modernist digs feature a reflecting pool and sculptures by Brazilian artist Alfredo Ceschiatti.

The minimalist home has private suites, a giant living room, and a basement that houses an auditorium, game room, warehouse, and kitchen.

Source: Palace Plateu Presidency of the Republic

Near the famous Champs-Élysées in Paris, France, the Élysée Palace (or Palais de l’Élysée) has been the official residence of the President of the French Republic since the 1840s. French president François Hollande has lived here since 2012.

Reddit is an incredible home to interesting pictures, whether it's sprouting strawberries or mesmerizing "pixelated" avocados.

So it was no surprise that when Redditor JavaReallySucks shared an album of interesting photos that showed food before it was harvested, people couldn't get enough. INSIDER was even inspired to do our own research into how certain foods are grown and harvested.

Keep reading for a look at these fascinating crops and wild plants.

You may have thought pineapples grew on trees, but they actually live on bushes until it's harvesting time.

Here's a whole field of pineapple plants, each with their own fruit.

Asparagus grows from a bulb that's planted in a field.

Warning: There are spoilers ahead for "The Walking Dead."

Sunday's "The Walking Dead" finale was filled with some somber moments while finally bringing Rick's group together with the Kingdom and the Hilltop to bring down Negan's Saviors. 

During the battle that kicked off in the season seven finale, you may have missed a few nods to the comic, previous episodes, and one 1980s action thriller. 

Keep reading to see what you may have missed. 

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When Negan enters Sasha's cell at the episode's start he welcomes her to "the first day of the rest of your life."

Negan was ready for Sasha to take the first steps to being one of his soldiers at the Sanctuary and brought her a tray full of fresh breakfast to prove it.

The line is the episode title of the season 7 finale.

The full title of the finale is "The First Day of the Rest of Your Life."

Negan meant for the line to suggest that Sasha was on the path to becoming a Savior, but, after Sunday's episode, the title could easily apply to everyone on the show. Now that the Hilltop and Kingdom have united with Rick and Alexandria, there's no turning back. Whatever happens from this moment forward will be decided because of the three groups taking a stand against the Sanctuary.

Tara confronts Dwight about a woman he killed last season.

"That girl you murdered, she had a name," said Tara. "Her name was Denise and she was a doctor and she helped people."

Dwight told Tara he "wasn't aiming for her" and Daryl lost it.

No one argues that being in the top 1% of income earners makes you rich.

But the annual income that gets you there depends on where you live.

The Economic Policy Institute calculated how much money puts a household in the top 1% of income earners in each of the 50 US states. For the US overall, the income threshold required to be in the 1% of earners is $389,436, pre-tax. In 12 states, including Connecticut, California, New York, and Texas, a household must earn more than that to be in the state's highest earners.

Below, see what it takes to be in the top 1%— and top .01%, just in case you were feeling flush — of every state, listed from lowest to highest annual income needed.

VIDEO: Here's how much you need to make to be in the top 1% of every state

New Mexico

Income required to be in the:

Top 1%: $231,276

Top .01%: $3,853,057

Arkansas

Income required to be in the:

Top 1%: $237,428

Top .01%: $5,323,445

West Virginia

Income required to be in the:

Top 1%: $244,879

Top .01%: $2,522,272

While many would argue that summer and winter are the best times to travel, spring trips give you more bang for your buck.

Hotels and airfare are slightly cheaper, the weather is neither too hot nor too cold, and, since many people save their vacations for the summer, most places will be blissfully devoid of tourists.

Convinced? Keep scrolling to see exactly where you should travel to. 

The U. S. Virgin Islands

Peak season, which lasts all winter, is over by the time spring rolls around, but there's a lot to stick around for. Locals and tourists hit the streets of St. Thomas to celebrate Carnival the entire month of April, and the weather is still just as nice. 

New Orleans, Louisiana

The craziness of Mardi Gras will have settled down by spring, meaning the area will cheaper to travel to and the attractions won't be quite so crowded. If you travel here in April, May, or June, you'll miss the rainy days of winter and arrive before the real humidity hits. 

Auckland, New Zealand

Your beliefs about money can play a huge role in whether or not you finish rich. 

So why not look to those who have been there, done that for inspiration? 

Business Insider rounded up quotations about money from self-made billionaires that will shift your perspective on business, investing, and success. 

From investor Warren Buffett to tech mogul Jeff Bezos, here's what some of the world's richest men and women have to say about money. 

SEE ALSO: 2 pieces of increasingly popular money advice could ruin your chance at getting rich, according to a self-made millionaire

DON'T MISS: Here's how much you should be investing by your 30s, according to former Wall Street executive Sallie Krawcheck

“My goal was never to just create a company. A lot of people misinterpret that, as if I don't care about revenue or profit or any of those things. But what not being just a company means to me is not being just that — building something that actually makes a really big change in the world.” —Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook

“When a small business grows like eBay did, it has a multiplier effect. It creates other small businesses that supply it with intellectual capital, goods and services.” —Meg Whitman, CEO of Hewlett Packard Enterprise

"I will tell you how to become rich. Close the doors. Be fearful when others are greedy. Be greedy when others are fearful."—Warren Buffett, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway

The INSIDER Summary:

• Vintage photos from Boeing's archive show the golden age of air travel in the 1950s.
• Flight attendants served meals on china plates, passengers relaxed in lounges on the plane, and most seats turned into sleeping berths. 

In our modern world, it's easy to forget how cool flying actually is.

But people didn't take flying for granted in the 1950s, when air travel was still new and exciting.

In that era, flight attendants served in-flight meals on fine china plates with proper cutlery, passengers could stretch their legs in lounges on the plane, and even sleep in seats that converted into beds.

We dug through Boeing's digital archives and found some fascinating photos that show what flying was like 60 years ago.

Like fashion, planes have changed a lot since the 1950s.

The layout of a typical commercial jet hasn't changed too much, either.

Though the seats do appear to be roomier.

Success doesn't happen by accident.

A wealth of psychological research has found the people who achieve most in life take the same deliberate steps to make sure they reach their goals.

Sometimes it means minimizing the value of will power; other times it means dusting yourself off after defeat.

Here are some of the psychological strategies the most successful people adopt in their daily lives.

SEE ALSO: A top psychologist says there's a huge misconception about setting goals

They maintain a "growth mindset."

In the 1960s, psychologist Carol Dweck came up with the idea for two different kinds of mindsets. She called them "growth mindsets" and "fixed mindsets."

Growth mindsets give people the ability to see themselves as capable of change — notably, growth — while fixed mindsets cause people to view themselves as fully realized, or unchanging.

Having a growth mindset leads to far higher achievement than having a fixed one, Dweck's research has found.

They have grit.

Psychologist Angela Duckworth has found time and again that the ability to recover after failure is one of the most common traits of successful people.

Duckworth calls this resilience "grit," and it's often the grittiest kids who get into the best schools, get the best jobs, and, incidentally, win the most spelling bees.

Some experts have even said grit is the single-most important trait to become successful.

They engage in "deliberate practice."

Anders Ericsson is the leading expert on how repeated behaviors can lead to mastery. Most of us call this "practice."

Ericsson's research has found a higher-level form of practice called "deliberate practice" could be even better. People engage in deliberate practice when they are actively and repeatedly trying to escape their comfort zone.

Deliberate practice works in tandem with Dweck's growth mindset: Only through that mindset can people move from one state of proficiency to another.

The INSIDER Summary:

• Sephora stocks so many products that it can be hard to know what's really worth your money.
• INSIDER spoke to 21 Sephora employees to find out their single favorite product from the store.
• Crème de la Mer, a moisturizer from La Mer, got the most rave reviews from Sephora staff.

With its many gleaming rows of beauty products, Sephora is a makeup lover's heaven.

But it can also be a nightmare — with so many options, it's hard to know what's really worth spending money on.

To narrow down the beauty chain's must-have products, INSIDER asked the employees of its new store on New York City's 34th Street for the single item they can't stop wearing.

The Sephora staff we spoke with, including makeup artists and cashiers, recommended everything from a $6 sheet mask to a $95 beauty oil made with real gold.

Here's what they're obsessing over right now.

Sephora Collection - 10 HR Wear Perfection Foundation

Cost: $20

Sephora employee Kayon told INSIDER she wears this $20 foundation every day. "It's lightweight, smooths over fine lines, and adjusts to my skin tone," she said.

Find out more about Sephora Collection - 10 HR Wear Perfection Foundation here >

Tom Ford - Soleil Lip Foil

Cost: $53

Makeup artist Helen V. wears this foil lipstick in Seadragon whenever she wants to achieve a glam "metallic look." She said it's made of three different types of oil, which keeps her lips hydrated, too.

Find out more about Tom Ford - Soleil Lip Foil here >

Anastasia Beverly Hills - Brow Wiz

Cost: $21

This eyebrow pencil and brush "works for me everyday," Sephora employee Iffat said. "It's the only thing I use on my eyebrows. It stays on all day long."

Find out more about Anastasia Beverly Hills - Brow Wiz here >

While President Donald Trump still has hundreds of key positions to fill that will shape his next four years in office, he has named everyone he wants to serve in his Cabinet, and they're getting closer to being entirely confirmed by the day.

Trump has 24 official members of his Cabinet, and the Senate has so far confirmed 18 of them. In the month since Trump took office, two high-level hires withdrew from the confirmation process, and one senior adviser resigned.

We'll keep this list updated as Trump announces the rest of the senior leadership positions, and the Senate confirms or rejects them. Here's what we know so far:

SEE ALSO: Trump's Cabinet picks will probably all get confirmed — here's why

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Labor Secretary: Alexander Acosta (pending Senate confirmation)

Obama administration counterparts: Hilda L. Solis, Thomas Perez

Duties: enforce labor laws, including ones involving unions and other business-citizen relations

UPDATE 2/15: Top Republicans in the Senate encouraged the White House to withdraw Andrew Puzder's nomination, due to concerns that he wouldn't receive the necessary votes for confirmation. Critics, notably labor unions, were concerned that Puzder would  'betray American workers' because he's said in the past that machines are the answer to rising wages — not raising the minimum wage. Some women also expressed disgust that Puzder said he "like[s] beautiful women eating burgers in bikinis," who star in the ads for Carl's Jr., the fast food chain Puzder heads as CKE CEO. He dropped out of the running on February 15, a day before his confirmation hearing.

Reactions to Acosta: After Puzder's polarizing pick, many on both sides of the aisle view Acosta as a sensible choice for the job. The AFL-CIO trade union said Acosta's nomination deserves "serious consideration." The Senate has confirmed him for other roles three times, so he's expected to sail through again.

National Security Adviser: Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster

Obama administration counterparts: James Jones, Thomas Donilon, Susan Rice

Duties: Provide the president's daily national security briefing; coordinate the administration's foreign policy, intelligence, and military efforts

UPDATE 2/13: On February 13, Trump's first National Security Adviser, Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, resigned after admitting that he may have discussed loosening American sanctions with Russia's ambassador to the US before Trump was sworn into office, despite previously insisting he hadn't. Flynn had been criticized for being anti-Islamic, for his questionable business ties to Turkey's increasingly authoritarian president, for what some saw as his overly positive views toward Russia, and for promoting conspiracy theories on Twitter during Trump's campaign. He was also accused of being too hawkish when he was DIA director, which is why a former Pentagon official alleged Flynn was forced out of the agency.

Reactions to McMaster: As a leading military scholar who's well-respected by his troops and known for pushing back on authority, McMaster is seen as a solid choice to replace Flynn, whose appointment was mired by controversy. Even Democrats praised the pick, calling McMaster"brilliant."

Supreme Court Justice: Neil Gorsuch (pending Senate confirmation)

Reactions: While Republicans applauded the choice, many Democrats came out in opposition, saying they would vote against Gorsuch. Democrats have enough votes to filibuster Gorsuch, and the GOP is poised to make a historic rule change that would allow them to approve the pick with a simple majority — an option known as going "nuclear."

With a net worth of over $70 billion, Warren Buffett is the second-richest person in the world, behind only his good friend Bill Gates.

But to those who knew him from the beginning, Buffett's success comes as no surprise: He was picking out stocks at 11 years old and had amassed the equivalent of $53,000 in today's dollars by the time he was 16. 

Inspired by a Quora thread asking "What are some mind-blowing facts about Warren Buffett," we rounded up 24 astonishing facts about the "Oracle from Omaha" and his massive amount of wealth.  

This is an update of an article originally written by Kathleen Elkins.

SEE ALSO: 15 quotes from self-made billionaires that will change your outlook on money

DON'T MISS: 13 bizarre sleeping habits of super-successful people

While his elementary school classmates were dreaming about the major leagues and Hollywood, 10-year old Buffett was having lunch with a member of the New York Stock Exchange and setting life goals.

Buffett's legendary career all began with an epiphany at age 10 when he was on a trip to New York City with his dad.

Dining with a member of the NYSE planted the idea in young Buffett's head to organize his life around money.

Source: Business Insider

He bought his first stock at age 11.

He purchased multiple shares of Cities Service Preferred for $38 apiece.

Source: GOBankingRates

When Buffett was a teen, he was already raking in about $175 a month — more than his teachers (and most adults).

He pulled this off by dutifully delivering the Washington Post.

Source: Business Insider

This March, Allisen Graves celebrated her 10th year with HSBC in New York City. A senior vice president relationship manager with the private bank, Graves has been working with many of the same high-net-worth clients for years, advising them through any decisions they must make regarding banking, lending, trusts, insurance, and investments — every "financial aspect of [their] life," she told Business Insider over lunch recently.

"My clients are like family to me," Graves said. "[These financial choices] are going to impact their children, their spouses, their charities, or whoever that next generation of wealth is going to be passed on to. I play a very important role in their lives."

Her role calls for busy days that are filled to the brim with client meetings and seminars. We asked Graves to document a typical day, starting from the moment she wakes up bright and early in her home in suburban New Jersey.

SEE ALSO: A look inside The Boston Consulting Group's stunning New York office, which has an in-house cafe and workout rooms

Graves says it's "go-time" from the second she wakes up at 5 a.m.

The first thing she does is make a cup of coffee and check her work email via her Blackberry. She'll also catch up on any overnight market news she might have missed while sleeping.

Next, she wakes up her kids — Ryan, 4, and Madison, 7 — to get ready for school. Depending on their schedules, Graves and her husband, Jim, will alternate who does the drop-off.

Today, Graves takes her son to preschool for his 6:30 a.m. drop-off since she needs to get to the office a bit early. Breakfast is provided at the school, and Graves sits with one of her son's teachers for a quick bite.

TED talks on psychology rank as some of the most-watched and highest-rated of all-time, most likely because people are endlessly fascinated with themselves.

Some of the talks deal with happiness and success, and others with memory and motivation. But all of them provide an important window into what makes us tick.

Here are a handful to get you better-acquainted with the organ between your ears.

SEE ALSO: These 6 TED talks have completely changed how I make decisions

"The optimism bias" by Tali Sharot

Sharot, a cognitive neuroscientist, discussed in her 2012 talk the value of seeing the world through rose-colored glasses. There are three main benefits to optimism, she says.

The first is that high expectations (not low ones) lead to greater happiness, since people tend to believe in themselves and explain away bad outcomes. The second is that anticipation alone makes us happy — we feel good looking forward to something.

Lastly, optimism is a self-fulfilling prophecy. It isn't just related to success, Sharot says. It leads to success.

"The riddle of experience vs. memory" by Daniel Kahneman

Psychologist Daniel Kahneman spoke in 2010 about the two ways we find happiness: in the moment and in our memories. People must keep each in mind when trying to create happiness, he says.

For example, according to Kahneman's research, the experiencing self is twice as happy on a two-week vacation over a one-week vacation, but the remembering self isn't, since no new memories are being formed.

"What makes us feel good about our work?" by Dan Ariely

Humans aren't motivated by money or power alone.

As behavioral economist Dan Ariely explained in his 2012 talk, people need to feel like their work is valued and that they're making progress toward a goal.

Ariely recounted an experiment in which people stopped working far earlier when the researchers destroyed their work before assigning a new task. The takeaway: People are motivated when they feel appreciated.