"Fallout 4," one of the most anticipated games of the year, was recently released to the masses.

Even though "Fallout 4" is a gorgeous game, players will notice some differences if they play the game on different consoles. "Fallout 4" looks different on PlayStation 4 than it looks on a PC, for instance.

If you're wondering just how different "Fallout 4" looks across different game consoles, look no further.

YouTube channel "Candyland," which offers graphics comparisons for the most popular games available, released a new video recently comparing the graphics of "Fallout 4" across PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.

The PC version of "Fallout 4" showcases much more vegetation than the other two consoles, particularly in the foreground. The blue house, also in the foreground, looks much more detailed.

These tree shadows all look good, but the shadows themselves look more crisp on PC, and blurrier on PS4. The shadows on Xbox One look like they're somewhere in the middle.

It might look like you're seeing more facial details, like lines and wrinkles, on the PS4 version. The PC graphics generally look smoother, though.

More than a third of US adults are obese. But despite its increasing prevalence in America and around the world, obesity — and what actually causes weight gain and loss — is frequently misunderstood.

Frustrated by rampant misinformation, a large group of doctors and scientists teamed up to set the record straight in a recent article in The New England Journal of Medicine.

The misinformation "persists ... despite contradicting evidence," the researchers wrote.

Here are seven of the most common myths they identified.

SEE ALSO: Here are the countries that eat the most fat

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Myth #1: Weight loss from a particular diet and exercise program is predictable and consistent.

There's a popular idea that cutting or burning 3,500 calories over time will lead to one pound of weight lost, while adding that many calories will lead to a pound gained.

In reality, one study found that people only lost about 20% as much as would be expected if that idea were true: just 10 pounds (not 50) after walking a mile every day for five years.

And over the long-term, it's much more complex. It turns out that results can vary significantly among individuals, and that as the body changes, the balance of food and exercise it needs to drop pounds changes as well. Researchers are now moving toward the idea that every person's diet needs to be carefully personalized.

As for the original idea? That's based on short-term studies, primarily in men, the researchers write — so it's erroneous to apply to everyone.

Myth #2: Without realistic weight loss goals, people will get frustrated and shed fewer pounds.

While the researchers call this"a reasonable hypothesis," it turns out there's no real evidence to back it up.

Some studies have changed participants' goals to be more realistic and found that it had no effect on outcomes. In fact, "more ambitious goals"— rather than more realistic goals — "are sometimes associated with better weight-loss outcomes," the researchers write.

Myth #3: "Slow, gradual weight loss" is better in the long-term than "large, rapid weight-loss."

Actually, people in studies who showed "more rapid and greater initial weight loss" also have "lower body weight at the end of long-term follow-up," the researchers write.

As far back as 2001, researchers suggested that greater weight loss during the beginning of a weight-loss program was tied to longer-term success at keeping the pounds off. A 2010 review of research backed this up, adding that people with rapid weight loss early on were not more likely to gain back the pounds than people who lost weight gradually.

Still, no one should embark on a serious weight-loss program without talking to a doctor about their goals and strategies. A doctor can advise how much weight loss would be too rapid for a particular individual. There can be health consequences if weight loss is too aggressive, and many rapid-weight-loss programs involve questionable strategies that are actually unhealthier and more dangerous than the extra weight itself.

These are the cigars any cigar-lover would be delighted to get.

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Davidoff Winston Churchill

Unlike other Churchill cigars, Davidoff’s new offering does not require an hour to enjoy. The cigar, which is available in two sizes—a 4½ × 46 belicoso and a 4 × 38 petit panatela—features an oily Habano Ecuador wrapper, a sweet Pelo de Oro Visus binder, and Dominican and Nicaraguan filler. Both versions provide plenty of rich flavor that can be enjoyed in less than 30 minutes. ($29–$31.75 for a tin of four or five)

Padrón Dámaso

Padrón has built a reputation around its Nicaraguan puros, whose strength rivals that of many Cuban cigars, but it has also recently introduced a milder cigar called the Dámaso, after the grandfather of José Padrón, the family-owned brand’s patriarch. Like Padrón’s puros, the Dámaso features Nicaraguan tobaccos aged for at least 3 years, but it has an Ecuadoran Connecticut wrapper. Together these tobaccos produce a gentle floral-and-wheat flavor that pairs best with Irish whiskeys. Padrón offers four sizes, of which the No. 12 (a 5 × 50 robusto) is our favorite. ($12.50–$17.50) 

Warped La Colmena

This cigar, which is named after the Spanish word for “beehive,” is produced at the El Titan de Bronze factory in the Calle Ocho district of Miami’s Little Havana, though it embodies many traits of cigars rolled in Cuba: a triple-capped pigtail head, filler bunched with a traditional Cuban scrolled technique (called entubado), and an enclosed “Cuban” foot. The cigar features an Ecuadoran Deflorada wrapper and Nicaraguan and Dominican fillers, which combine to deliver milk-chocolate and light caramel flavors. Two sizes are available, a 6 × 36 petit lancero and a 5½ × 44 corona extra. ($12.50–$14.50)

Without a doubt, Kobe Bryant will go down as one of the top athletes to ever play the game of basketball. After 20 years with the Los Angeles Lakers, he's won five NBA championships, an MVP trophy, and has been selected as an All-Star 17 times. He's currently the third-highest scoring player in history. 

Bryant announced his retirement in a piece on The Players' Tribune Sunday night.

"My heart can take the pounding, my mind can handle the grind, but my body knows it's time to say goodbye. And that's OK," Bryant wrote in his farewell letter to basketball. "I'm ready to let you go."

According to ticket price tracker TiqIQ, ticket prices for the final game of the Lakers' regular season have already nearly tripled to $1,388.60 since the retirement news broke.

Scroll below to see a selection of photos highlighting Bryant's career.

SEE ALSO: 22 examples of Kobe Bryant's insane work ethic

When he entered the league in 1996, 18-year-old Bryant was the youngest man to ever play in an NBA game. He also became the youngest winner of the Slam Dunk Contest that same season.

Alongside his teammate Shaquille O'Neal, Bryant won his first NBA championship in 2000.

Bryant battled it out with Allen Iverson of the Philadelphia 76ers in the following year's NBA Finals, but the Lakers once again emerged victorious to win their second consecutive title in 2001.

Black Friday is notorious for its outrageous lines, dense crowds, and even in-store brawls— everyone wants to get their hands on the deals of the season.

And although foot traffic is declining as shopping increasingly shifts online, there is still plenty of madness that ensues post-Thanksgiving dinner.

We rounded up 16 pictures that encapsulate the insanity of the biggest shopping blitz of the year:

SEE ALSO: Black Friday may no longer be the best day of the season to save money

A lot of preparation goes into this single Friday — here are workers collecting customer orders at an Amazon fulfillment center in Hemel Hempstead, Britain.

After the preparations are finalized, it's game time. Best Buy employees in San Diego get hyped up before opening their doors to the masses.

It's not uncommon to see lines forming the night of Thanksgiving. Here are shoppers lined up outside of a Best Buy in Newport, New Jersey.

You might think that holding a Masters of Business Administration, or MBA, is essential to building a career on Wall Street.

You would be wrong.

It turns out that MBA degrees are very common at the upper levels within investment banks — but they don't dominate.

And at the entry level, the most common degree is in fact a Bachelor of Science.

That is, of course, because people typically go to business school after completing an analyst program or attaining an associate-level position.

To better understand which degrees are most popular on Wall Street, we spoke to Emolument, a salary benchmarking website that collects self-reported pay data.

They gathered data on 840 finance professionals in New York at the analyst, associate, vice president, and director level.

Here is what they found.

SEE ALSO: The 11 best colleges for a job on Wall Street

The most popular degree among analysts on Wall Street is a Bachelor of Science.

The B.S. ranks most popular among associates, too.

MBAs are the most common degree at the VP level, although only slightly more common that Bachelors of Arts and Bachelors of Science.

The first major online black market where people could anonymously buy everything from drugs to guns was shut down and its creator was arrested by the FBI in 2013, but that hasn't slowed an explosion in similar sites.

At its peak in early 2013, The Silk Road marketplace saw around $300,000 a day in transactions on its site, with users paying for products with the untraceable digital currency Bitcoin.

And since both sellers and users connected to the "dark web" through special tools such as the secure Tor web browser to stay anonymous, the most popular products were usually of the illegal variety.

The Dark Web: Is it evil? Listen to our Codebreaker podcast to find out. 

In this clip, Leslie Caldwell of the US Department of Justice shares the dark side of the dark web. 

Click for full episode. Or, subscribe on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts.  

While the operator of the Silk Road was eventually tracked down by the FBI, his exposure has only led to copycats who are happy to provide a similar service to thousands of buyers on the dark web.

Online black markets don't exist on the normal internet that most people think of.

They exist on the "dark web" that can only be accessed using special tools like Tor, a free web browser originally developed in the 1990s by the US Navy to protect military intelligence online.

Besides its military uses, Tor has become a favorite among hackers, activists, journalists, and others who want to shield their online identity.

In the movies, the leg is arguably the best place to be shot; bad guys hardly seem to react to the injuries. But in reality, leg wounds can result in amputated limbs or even death, if a piece of shrapnel or a bullet ruptures particular veins or arteries.

Now scientists have precisely modeled the fluid dynamics of a gunshot wound to the leg, in order to better staunch the bleeding in emergency situations. The researchers presented their work last week at the conference of the American Physics Society, as New Scientist reports.

Though other researchers have modeled the fluid dynamics of blood and looked at the effects of gunshot and shrapnel wounds to various parts of the body, this is the first time this modeling has been done for the legs, which are a very common site of injury — not only from gunshots, but also from mines and IEDs.

To create the simulation, the researchers created scans of different layers of the leg: the hard bone, the soft tissue (containing muscle and blood vessels), and the skin encapsulating it all.

Working with pre-determined rates of blood flow from specific arteries and veins, they then used a well-known model of fluid dynamics to simulate how much blood would exit the body, should the bullet pass through certain parts of the leg:

The researchers hope to use these simulations for real-time training exercises for combat medics. That would allow the doctors to immediately test different methods of staunching the bleeding from wounds in order to perform better in real-life battlefield scenarios.

The models are certainly an improvement on the current training method, which requires doctors to work on animals. But the models aren't perfect—they don't take into account things like broken bones or multiple wounds on the same limb.

As the models become more sophisticated, however, they may be able to incorporate more variables. But for now, the researchers are satisfied that their work has brought them one step closer to eradicating the animal models.

"We're genuinely hopeful that our simulations will enhance the educational experience for medical trainees," Jeff Eldredge, the director of the Simulations of Flow Physics and Acoustic laboratory at the University of California Los Angeles who led the research, told New Scientist. "But I'm really pleased just to get visceral reactions from my kids. That probably makes me a horrible father."

Keep scrolling to see other animations created by the researchers.

This article was written by Alexandra Ossola from Popular Science and was legally licensed through the NewsCred publisher network.

The scientists modeled blood loss from a major artery.

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And bleeding from smaller veins, too.

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They also used 3D data of bone, soft tissue, and skin to simulate a human leg.

Which are the best apps you should be using?

We scoured the home screens of a dozen tech executives and sifted through the 100 best apps you can download to find the 28 essential apps for your homescreen.

Assuming you don't sort your apps into folders, and assuming you have a big iPhone like the 6S Plus, that's how many Apple allows you to see before having to flick to the next page of apps (six rows of four with four additional apps permanently stuck on the bottom of the screen).

You'll want to personalize some of our picks based on your habits. For example, you may want to use Hailo instead of Uber if you live in Europe. And you may want to use Chase instead of Mint if that's where you specifically bank.

Here are the best of the best apps, which deserve the most coveted real estate on your iPhone.

SEE ALSO: What 11 tech executives have on their iPhone home screens

First, to download all these apps, you're going to want to have the Apple App Store handy, which is an app in and of itself. So go ahead and stick that on your home screen.

The official Apple App Store will let you download or update any app on your device. So keep this shortcut handy.

Price: Free

Available on:iOS. It comes pre-loaded on your phone once it's activated.

You might as well keep the native Settings App on your homescreen too. You'll constantly need it to change things like location settings or to add WiFi information. Also keep the "Safari,""Phone,""Camera" and "Messages" native apps on your home screen, because you'll use these for most text messages, web-browsing, and to place most calls.

Use these apps for basic phone functions, like setting your alarm, connecting to WiFi, sending text messages and calling friends. There are some substitute apps you could swap. For example you could use the Rise alarm clock app, but most people enjoy using Apple's native alarm clock app well enough.

There are a few other native Apple apps you'll want to keep on your home screen. Calendar is one of them, although you could sub a calendar alternative like Fantastical 2.

Fantastical 2 is an easy-t0-use iPhone calendar app if you're not satisfied with the native Apple calendar app. It will keep you organized and it will turn whatever you type into a calendar date.

For example you can type, "Meet with Alyson for lunch at Business Insider at noon and Fantastical will plug it in.

Price: $2.99 for Fantastical 2

Available:iOS

Qualcomm co-founder Andrew Viterbi has hoisted his contemporary southern California mansion onto the market for a whopping $60 million.

Designed by renowned architect Guy Dreier, the 26,000-square-foot home has lots of modern features, including an array of solar panels and gardens filled with drought-tolerant plants. 

Viterbi is perhaps best known for inventing the Viterbi algorithm, which has been key in the development of cell phones and satellite receivers.

He told the Wall Street Journal that he's selling his home because it's too big for him now, as his wife died earlier this year. 

With nearly 1,500 lemon trees, gorgeous mountain views, and sculptures by Fletcher Benton all included in the asking price, the home is a luxurious paradise. 

Jason and Catherine Barry of Barry Estates have the listing.

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The home sits on 33 pristine acres in Rancho Santa Fe, California.

Viterbi told the WSJ that he spent around $50 million building the house, which was completed in 2008. A modern outdoor entryway, complete with a large sculpture by Fletcher Benton, leads into the open and airy home.

Source: WSJ

Dreier custom designed most of the furniture, including the dining room table. A granite fireplace spans the living room and dining room, and there's a sleek staircase made of glass and steel.

These handsome bars and restaurants are just as great — if not better — in cooler weather.

Architectural Digest pulled together a list of great rooftops to visit this winter.

Check out these four amazing winter rooftop bars.

SEE ALSO: 30 iconic American hotel bars everyone should have a drink at

Winter Terrace at Babylon, The Roof Gardens, London

Perched 100 feet above Kensington, this open-air rooftop terrace invites guests to snuggle under leafy green blankets and sip a selection of hot cocktails and specialty hot chocolates while overhead heaters and hot water bottles help warm things up. 

More information here »

Drumbar at Raffaello Hotel, Chicago

For those who prefer to retreat from the outdoor terrace at this Gold Coast bar (and really, who wouldn’t during winter in the Windy City), an expansive indoor section features plush leather chesterfield sofas, handsome wood paneling, a fireplace, and tall arched windows overlooking the John Hancock Tower. 

More information here »

360 Istanbul, Turkey

A stark contrast to the historic 19th-century apartment building that it caps, this contemporary glass box features some of the best views of the city, from the steeple of St. Antoine’s Church to the Hagia Sophia in the distance. A restaurant by day, the space turns into the vibrant Club 360 rooftop lounge, with plenty of indoor space to enjoy on chilly winter nights.

More information here »

It didn't take long for Kobe Bryant's hyper-competitiveness to become his defining feature as a basketball player.

Over All-Star weekend during his rookie season on the Lakers in 1997, Bryant set a Rookie Game record with 31 points. The next night, Bryant won the Slam Dunk Contest in dominant fashion.

Below is footage from that dunk contest.

This is before it became an over-the-top circus show with cars and Superman costumes. But even in 1997, as an 18-year-old, Bryant's facial expressions and overall swagger shine through.

Here are the highlights — all GIFs and screenshots come from YouTube:

Bryant was one of six dunkers in the contest, including Ray Allen. As a not-yet-hoarse Doc Rivers said on the broadcast, Bryant wasn't anyone's favorite to win.

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The judges that year included Lisa Leslie, who was the first woman to ever judge the Dunk Contest.

Here's Bryant's first dunk:

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Your daily trip to and from work doesn't have to be a complete waste of time. Experts say with some strategic planning you can easily use your commute to recharge and boost productivity.

Amy Hoover, president of Talent Zoo, says whether you drive, carpool, take a train, bike, or walk, making the most of that time can help set up the rest of your day. "If you're interested in knocking out some work or simply relaxing, there are things you can do to turn a lengthy commute from a frustrating time-eater to a satisfying and productive time of day."

Here are 12 productive things you can do during your commute:

SEE ALSO: A startup founder shares her 4 best tricks for saving time

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1. Ramp up or wind down.

The first thing you need to do is recognize what kind of person you are, says Connie Thanasoulis-Cerrachio, a career expert and cofounder of SixFigureStart. If you're energized in the morning and tired in the early evening, for example, use your trip to work to accomplish tasks and your trip home to relax and reenergize.

2. Bicycle or walk to work, if possible.

While it's unlikely to make your commute shorter, starting or finishing the day with some physical activity can keep your brain sharp, in addition to keeping your body in shape, says Rita Friedman, a Philadelphia-based career coach.

3. Reflect.

"Taking time each week during your commute to check in on your goals is a great way to stay on track and make adjustments," says Teri Hockett, chief executive of What's For Work?. It's also the perfect time to think about what makes you happy and what areas of your life could be improved.

When I tested 5 different apps on 5 consecutive nights back in September, I wasn't too impressed.

While some of the apps provided useful information and helped me plan for a better night's sleep, many of them just gave me performance anxiety, and no one needs more anxiety.

But, maybe the reason I wasn't happy with the apps is that they required a week or longer to "calibrate," or log enough entries to spot patterns in your sleep.

So I decided to try my favorite sleep app, Sleepbot, again for a whole week.

I thought it was great because it's free, pretty easy to use, allowed me to look at the audio and movement graphs separately, review the audio, take notes and choose a rating, and change my alarm ringtone.

When I started using Sleepbot, I was enthusiastic at first, but by the end of the week, that had changed.

Setting the alarm.

This is what you see when you open the app. Before you can start tracking your sleep, you have to choose what time you want to wake up, start sound recording and motion tracking, and turn on the smart alarm.

The smart alarm doesn't go off at a specific time — it's set to go off within a 30 minute span of your choosing.

The theory goes that you have a worse time waking up out of a deeper sleep then if it rouses you during a lighter sleep. The app watches your movement and sound recording and goes off during your most active time, when your sleep is lightest.

For the first night, I set the smart alarm to go off between 6:00 a.m. and 6:30 a.m., based on how active it determined I was in the that time frame from the motion tracking — which the app uses to determine what sleep state I am in.

Picking a song.

I like to customize my alarm so I wanted to pick a song that would set the tone for the week's experiment.

When I was testing sleep trackers before, I made a mistake of choosing a song that was too mellow and very easy to sleep through. So this time around, I picked the Lemonheads "Drug Buddy."

It's a fun, upbeat song that's not too jarring — a perfect start to the day.

Phone placement.

I also had to make sure my phone was able to both track my movements and record any sounds I made. I balanced it precariously on the edge of the bed, just next to my pillow.

It's been 30 years since the world was introduced to "Super Mario Bros."

A spiritual successor to the 1983 arcade hit, "Super Mario Bros." was the first game on the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) to star Super Mario and his brother Luigi. More importantly, it cemented Mario's role as the face and mascot of Nintendo.

And now, luxury Swiss watchmaker Romain Jerome is celebrating the most iconic character in video game history with this new Super Mario Bros. watch, which costs a whopping $18,950. Mama mia!

Romain Jerome makes rare, artistic, avant-garde luxury timepieces. Take this steampunk "DNA" watch, for example, which was made from the hull metal of the Titanic. Yes, the actual Titanic.

Or this "DNA" watch, which is made from real moon dust. There are only 1,969 of these timepieces to commemorate the year man first set foot on the moon.

That brings us to the Super Mario Watch, a collaboration between Romain Jerome and Nintendo.

With the approach of winter, holiday markets serving mulled wine, sweet treats, and handmade gifts begin sprouting up throughout much of Europe. Generally held in old public squares, these merry affairs are rife with lights and ornaments spread decadently through inviting stalls.

From the Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen to a square in Prague, Architectural Digest surveys ten of the most beautiful markets, where crowds can’t help but feel the spirit of the season. Pictured here: a market full of energy in Frankfurt.

SEE ALSO: The 7 best holiday markets in the US

Copenhagen

A view of the gorgeous Tivoli Gardens and its holiday market in Copenhagen.

England

A holiday market in Birmingham, England, includes over 200 stalls.

Germany

Dresden, Germany’s Striezelmarkt has been attracting visitors since it was founded as a one-day event in 1434.

For nearly half a century, from 1931 through the early 1970s, the 1,454-foot Empire State Building held the title for being the tallest building in the world. 

The world has come a long way since then — in the rankings of today's tallest man-made structures, the Empire State Building doesn't even crack the top 20. 

The world's current tallest building, the Burj Khalifa, soars 2,716 feet into the sky, and more and more skyscrapers across Asia and the Middle East are rising each year. According to recent reports, developers in Iraq are planning to build another tower that could be the new tallest in the world if completed.

We've rounded up the 22 tallest buildings in the world right now.

SEE ALSO: The new tallest building in the world is set to rise in Iraq

22. Trump International Hotel and Tower — Chicago, Illinois (1,326 feet)

21. Al Hamra Tower — Kuwait City, Kuwait (1,354 feet)

20. The Princess Tower — Dubai, United Arab Emirates (1,358 feet)

Most power Instagram users edit their photos and add filters from apps like VSCO, Priime, Adobe's Darkroom, or even Instagram itself.

While editing can make even the worse smartphone camera look like it can take great photos, there are some smartphones that do a better job than others in specific situations.

For this test, we went out on an overcast day to see how well each phone could capture cloud detail and still make the picture look good without any editing. A pro Instagrammer would normally tweak a photo like this, but we wanted to see which device took the best unaltered photo.

The smartphones we tested, include the HTC One M9, LG G4, Moto X Pure, OnePlus 2, iPhone 6s Plus, Samsung Galaxy Note 5, and Nexus 6P.

Cloud detail is often overlooked, but it makes for a shot with more depth and character compared to a shot with a featureless white sky. It's possible to fiddle around with manual settings in a smartphone's camera app so that it captures cloud detail. But we tested the automatic settings in each phone to replicate a scenario when you don't have time to adjust those settings.

Overall, in most situations, the iPhone 6s Plus and the Nexus 6P are considered the best smartphone cameras available.

We ranked the phones that are the best for capturing the best detail on a cloudy day. You'll be surprised to see which ones came out on top. 

7.) The LG G4 washes out the colors and makes the red car look almost orange. It didn't capture any cloud detail, which makes for a featureless and relatively boring sky. It's not great for editing.

6.) The Galaxy Note 5 has colors that pop, which looks great. But again, the sky is void of detail.

5.) The HTC One M9's colors are pretty accurate, if a little bright. Still, it doesn't capture any cloud detail.

The often-polarizing bolo tie is migrating away from its southwest roots, making a very gradual ascension as an everyday menswear accessory.

It consists of a silver-tipped strap and an ornamental clasp that usually recalls southwest culture—and often the Hopi, Navajo, Pueblo, and Zuni cultures that originated the style in the mid-20th century.

With bolo tie advocates like Bruno Mars, Macklemore, and even Philip Rivers wearing one with confidence, it's high time more guys gave it a try.

If you're feeling adventurous, here are a few ways you can wear a bolo tie.

SEE ALSO: The 24 best-looking watches you can buy for under $300

The Self-Aware Nod

With this look, you're embracing the bolo tie as it's meant to be worn: like any other tie. Button your shirt (short- or long-sleeved) all the way up, tighten the clasp, and command the style like a bull rider. Keep that confidence high...or else you'll look like a rodeo clown.

The Casual Complement

Undo your top button and wear the tie more loosely around your neck, but still under the collar. It's half bolo-tie happy hour, half jewelry, but full-on bad-ass if you can pull it off.

The Weekend Accessory

Ditch the collar and pair the bolo tie with a tank top, denim jacket, or any other "festival wear" for a more laid-back style. We admit, it's a little Coachella-cliché, but maybe you and Macklemore will lock eyes and have a moment. Lucky you.

Prompted by legendary businessman Andrew Carnegie, who turned a few nickels and dimes into a fortune, journalist Napoleon Hill researched more than 500 self-made millionaires over 20 years before releasing his 1937 best-seller "Think and Grow Rich."

In addition to boiling down the "secret" to building wealth in 13 principles, he revealed 30 "major causes of failure" that hold many of us back from getting rich.

Here are 17 that are still relevant today.

SEE ALSO: 11 short books to read if you want to get rich

Not having a well-defined purpose.

"There is no hope of success for the person who does not have a central purpose, or definite goal, at which to aim," Hill writes.

If you're looking to build wealth, start with visualizing a savings goal with a specific price tag. Then form a financial plan and determine exactly where you want your money to go.

Lack of ambition.

You have to want to aim above mediocrity, Hill says: "We offer no hope for the person who is so indifferent as not to want to get ahead in life, and who is not willing to pay the price."

Wealth doesn't simply appear. You have to work toward it with patience and persistence. A good starting point is to invest your money (the earlier the better), and let the power of compound interest build your wealth. It doesn't take much time or effort, but it does require action on your part.

Not properly applying your education.

A college degree won't cut it. Knowledge is only potential power, and it will not become useful or lead to great wealth unless it is organized and applied to life, Hill emphasizes:

"Education consists not so much of knowledge, but of knowledge effectively and persistently applied. Men are paid not merely for what they know, but more particularly for what they do with that which they know."

Don't settle with your degree. Make it a priority to constantly learn new things and challenge your mind. There's a reason that many of today's successful and wealthy people are voracious readers.