Source Code to Success

“What will four people think?” How many times in your childhood did you hear that phrase? And how often did it make you feel you were just not good enough? The meaning and definition of success is defined for most of us from early childhood by what others might think – what I call the Others Score Card or OSC. From our youngest days, our […]

Bohdan Bondarenko, born in 1989 in the city of Kharkiv, Ukraine, is tall, looming at 6′ 5.5″. He had an interest in athletics, particularly the high jump, since boyhood. His role model then was Sergey Bubka, the legendary Ukrainian world pole vault record holder. But his father and coach, Victor Bondarenko, could never have predicted the heights to which Bohdan would literally rise. In 2006, […]

Imagine this: just as you are drifting off to sleep one night, you sense a soft voice speaking behind you. “Hello, young man,” the voice says. “My name is Warren. Perhaps you know of me as Warren Buffett. I am here to give you a special gift. I am going to teach you all the wisdom life has given me about being successful, being rich, […]

All of us begin our lives in a state where our days are free of responsibility. There is absolutely nothing a baby has to do except be a baby. Nothing is expected of her and she may pass the entire day feeding, playing, smiling, cuddling and sleeping. Of course, if she did not any of those things, a doctor might be consulted to ascertain that […]

Nearly every schoolchild will remember learning the terms simple interest and compound interest as mathematical concepts. Most of us think of interest as a financial term used by investors and bankers. All of us know that compound interest is interest that is paid on interest. When the concept of compounding is applied to daily life it has an effect that is nothing short of astounding. […]