Sir John Marks Templeton is a visionary in philanthropic activities and a legend in the world of fund management. He pioneered global investments with the mission of promoting spiritual wealth and knowledge. He devoted his time and his fortune to encouraging open-mindedness especially when it comes to human purpose and new spiritual information. His many charitable works earned him a knighthood by Queen Elizabeth II.

There are almost 7 billion people on our planet. Every one envies somebody (please, be honest with yourself: you also envy your friend / neighbor / boss / President or someone else). Who is one of the richest cherries on the cake named “fortune” and why so many people hate him (even though usually the cherry makes the cake unique)? Let’s ask Bill Gates.

How to make a good coffee perfect? Make it sweeter! We have already cooked the delicious coffee “Friends” from the best coffee-beans and gentle cream; added unforgettable flavor and piquant spices; made it refreshing. There is only one element missing: sweet sugar (or sweet beauty if it concerns Courteney Cox-Arquette). What (except astonishing appearance) helped her to become one of the six unique ingredients of this unforgettable coffee and take significant place on Olympus of success?

We usually analyze biographies of famous people who achieved success and try to figure out how exactly they did it. Our today’s “chef of success” is a very thoughtful person who did the same with his own biography and decided to make us a few hints. He is a “Refreshing taste” of Coffee “Friends” thanks to his humor (in the TV show and in real life); he is considered to be one of the most attractive people and one of the most influential celebrities in the world; he won hearts of Julia Roberts and Yasmine Bleeth (just like his character Chandler Bing); and, by the way, his real-life father appeared as the father of Rachel’s boyfriend Joshua. Ladies and gentlemen, meet Matthew Perry! Today he shares his ingredients of success with us.

Hi, I’m David. I read a lot of useful and interesting stories on your blog and want to offer one more advice: a very important ingredient of success are… our hobbies.

She became a strawberry without… sex! Well, of course, Sarah Jessica Parker knows good sex, as well as her character Carrie Bradshaw; however, she didn’t use this knowledge in achieving success. How could this cute girl become a sex-symbol without a single nude scene? ;-)