John Bast

Growing up in a family as the youngest of four boys born in the late '50s, to parents who experienced the Great Depression, I learned a lot about goals. We didn't have an abundance of "things" or money, but I had an abundant life. In the early years, the family would go on weekend ski trips. However, I had to pay my way, earn the lift ticket money and buy my equipment. I worked hard, did chores and at 10 years of age, had a paper route, did odd jobs in the neighborhood and learned a little about "saving" so...