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Got Goals?
John
Goddard, at the age of 15, wrote down 127
goals on his "Life List" of all the things he wanted to experience
in this world during his lifetime.
That single act probably placed him ahead of 90% of people in terms
of increasing the likelihood of achieving them. (See The
Documented Significance of Written Goals ). Accomplishment of just a few of these
things would create an extraordinary life for most people. Nearly six decades later, he has accomplished
109 of the items on his list (plus many additional ones added along the
way), having chronicled many of his adventures and accomplishments in
places like National Geographic, Life, and Reader’s Digest.
Are there some goals you or your
team has been unable to accomplish?
More significantly, are there some goals you’ve avoided identifying,
refused ownership, or need to accomplish but are hesitant to attempt? Why not contact
Larry to arrange for a dynamic seminar
or workshop on “setting and getting your goals” or join one of his coaching programs to
create uncommon success and make it your common companion?
Goddard’s
list is below. An asterisk denotes that the goal has been achieved.
Don’t
compare yourself – simply “be inspired and take action.”
John Goddard's “Life List”
EXPLORE:
1. * Nile River
2. * Amazon River
3. * Congo River
4. * Colorado River
5. Yangtze River, China
6. Niger River
7. Orinoco River, Venezuela
8. * Rio Coco, Nicaragua
STUDY PRIMITIVE CULTURES
IN:
9. * The Congo
10. * New Guinea
11. * Brazil
12. * Borneo
13. * The Sudan
14. * Australia
15. * Kenya
16. * The Philippines
17. * Tanzania
18. * Ethiopia
19. * Nigeria
20. * Alaska
CLIMB:
21. Mt. Everest
22. Mt. Aconcagua,
Argentina
23. Mt. McKinley
24. * Mt. Hauscaran,
Peru
25. * Mt. Kilimanjaro
26. * Mt. Ararat, Turkey
27. * Mt. Kenya
28. Mt. Cook, New Zealand
29. * Mt. Popocatepetl,
Mexico
30. * The Matterhorn
31. * Mt. Rainier
32. * Mt. Fuji
33. * Mt. Vesuvius
34. * Mt. Bromo,
Java
35. * Grand Tetons
36. * Mt. Baldy, California
37.Carry
out careers in medicine and exploration (studied premed, treats illnesses
among primitive tribes)
38. Visit every country in the world (30 to go)
39. * Study Navaho and Hopi Indians
40. * Learn to fly a plane
41. * Ride horse in Rose Parade
PHOTOGRAPH:
42. * Iguacu
Falls, Brazil
43. * Victoria Falls, Rhodesia (Chased by a warthog
in the process)
44. * Sutherland Falls,
New Zealand
45. * Yosemite
Falls
46. * Niagara Falls
47. * Retrace travels of Marco Polo and Alexander the Great
EXPLORE UNDERWATER:
48. * Coral reefs of Florida
49. * Great Barrier Reef,
Australia
(photographed a 300-pound clam)
50. * Red Sea
51. * Fiji Islands
52. * The Bahamas
53. * Explore Okefenokee Swamp and the Everglades
VISIT:
54. North and South Poles
55. * Great Wall of China
56. * Panama and Suez Canals
57. * Easter Island
58. * The Galapagos Islands
59. * Vatican City
60. * The Taj Mahal
61. * The Eiffel
Tower
62. * The Blue Grotto
63. * The Tower
of London
64. * The Leaning Tower of Pisa
65. * The Sacred Well of Chichen-Itza, Mexico
66. * Climb Ayers Rock in Australia
67. Follow River Jordan
from Sea of Galilee to Dead Sea
SWIM IN:
68. * Lake Victoria
69. * Lake Superior
70. * Lake Tanganyika
71. * Lake Titicaca, S. America
72. * Lake Nicaragua
ACCOMPLISH:
73. * Become an Eagle Scout
74. * Dive in a submarine
75. * Land on and take of from an aircraft carrier
76. * Fly in a blimp, balloon and glider
77. * Ride an elephant, camel, ostrich and bronco
78. * Skin dive to 40 feet and hold breath two and a half minutes
underwater.
79. * Catch a ten-pound lobster and a ten-inch abalone
80. * Play flute and violin
81. * Type 50 words a minute
82. * Make a parachute jump
83. * Learn water and snow skiing
84. * Go on a church mission
85. * Follow the John Muir trail
86. * Study native medicines and bring back useful ones
87. * Bag camera trophies of elephant, lion, rhino, cheetah, cape buffalo
and whale
88. * Learn to fence
89. * Learn jujitsu
90. * Teach a college course
91. * Watch a cremation ceremony in Bali
92. * Explore depths of the sea
93. Appear in a Tarzan movie
94. Own a horse, chimpanzee, cheetah, ocelot, and coyote (yet to own a
chimp or cheetah)
95. Become a ham radio operator
96. * Build own telescope
97. * Write a book (About his Nile trip)
98. * Publish an article in National Geographic Magazine
99. * High jump five feet
100. * Broad jump 15 feet
101. * Run mile in five minutes
102. * Weigh 175 pounds stripped (he still does)
103. * Perform 200 sit-ups and 20 pull-ups
104. * Learn French, Spanish and Arabic
105. Study dragon lizards on Komodo
Island (Boat broke
down within 20 miles of island)
106. * Visit birthplace of Grandfather Sorenson in Denmark
107. * Visit birthplace of Grandfather Goddard in England
108 * Ship aboard a freighter as a seaman
109. Read the entire Encyclopedia Britannica (Has read extensive parts in
each volume)
110. * Read the Bible from cover to cover
111.* Read the works of Shakespeare, Plato, Aristotle, Dickens, Thoreau,
Rousseau, Conrad, Hemingway, Twain, Burroughs, Talmage,
Tolstoi, Longfellow, Keats, Poe, Bacon, Whittier,
and Emerson (not every work of each)
112.* Become familiar with the compositions of Bach, Beethoven, Debussy, Ibert, Mendelssohn, Lalo,
Liszt, Rimski-Korsakov, Respighi,
Rachmaninoff, Paganini, Stravinsky, Toch, Tschaikosvsky, Verdi
113.* Become proficient in the use of a plane, motorcycle, tractor,
surfboard, rifle, pistol, canoe, microscope, football, basketball, bow and
arrow, lariat and boomerang
114. * Compose music
115. * Play Clair de Lune on the piano
116. * Watch fire-walking ceremony (In Bali and Surinam)
117. * Milk a poisonous snake (bitten by diamondback during photo session)
118. * Light a match with .22 rifle
119. * Visit a movie studio
120. * Climb Cheops' pyramid
121. * Become a member of the Explorer's Club and the Adventure's Club
122. * Learn to play polo
123. * Travel through the Grand Canyon on
foot and by boat
124. * Circumnavigate the globe (four times)
125. Visit the moon ("Someday, if God wills")
126. * Marry and have children (has five children)
127. * Live to see the 21st century
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