| I've noticed a lot of changes in myself as a direct | | | | 34. * Mt. Bromo, Java |
| consequence of aging. Overall, I have a higher | | | | 35. * Grand Tetons |
| level of equanimity than I did as a 30 year old. I'm | | | | 36. * Mt. Baldy, California |
| better at accepting without agreeing with points | | | | 37.Carry out careers in medicine and exploration |
| of view that diverge from my own on almost | | | | (studied premed, treats illnesses among primitive |
| any subject. I more regularly and rigorously | | | | tribes) |
| remind myself that my beliefs - even my strongly | | | | 38. Visit every country in the world (30 to go) |
| held ones - are not facts, and that each of my | | | | 39. * Study Navaho and Hopi Indians |
| corresponding points of view is simply that. I think | | | | 40. * Learn to fly a plane |
| I've attained some wisdom (as distinguished from | | | | 41. * Ride horse in Rose Parade |
| enlightenment) from having my backside kicked | | | | PHOTOGRAPH: |
| and as a result, make generally better choices | | | | 42. * Iguacu Falls, Brazil |
| than I did at 30 or 40. | | | | 43. * Victoria Falls, Rhodesia (chased by a |
| Three developments have surprised me as I've | | | | warthog in the process) |
| aged, however. First, my patience regarding some | | | | 44. * Sutherland Falls, New Zealand |
| things has actually diminished, which contradicts | | | | 45. * Yosemite Falls |
| what I was led to believe by my parents - that | | | | 46. * Niagara Falls |
| I'd become much more patient as I got older. As | | | | 47. * Retrace travels of Marco Polo and |
| a result, I now avoid two types of people like the | | | | Alexander the Great |
| plague: The first are those who uniformly put their | | | | EXPLORE UNDERWATER: |
| own interests ahead of those of other people, | | | | 48. * Coral reefs of Florida |
| including their own families and closest friends. The | | | | 49. * Great Barrier Reef, Australia (photographed |
| key word here is "uniformly." The second are | | | | a 300-pound clam) |
| people who I refer to as "naysayers, | | | | 50. * Red Sea |
| doomsdayers, and dreamslayers." Those people | | | | 51. * Fiji Islands |
| view every glass as half empty and every | | | | 52. * The Bahamas |
| personal aspiration as out-of-reach or | | | | 53. * Explore Okefenokee Swamp and the |
| self-indulgent. | | | | Everglades |
| The second development is my sense of urgency | | | | VISIT: |
| to accomplish things as my vitality naturally | | | | 54. North and South Poles |
| diminishes with age, albeit only a bit. Next year I'm | | | | 55. * Great Wall of China |
| climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro. There's nothing magic | | | | 56. * Panama and Suez Canals |
| about this particular goal except as a metaphor | | | | 57. * Easter Island |
| and for propulsion. I'm also publishing a book | | | | 58. * The Galapagos Islands |
| entitled "Redefining Type A" (the subtitle is still | | | | 59. * Vatican City (saw the Pope) |
| being debated). I feel as if I have a long way to | | | | 60. * The Taj Mahal |
| go and a short - or shorter - time to get there. | | | | 61. * The Eiffel Tower |
| Coincidental to what I do for a living is the third | | | | 62. * The Blue Grotto |
| development: my frustration with people who | | | | 63. * The Tower of London |
| have stopped growing and are OK with that. | | | | 64. * The Leaning Tower of Pisa |
| These are people who seem to believe that the | | | | 65. * The Sacred Well of Chichen-Itza, Mexico |
| first 25% of life is for growing and the last 75% | | | | 66. * Climb Ayers Rock in Australia |
| is for resting. They are who they are going to be. | | | | 67. Follow River Jordan from Sea of Galilee to |
| They're satisfied, entitled, bored or resentful. Their | | | | Dead Sea |
| skills are outdated and/or their perspectives have | | | | SWIM IN: |
| congealed and solidified. They pine for the way | | | | 68. * Lake Victoria |
| things used to be and whine about how things are. | | | | 69. * Lake Superior |
| Many regard themselves as victims and all others | | | | 70. * Lake Tanganyika |
| as villains. I'm fortunate, however. The people who | | | | 71. * Lake Titicaca, S. America |
| gravitate to working with me are not those | | | | 72. * Lake Nicaragua |
| people. My clients are executives and business | | | | ACCOMPLISH: |
| owners committed to fulfilling productive visions | | | | 73. * Become an Eagle Scout |
| of their lives. | | | | 74. * Dive in a submarine |
| The great business philosopher/consultant/speaker | | | | 75. * Land on and take of from an aircraft carrier |
| Jim Rohn once said, in describing what he did for a | | | | 76. * Fly in a blimp, balloon and glider |
| living, that he "worked on issues that matter with | | | | 77. * Ride an elephant, camel, ostrich and bronco |
| people who care." I'd love to steal that and have | | | | 78. * Skin dive to 40 feet and hold breath two |
| it printed on the back of my business card. It | | | | and a half minutes underwater. |
| describes me and my business to a tee. | | | | 79. * Catch a ten-pound lobster and a ten-inch |
| Here are my wishes for you: Create the life you | | | | abalone |
| dream about. No excuses, no blame, no guilt. Do | | | | 80. * Play flute and violin |
| more; give more; spend some; save some. | | | | 81. * Type 50 words a minute |
| Become the person you have always wanted to | | | | 82. * Make a parachute jump |
| be. Establish goals and take relevant action toward | | | | 83. * Learn water and snow skiing |
| their achievement. Measure your progress; make | | | | 84. * Go on a church mission |
| course corrections along the way. Learn from | | | | 85. * Follow the John Muir trail |
| your mistakes, of which there will be many if | | | | 86. * Study native medicines and bring back |
| you're actually doing things. Read the great books. | | | | useful ones |
| Visit museums. Develop new skills. Make new | | | | 87. * Bag camera trophies of elephant, lion, rhino, |
| friends and appreciate the ones you already have. | | | | cheetah, cape buffalo and whale |
| Most of all, whatever your aspirations, never quit! | | | | 88. * Learn to fence |
| My friend and trainer to elite athletes (Drew | | | | 89. * Learn jujitsu |
| Brees and LaDanien Tomlinson, among others), | | | | 90. * Teach a college course |
| Todd Durkin, admonishes and encourages others | | | | 91. * Watch a cremation ceremony in Bali |
| with the phrase "and then some." You want to be | | | | 92. * Explore depths of the sea |
| a great leader? Be a great leader, AND THEN | | | | 93. Appear in a Tarzan movie (He now considers |
| SOME! A great dad? Be a great dad, AND THEN | | | | this an irrelevant boyhood dream.) |
| SOME! Along the same line, here's my question | | | | 94. Own a horse, chimpanzee, cheetah, ocelot, |
| for you: If it isn't worth doing well, is it worth | | | | and coyote (yet to own a chimp or cheetah) |
| doing at all? | | | | 95. Become a ham radio operator |
| Don't wait; the time for action is now!! | | | | 96. * Build own telescope |
| A couple of years ago, I invoked the name of | | | | 97. * Write a book (about his Nile trip) |
| John Goddard to make a point about personal | | | | 98. * Publish an article in National Geographic |
| growth. His name, his life and his accomplishments | | | | Magazine |
| are worth mentioning again here, for context. | | | | 99. * High jump five feet |
| Goddard is one of the world's great adventurers. | | | | 100. * Broad jump 15 feet |
| Articles about him have been written in many | | | | 101. * Run mile in five minutes |
| renowned publications. At the age of 15, he | | | | 102. * Weigh 175 pounds stripped (still does) |
| created a list of the things he wanted to do, see | | | | 103. * Perform 200 sit-ups and 20 pull-ups |
| or experience during his lifetime. Among his | | | | 104. * Learn French, Spanish and Arabic |
| accomplishments, he visited the Great Wall of | | | | 105. Study dragon lizards on Komodo Island (boat |
| China; he attended the Rose Parade; he retraced | | | | broke down within 20 miles of island) |
| the route of Marco Polo; he climbed the | | | | 106. * Visit birthplace of Grandfather Sorenson in |
| Matterhorn in a blizzard that was so bad, even | | | | Denmark |
| the professional climbers wouldn't do it. | | | | 107. * Visit birthplace of Grandfather Goddard in |
| Here's Goddard's wish list. Items with an asterisk | | | | England |
| are those he completed by the age of 74. | | | | 108 * Ship aboard a freighter as a seaman |
| The List EXPLORE: | | | | 109. Read the entire Encyclopedia Britannica (read |
| 1. * Nile River | | | | extensive parts in each volume) |
| 2. * Amazon River | | | | 110. * Read the Bible from cover to cover |
| 3. * Congo River | | | | 111.* Read the works of Shakespeare, Plato, |
| 4. * Colorado River | | | | Aristotle, Dickens, Thoreau, Rousseau, Conrad, |
| 5. Yangtze River, China | | | | Hemingway, Twain, Burroughs, Talmage, Tolstoi, |
| 6. Niger River | | | | Longfellow, Keats, Poe, Bacon, Whittier, and |
| 7. Orinoco River, Venezuela | | | | Emerson (not every work of each) |
| 8. * Rio Coco, Nicaragua | | | | 112.* Become familiar with the compositions of |
| STUDY PRIMITIVE CULTURES IN: | | | | Bach, Beethoven, Debussy, Ibert, Mendelssohn, |
| 9. * The Congo | | | | Lalo, Liszt, Rimski-Korsakov, Respighi, |
| 10. * New Guinea | | | | Rachmaninoff, Paganini, Stravinsky, Toch, |
| 11. * Brazil | | | | Tschaikosvsky, Verdi |
| 12. * Borneo | | | | 113.* Become proficient in the use of a plane, |
| 13. * The Sudan (nearly buried alive in a | | | | motorcycle, tractor, surfboard, rifle, pistol, canoe, |
| sandstorm) | | | | microscope, football, basketball, bow and arrow, |
| 14. * Australia | | | | lariat and boomerang |
| 15. * Kenya | | | | 114. * Compose music |
| 16. * The Philippines | | | | 115. * Play Clair de Lune on the piano |
| 17. * Tanganyika (Now Tanzania) | | | | 116. * Watch fire-walking ceremony (in Bali and |
| 18. * Ethiopia | | | | Surinam) |
| 19. * Nigeria | | | | 117. * Milk a poisonous snake (bitten by |
| 20. * Alaska | | | | diamondback during photo session) |
| CLIMB: | | | | 118. * Light a match with.22 rifle |
| 21. Mt. Everest | | | | 119. * Visit a movie studio |
| 22. Mt. Aconcagua, Argentina | | | | 120. * Climb Cheops' pyramid |
| 23. Mt. McKinley | | | | 121. * Become a member of the Explorer's Club |
| 24. * Mt. Hauscaran, Peru | | | | and the Adventure's Club |
| 25. * Mt. Kilimanjaro | | | | 122. * Learn to play polo |
| 26. * Mt. Ararat, Turkey | | | | 123. * Travel through the Grand Canyon on foot |
| 27. * Mt. Kenya | | | | and by boat |
| 28. Mt. Cook, New Zealand | | | | 124. * Circumnavigate the globe (four times) |
| 29. * Mt. Popocatepetl, Mexico | | | | 125. Visit the moon ("Someday, if God wills") |
| 30. * The Matterhorn | | | | 126. * Marry and have children (has five children) |
| 31. * Mt. Rainier | | | | 127. * Live to see the 21st century |
| 32. * Mt. Fuji | | | | What are you waiting for? |
| 33. * Mt. Vesuvius | | | | Copyright 2009 Rand Golletz. All rights reserved. |