I’m a firm believer that if you set yourself a goal, you’re more likely to meet with success. As such – I made my self a list of goals. A lifetime’s “To-Do” list. Many people have goals in life. Most of them are unspoken, or ill-defined. I’ve been maintaining a concrete list of goals since I was about 16 years old (I’d be more precise, however the exact date of list formation has been lost in distant memory). When I first started, I had about 30 goals written down. Since then, I’ve added a few. I actually keep a copy of The List in my wallet – I try to read over it every day or two to see how I’m doing, and to remind myself of my goals. Yes some of them are frivolous, but most of them have a special meaning for me. At some point I may even post explanations.
- Go sky-Diving
- Have a book published
- Learn how to use my air-brush
- Drive across Canada
- See the Pyramids
- Meet or talk with Stephen Hawking
- Visit Stonehenge
- Learn how to tap-dance
- Learn how to juggle four or more objects
- Learn tumbling/acrobatics/gymnastics
- Earn my black belt in another martial art
- See the Great Wall of China
- Own a straight jacket
- Earn my pilot’s license
- Go hang gliding
- Go parasailing
- Go back to Gottingen, Germany
- Drive a Porsche
- Go cliff diving
- Climb the stairs of the CN Tower
- Play saxophone in a night club
- Have a song I wrote played on the radio
- Meet Jackie Chan
- Act in a movie
- Swing on a Chandelier
- Learn how to walk on my hands
- Visit Sarah Martz in BC
- Track down Jonathan Ferguson
- Spend a night camping on a beach
- Wear a bitchin’ trench coat in the wind
- Learn how to speak Chinese fluently
- Learn how to speak German fluently
- Learn how to play a drum set
- Learn how to play the guitar
- Learn how to fly a helicopter
- Learn how to drive a motorcycle
- Swim with dolphins
- Ride in a submarine
- Learn how to give a proper massage
- Go into space
- Name a star/planet/etc…
- Blow up a computer
- Learn how to play the bagpipes
- Try haggis
- Visit Loch Ness
- Take a company public (IPO)
- Build a kit-plane
- Ski in the Alps
- Climb a mountain
- Go bare-foot water skiing
- Hold a koala
- Learn how to use a boomerang
- Become a good person
- Work with Cirque du Soleil
- Become a Canadian
- Complete the Iron Man
- Make 1001 Paper Cranes
- Hold a record in the Guiness Book
- Go back to Hong Kong with my father
- Become wise or learned
- Go to another continent with only a carry-on
- Read Les Misérables in French
- Learn to shave with a straight razor
- Help my sisters pay for University
- Lead an interesting and entertaining life
- Properly develop my philosophies
- Visit every continent
- Run a Billion-Dollar company
- Drink espresso in a bistro in France
- Learn how to Speak French Fluently
- Be at the right place at the right time
- Learn how to Spanish dance
- Learn how to roll a good joint
- Volunteer in another country
- See the northern lights from somewhere worth seeing them
- Be featured in Entrepreneurs “Young Millionairs” issue
- Learn how to play golf
- Read the Personal MBA 40
