Life List sang Motivator

Saat berusia 8 tahun saya sering menemani ibu saya untuk belanja mingguan di Gloria minimarket sebuah pusat perbelanjaan terlengkap dikota kami Ternate. Setiap kali mengikuti beliau belanja saya selalu melihatnya membawa catatan belanjaan yang ia selipkan ditas. Hingga suatu hari saya bertanya kepadanya, apa manfaat membawa catatan belanja tersebut. Ada banyak hal yang dijelaskan kepada saya saat itu, tetapi yang paling berkesan dari penjelasannya adalah kita akan focus untuk mencari barang-barang yang diperlukan dan juga terhindar dari godaan yang terkadang datangnya tiba-tiba untuk membeli barang-barang yang tidak kita butuhkan. Dan anda pasti tahu nama dari sang penggoda itu … diskon dan sale.

Kehidupan ini memberikan banyak sekali pilihan untuk dapat anda lakukan setiap harinya. Dimana terkadang pilihan – pilihan yang kelihatannya baik untuk dikerjakan belum tentu adalah pilihan yang tepat. Seperti membeli barang diskon, kelihatanya baik tetapi menjadi tidak tepat karena anda belum atau bahkan mungkin tidak membutuhkannya.

Jika hidup ini seperti sebuah supermarket maka tanpa daftar belanja yang detail anda hanya berputar-putar menghabiskan waktu tanpa membeli apapun. Atau mungkin saja anda membeli sesiatiu dan kemudian anda menyesalinya.

Membuat daftar keinginan dalam hidup adalah sebuah keharusan, agar anda bisa focus kepada sebuah tujuan yang jelas. Bukankah focus adalah sebuah kekuatan ?

John Goddard mengetahui akan kekuatan “Life List”. Saat berusia 15 tahun ia mulai 127 goal yang ia ingin peroleh dalam hidupnya. Dan dalam usia 47 tahun ia telah mewujutkan 103 goalnya. Ia berhasil menjadi Motivator bagi dirinya. Dan pencapaian dari John Goddard sering di bahas dalam Training Motivasi Berikut ini adalah “life list” dari John Goddard.

EXPLORE
No.	Achieved	Goals	Comments
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
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. Huascaran, 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 off 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 six children)
127		Live to see the 21st century	?