He first inspired me when I read about him in the first Chicken Soup for the Soul
book.
At 15 he created a life list of 127 things he wanted to do, and like many young
people, they were probably "unrealistic" to us adults.
But not to John Goddard.
In his early eighties now (and still going strong - we hiked the San Gabriel
mountains together all day this past June and he never missed a step), he's accomplished
almost all of the original 127 goals PLUS more than 400 other ones he set along
the way.
Like…
He climbed Mt. Kiliminjaro, The Matterhorn, and most of the other major mountains
of the world.
John has flown aircraft at the speed of sound, and still holds more than 40 civilian
air speed records.
He dove the Great Barrier Reef where he photographed a 300-pound clam.
He learned to play the flute and violin, speak Spanish, French and Arabic, read
the Bible cover to cover and almost the entire Encyclopedia Brittanica.
He was the first person in the world to go the full length (4,200 miles) of the
Nile River. And he did it in a 16-foot kayak, battling crocodiles, hippos and unhappy
natives the entire way.
And I could go on and on - including a goal he didn't count on - beating cancer.
John Goddard is one of the reasons I am so excited about this year's Claim Your
Power Now Weekend in Los Angeles. If John were the ONLY speaker of the weekend,
it would be worth traveling from the four corners of the earth to hear him speak.
Then you'd learn how this modest, unassuming man has lived such an incredible life.
And it wouldn't take long around John before you knew that you, too, can do anything
you want to. No matter how unrealistic or impossible it may seem today.
Watch this seven-minute Dateline NBC video on John. Watch it and get inspired...then
get registered for Claim Your Power Now...and see
John Goddard for yourself.