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John Goddard

World's Greatest Goal Achiever

John Goddard is one of the world's most famous anthropologists, explorers, and adventurers.

Called “the real-life Indiana Jones” by the LA Times, Goddard will be remembered as the world's greatest goal achiever and survivor of numerous edge-of-death experiences through his 88 1/2 years of life. He documented his adventures on film and showed them to thousands of youth and adults across the globe, inspiring them to set and achieve goals.

John Goddard's Motto: "To do is to dare. To fear is to fail.”

"My Life List"

One rainy afternoon an inspired 15-year old boy named John Goddard sat down at his kitchen table in Los Angeles and wrote three words at the top of a yellow pad, "My Life List." Under that heading he wrote down 127 goals.

These were not simple or easy goals. They included climbing the world's major mountains, exploring from source to mouth the longest rivers of the world, piloting the world's fastest aircraft, running a mile in five minutes and reading the entire Encyclopedia Britannica.

Now, a generation later, he has accomplished 109 of these quests, and has logged an impressive list of records in achieving them.

Take control of your life. Set deadlines. Life is meant to be lived fully, each day. 
--- John Goddard

Short Life Sketch

John Goddard:
The List and Life of an Adventurer

In 1940 when he was 15, all the adults he knew complained, ‘Oh, if only I’d done this or that when I was younger.’ They had let life slip by them. Not wanting to live a life of regret, Goddard created what he called the "Life List." He achieved all but a few items on his list. He was the first person in the world to do some of them, like kayaking through the river Nile.

Watch John Goddard talk about his audacious goals and how he managed to achieve them.