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I’m still thinking about the idea of bucket lists and to-do lists<\/a>. When I sent out last week’s blog, a family friend sent me the name of John Goddard<\/a>, and I can’t believe I haven’t heard of him before.<\/p>\n

Sky dive, deep dive, kayak, mountain climb, read the Bible cover to cover, compose music… When he was a teenager, Goddard wrote down a list of 127 goals that he wanted to achieve. Today, he’s in his late 80s and has accomplished much of his life’s ambitions. And he even beat cancer.<\/p>\n

This guys has done it all, and he did it on purpose.<\/p>\n

Check out this old Dateline NBC report on John Goddard, the man who’s taken life by the horns and lived it fiercely.<\/p>\n

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“To dare is to do, to fear is the fail.” Powerful stuff. I hope this inspires you today to give this life all that you’ve got and never settle for anything less than a great adventure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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