Sunday 10 November 2019

101 Lifetime Goals

101 Lifetime Goals
Life and Spirituality Success and Goal Achievement
My “101 Lifetime Goals” List (And Why You Should Have One, Too) 
When you have a long list of goals you’d like to achieve, you have more to strive for, and more opportunities to check those goals off your list. And the rush you feel every time you check one of those goals off the list will inspire you to accomplish even more of them. 

If you are bored with life, if you don’t get up every morning with a burning desire to do things – you don’t have enough goals.

Personal Goals: My “101 Lifetime Goals” list (and why you should have one, too) 

Experts on the science of success know that the brain is a goal-seeking organism. Whatever personal goals you give to your subconscious mind, it will work night and day to achieve them. 

However, one goal isn’t good enough. Some goals take longer to achieve than others – and if you spend years working toward only one objective, you’re likely to get discouraged when it doesn’t happen right away. 

But when you have a long list of goals you’d like to achieve, you have more to strive for, and more opportunities to check those goals off your list. And the rush you feel every time you check one of those goals off the list will inspire you to accomplish even more of them. 

As my friend Brian Tracy says, SMART goals are essential to motivating yourself and others to achieve success. I absolutely agree with him and – as many of you can attest – I encourage everyone to start with a list! 

What goals do YOU want to achieve in your lifetime? 

Make a list of 101 goals you’d like to achieve in your life. Be as specific as possible. Include details such as when they will happen, where they will happen, how much you’ll make, what model you’ll buy, what size it will be, and so on. 

Keep your goals somewhere you can review them often. You might want to put them on a deck of 3”x5” cards you shuffle through every morning, on a poster or piece of paper you hang on the wall beside your computer, or in a book you read each night before you fall asleep. By keeping them top of mind, you’ll be more likely to make them a reality.

And every time you achieve one of your goals, check it off the list and celebrate what you’ve managed to accomplish in your life! 

Here’s my list – and examples of the goals I’ve achieved so far are in bold font. 

For inspiration, check out the list of goals that I committed to achieving before I die: 

Travel 

I will travel to the following places: 

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 
Rome, Italy 

Paris, France 

London, England 

New Zealand 

India 

Bali 

Tahiti 

Nepal 

Tibet 

Turkey 

Africa (Morocco and Cameroon so far) 

Israel 

Russia 

Singapore, Thailand and Malaysia 

Vacation on a Greek Isle 

(I have now traveled to more than 50 countries, and conducted seminars or given speeches in 47 of them.) 

I will visit and see the following sights: 

Disneyworld 

Epcott Center 

The Eiffel Tower 

The Vatican 

The Great Wall of China 

The Taj Mahal 

The Great Pyramids 

Machu Pichu 

The Terracotta Soldiers of Xian, China 

Adventure 

I will: 

Go fishing in the Northwest Territories 

Climb on a glacier in Alaska 

Go on a safari in Africa 

Become a certified scuba diver 

Snorkel in Hawaii 

Learn to sail 

Skydive 

Ride in a hot air balloon 

Go on a river-rafting trip 

Go kayaking 

Attend Vic Braden’s tennis camp (Deleted due to ruptured disc) 

Fly in a glider 

Dive in a submarine 

Learn to windsurf 

Learn to ski 

Ski black diamond level (Deleted due to ruptured disc) 

Ski Vail, Aspen, Beaver Creek, Sun Valley & Jackson Hole 

Ski in Europe (Deleted due to ruptured disc) 

Explore all 5 of Hawaii’s islands 

Swim with the dolphins 

Go to the Super Bowl 

Go to the Rose Bowl 

Go to the Final Four College Basketball Championships 

Go to the Olympics 

Take one of my sons to the Olympics 

Personal Achievements 

Appear on the Phil Donahue Show (deleted because it is no longer airing, but I have appeared on the Larry King Show, Fox and Friends, The Today Show and Good Morning America, as well as more than 100 other television shows and more than 700 radio shows) 

Appear on the Oprah Winfrey Show (I also appeared on Oprah’s Super Soul Sunday this past year.) 

Write a best selling book (61 best-sellers so far) 

Make one million dollars in one year ($20 million best year so far, plus $20 million one year when we sold one of my companies) 

Golf 18 holes under 90 (Deleted due to ruptured disc) 

Run a 10k race 

Run 14 miles in less than 3 hours 

Meet a U.S. president while he/she is still in office (I had lunch at the White House but President Bush was traveling in Texas; I also met Bill Clinton but after he left office.) 

Build or buy my dream house 

Own a vacation home in Hawaii 

Own my own pool table 

Assemble a good art collection 

Own a Mercedes or Lexus (I have owned 6 Lexus cars so far) 

Speak in 30 or more countries (47 so far) 

Give a university commencement address (3 so far) 

Attend my 50th Harvard reunion in 2016 

Publish 100 books (225 so far) 

Speak at the Million Dollar Roundtable 

Produce a TV infomercial 

Write a children’s book 

Complete NLP training 

Produce a PBS program 

See my sons Christopher, Oran and Kyle graduate college (No longer important – they took alternative education paths, although Christopher, now age 26, was just accepted into the degree program at the Berklee College of Music in Boston) 

Have $3,000,000 net worth when I retire (I have much more than that already) 

Sell $20,000 worth of books and tapes at a live event in one day (I have sold $160,000 in one day) 

Have 1,000,000 people graduate from the GOALS Program (Over 600,000 so far) 

Have 500,000 people graduate from the STAR Program 

Sell 1,000,000,000 books (500 million so far) 

Sell 1,000,000 audio albums 

Learn to speak Spanish fluently 

Appear in a movie (The Secret, 2006; The Opus, 2009; The Tapping Solution, 2009; Beyond Belief, 2009; The Truth, 2010; The Gift, 2010; The Keeper of the Keys, 2012). 

Learn to paint with oils 

Publish a poem 

Master 5 magic tricks 

Learn to sing and play 10 popular songs on the guitar 

Give a speech or conduct a seminar in all 50 states 

Appear on the cover of a magazine (over 20 so far) 

Get paid $10,000 for a single talk ($70,000 highest fee to date for a single talk) 

Keynote an NSA conference 

Win over a $1000 in a casino ($3000 at the New Orleans Hilton Casino) 

Give a talk to an audience of 10,000 people (12,000 people the largest so far) 

See one of my books piled high in the window of a bookstore 

Learn how to take world-class photographs (I just bought a Canon Mark III D5 Camera.) 

Type 50 words a minute 

Weigh 175 pounds (I’ve lost as much as 35 pounds and gotten down to as low as 185) 

Bench press 200 pounds 

Run a mile under 6 minutes (Deleted due to ruptured disc) 

Do a fire-walk 

Have a personal gym in my home 

Conduct a training for a professional athletic team 

Write a book for couples with my wife 

Write a book for teenagers 

Write a children’s book 

Have a syndicated newspaper column 

Take more guitar lessons 

Have an incredible 50th birthday party 

Convene Two Beautiful People Conferences (TLC) 

Meet the Following People: 

Garth Brooks 

Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton 

Jimmy Carter 

The Dalai Lama 

Arnold Schwarzenegger 

George Lucas 

Kenny Rogers 

Attend the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee 

In 2006, I added the following goals to my list: 



Attend the National Championship College Football Game 

Attend the Country Music Awards 

Take the Landmark Forum Training 

Create a dynamic coaching and training community with 500 or more members 

Sell one billion books by the year 2020 (500 million so far) 

Visit Buenos Aires, Argentina 

Attend the Oscar Awards ceremony 

Attend the Radio Music Awards in Los Vegas, Nevada 

Retire with a $30 million net worth 

Live to be 100+ years old 

Receive the CPAE designation from the National Speakers Association ** 

Create a curriculum guide for a college course based on The Success Principles 

Create a high school curriculum guide based on The Success Principles 

Create a Curriculum Guide for teachers based on the Chicken Soup for the Soul stories 

Visit Japan 

Visit the Achawara tribe and work with a shaman in the rainforest with Lynn Twist 

Learn to play “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring” by Bach on the piano 

Take a formal training in EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) (I’ve even written a book on it.) 

Develop a leadership training 

Go to Dubai 

Obtain a $1,000,000 advance for a book (The 30-Day Sobriety Solution) 

I wrote this list back in 1989 at the age of 45 – and I’m proud to say that I’ve crossed more than a few goals off the list – 80 to be exact! 

My 2019 New Year Goals Update: 

2018 has had many successes. These are goals I’ve set for 2019 that are very important to me, my business, and my family. Here’s what I will be focusing on in 2019: 

My Financial goals for 2019 are: 

To increase the Canfield Training Group gross income $5 million 

To double my personal income 

To earn $600,000 in personal speaking fees 

To enroll 1000 people into our online Train the Trainer program 

To enroll 50 people into our 2020 Train the Trainer program 

To have a minimum of 200 people in our Caribbean Cruise in March 

My Professional Goals for 2019 are: 

To complete and publish the following 6 books Living the Success Principles, The Success Principles Workbook with Brandon Hall, The Success Principles for Women, The Power of Wow with Raymond Aaron, Unstuck book with Lyse Janelle, The Big, Bad Bully (a children’s book) with Miriam Laundry 

To complete and publish to Tree of Life Meditation CDs with Deirdre Hade 

To complete the strategic planning for a major podcast membership program 

To complete and implement a membership and support program for our Canfield Train the Trainer graduates 

To complete a thorough de-cluttering of my office 

To hire a new part-time personal assistant for myself 

To create a new more efficient system for handling my emails 

To be complete 48 interviews or podcasts where others interview me—and 

To develop a TEDx talk on the topic of Rejection is a Myth 

My 2019 Relationship goals are:

To have a date night with my wife Inga every week that I am home and not on the road. 

To have 100 or more Free days at home or on vacation with my wife 

To spend a minimum of two weeks with my grandson Ozzie, who lives in Brooklyn, NY 

My Health and Fitness Goals for 2019 are: 

To weigh 195 pounds or less 

To work out using High-Intensity Interval Training and weightlifting for at least 30 minutes a day a minimum of 3 days a week. 

To take two 20-minute walks a day 

To drink two and a half liters of water a day 

To get a minimum of 26 massages 

My Fun and Recreation goals for 2019 are: 

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To take a 30-day vacation in Hawaii with my wife 

To take a one-week vacation with my wife and six friends in a villa on the beach in the Bahamas 

My Personal goals for 2019 are: 

To read books on personal, spiritual or professional development for a minimum of 30 minutes a day. 

To watch two TED or TEDx talks every week. 

To read 36 or more books 

To complete the new landscaping around the swimming pool area of the property 

My Contribution Goals for 2019 are: 

To give 4 free talks for the local community educational and nonprofit organizations in Santa Barbara 

To tithe 10% of my after-tax income to nonprofit organizations including The Unstoppable Foundation, Child Abuse Learning and Mediation, The Bodhi Path Meditation Center, The Pachamama Alliance, UNICEF Children’s Fund, Doctors Without Borders, and Direct Relief. 

To provide one free online Train the Trainer program to someone in a third world country for every one we sell. 

Once you’ve completed your list, please share some of your own personal development goals and professional goals in the comments below. 

I’d love to read them! 

Learn How to Transform Your Life and Career 

Most of us have big dreams for our lives. 

We yearn to create joyous, abundant, and meaningful existences for ourselves. We want to experience deep love and friendship. We want to feel mentally and physically strong, completely healthy, and financially secure. And we want to know that we’re great at what we do – and that we’re making a positive impact on the world. 

I’ve created a webinar called the 7 Pillars of True Life Transformation that will help you learn exactly how to live the life that you’re meant to live. 

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