Bucket List

Don’t say it, do it.

Stop saying you want to do things.  Stop saying you want to learn things.  Stop saying you want to try things.  Stop talking about your “bucket list and start crossing things off of it.

I talked via email with a friend in Boston, David Hauser, CEO of Grasshopper. He’d just come back from a one-hour bike ride in the dead of winter with a fellow entrepreneur, Kris Kaplan. David and Kris aren’t talking about it. They’re doing it. Kris has become a maniacally focused athlete and when he’s not having fun, he’s working, and hard.  David has an annual pass to a Go Kart Race track – awesome.  Still makes me laugh. Make a commitment to stop saying you’re going to do something and go ahead and do it.

Watch these women who finally stopped saying they were going to do an IronMan and did it.  Imagine the feeling of victory they had (the next day). What are you going to DO today ?

101+ Things I’d Rather Do…

80bDo you have a Bucket List ?  A list of things you want to do before you kick the bucket ?

Don’t get me wrong, I’m thrilled where I am in life already.

All of these are bonus – but I want to do them.  Help me do one.

What things do you want to do before you kick the bucket ?  Share 5 with me…

In no particular order (and this list doesn’t include all the items I’ve crossed off it recently:

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  1. Volunteer At A Soup Kitchen
  2. Write My Own Obituary
  3. 2 Night Camping Trip With My Boys
  4. Build The Kids Photo Albums
  5. Buy A Chalet At Whistler
  6. Christmas Or Easter With Whole Family At Whistler
  7. Retire Before 50 – Max 10 Hrs/Week Speaking / Consulting
  8. Take a Trip Around The World with the The Kids 3-12 Months
  9. Take The Boys Up In A Float Plane
  10. Buy A Rental Property
  11. Generate $10,000 Per Month Without Working
  12. Have A Stock That Goes Up In Value 10X
  13. Read The Wealthy Barber Again
  14. Read The Bible
  15. Rent House To The Movie Biz
  16. 5 Day Ski Trip With Bill Bamber
  17. Break 80 In Golf
  18. Do 200 Sit Ups In One Sitting
  19. Do 50 Push Ups In One Sitting
  20. Do Grouse Grind In Sub-50 Min
  21. Go Snowshoeing at Cypress
  22. Hike Up To The Lake We Flew Over Going To Whistler
  23. Join A Running Club – Do All Weeks Without Missing Any
  24. Run A 10K Under 50 Min
  25. Run A Marathon Before I’m 50
  26. Run The Sun Run With My Boys
  27. Ski At Cypress At Night
  28. Ski Grouse
  29. Ski With My Dad & The Boys
  30. Teach My Boys To Ski Gates
  31. Host Neighborhood Block Party & Get Everyone Hammered
  32. Attend A Notre Dame Football Game
  33. Buy A Range Rover
  34. Buy A Saab Convertible
  35. Get an Austin Martin V8 Vantage
  36. Buy Davincis Notebook
  37. Do A Cannonball Run
  38. Do A Painting
  39. Do Every Position Of The Kama Sutra
  40. Dress Up And Go To The Opera
  41. Drive An Electric Car
  42. Experience Weightlessness
  43. Get A Tattoo
  44. Go To An Elton John Concert
  45. Go Up In A Glider
  46. Have Aidan & Connor Caddy For Me And Do A Great Job
  47. Learn To Play Guitar
  48. Make Germpknoedel Mit Vanilla Sauce
  49. Make Love In Paris
  50. Read A Book On Sexuality
  51. Read Entire History Of English Speaking Peoples
  52. Read Vol 2 Of Memories Of Things Past
  53. Ride In A Hot Air Balloon
  54. See Dave Chalks House 959 Groveland – Drive Road Behind It
  55. See Elton John
  56. See The Nutcracker
  57. Shave My Head
  58. Ski Taos
  59. Spend A Day Listening To Music
  60. Spend A Night In A Tree House With The Boys
  61. Start A Rotating Cooking Club
  62. Swim With Dolphins
  63. Take A Baking Course
  64. Take A Mushroom Picking Course
  65. Take An Art Appreciation Course
  66. Take Bridge Lessons
  67. Try Peyote
  68. Wear A Trendy Outfit Once
  69. Host a Wine Tasting
  70. Work In Strategy Session In Politics
  71. Build A Wine Cellar (It’ll be done by EOY)
  72. Buy A Jellyfish Tank
  73. Attend Idea City
  74. Attend TED – 90% it’s booked for Feb 2011
  75. Build A Theme Camp For Burning Man
  76. Buy A Cool Piece Of Art For Each Floor Of the House
  77. Buy A Mix Master
  78. Canals of Venice
  79. Capadocia
  80. Cat Skiing
  81. Climb To Everest Base Camp
  82. Cooking Course In France
  83. Cooking Course In Italy
  84. Cruise To Alaska
  85. Do A Missionary Charity Trip
  86. Drive A Ferrari On The Coast Of Italy
  87. Drive A Porsche On The Autobahn
  88. Drive the Amalfi coast
  89. Easter Island
  90. Eat Germknodel Again In Austria
  91. Eiffel Tower
  92. Go To Cambodia
  93. Go To Chech Republic
  94. Go To Joberg and do a speaking event
  95. Go To Rio
  96. Go To Russia
  97. Go To The Antarctic
  98. Go To The Masters
  99. Go To The Northwest Territories
  100. Go To The Opera In Italy
  101. Go To The Queen Charlottes
  102. Golf Holiday In Palm Springs
  103. Golf With Dad At Pebble Beach
  104. Great Wall of China
  105. Hike in the Grand Canyon
  106. Hike Machu Picchu
  107. Hiking In Nepal
  108. Iguazu Falls in Argentina
  109. Kayak With The Whales
  110. Leaning Tower Pisa
  111. Montreal Jazz Festival
  112. Necker Island
  113. Rent an Ocean hut in Bora Bora
  114. See A Volcano Explode
  115. See the Acropolis
  116. See the Matterhorn
  117. Ski The Vallee Blanche
  118. South Africa – Visit Cape Town
  119. Speak On Every Continent (5 Done)
  120. Stay At Middlebeach Lodge
  121. Sweden In Their Summer
  122. Take The Boys To Burning Man
  123. Walk The Great Wall Of China
  124. Watch The French Open Live
  125. Watch The US Open Live
  126. Watch Wimbeldon Live
  127. Whale Watching
  128. Wine Course In Italy
  129. YPO Speakers Tour
  130. Play Tennis at the All England Club