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Lesson 1 Dream It and Achieve It

John Goddard wrote down 127 goals for himself at age 15, including adventurous goals like sailing around the world and climbing Mt. Everest. He carried his list with him at all times to stay motivated to achieve his dreams. By age 32, he had achieved 104 of his goals through dedicated effort and exploration. The story also profiles Korean ballerina Kang Sue Jin, who started ballet late at age 14 but practiced 15 hours a day to master her skills and win an international ballet competition through hard work and enthusiasm. The document encourages writing down dreams and making a plan to achieve goals through persistent effort.

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Lesson 1 Dream It and Achieve It

John Goddard wrote down 127 goals for himself at age 15, including adventurous goals like sailing around the world and climbing Mt. Everest. He carried his list with him at all times to stay motivated to achieve his dreams. By age 32, he had achieved 104 of his goals through dedicated effort and exploration. The story also profiles Korean ballerina Kang Sue Jin, who started ballet late at age 14 but practiced 15 hours a day to master her skills and win an international ballet competition through hard work and enthusiasm. The document encourages writing down dreams and making a plan to achieve goals through persistent effort.

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Lesson 1 Dream It and Achieve It One rainy afternoon in 1940, sitting at his dining

room table, the 15-year-old Goddard hit upon a


Dream Big And Achieve Your Goals
plan. He wrote "My Life Goals" on a sheet of paper.

You are 17 years old. A wonderful age! Like all Then he wrote down 127 goals for himself.

young people, you are full of hopes and Some of the items would be relatively easy to

expectations. At this important time in your life, I'd


achieve, such as visiting the Great Wall of China and

like to tell you about two people who realized their joining the Boy Scouts. The list included other goals

dreams. that involved excitement or adventure, such as sailing

around the world and flying an airplane. Showing a

Put Your Dreams on Paper strong interest in exploring unknown places, Goddard

It is a common practice among successful people to also wanted to set foot on the moon and climb Mt.

write down their dreams on paper. They make lists Everest.

of dreams and put them where they will see and

read them often. They will put them under a glass What made John Goddard record his dreams on

cover on their desk or carry them about in their paper? He remembered that a friend of his dad's

pocket so that they will be constantly reminded of regretted not doing all the things he wanted to

the goals they set for themselves. The following story when he was John's age. He thought, "I never want

is about John Goddard, an adventurer, explorer, and to miss an opportunity to do things that I dream

writer. In 1972, he was featured in LIFE, a famous of." He carried the wish list everywhere he went and

American magazine, as a man who achieved his tried throughout his life to turn his dreams into

teenage dreams. reality. When LIFE introduced Goddard's story with

the title "One Man's Life of No Regrets," he had

already realized 104 of his list of 127 dreams! He

had carried out a number of adventurous

explorations, including the first solo kayak trip down

the length of the Nile River and standing on the top

of Mt. Kilimanjaro.
Your Enthusiasm Will Pay off

Can only people of unusual talent achieve their Sue Jin's toes became out of shape due to the long

goals? Certainly not. Thomas Edison, the great hours of hard work. Although her toes may look

inventor, once said, "Genius is one percent inspiration ugly, many people say they are the most beautiful

and ninety-nine percent perspiration." The famous feet in the world. Sue Jin has said, "Put all of your

Korean ballerina Kang Sue Jin is a case in point. energy into any goals that you want to achieve.

Success comes only as the result of a long and

Kang Sue Jin fell in love with ballet at the age of painful process."

14, a very late start for anyone who desires to be

outstanding at the art. At the age of 16, she entered Limitless dreaming is a privilege of the young. Your

the Monaco Royal Ballet School where, at first, she dreams, however, are not something to be caged in

was very anxious because other students performed your mind. Without recording them somewhere, they

far better than her. To master the necessary skills, may end up as nothing more than wild fantasies. Of

she practiced for 15 hours a day. Her enthusiasm for course, recording your dreams is not enough. You

ballet made her practice the moves hundreds, even also need to make a plan and make every effort to

thousands of times, until she perfected each one. In achieve your dreams. That enthusiastic effort will

1985, her constant effort helped her win the grand become the driving force to help you overcome the

prize in a famous international competition in difficulties that challenge you in the course of

Lausanne, Switzerland. achieving your goals.

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