My 101 List - The Story
Posted on January 06, 2006Every person has events take place when they are younger that shape and guide how they lead the rest of their life. For me, one such event took place in the early 1980s, just after I sold my first company. Without going into all the details, suffice it to say that I had a close brush with my own mortality, and it made me rethink my priorities and how I planned to lead my life going forward. At the time, I wasn’t exactly sure what it meant to live life on offense, but I decided that a good place to start was by giving myself a scorecard – a tool that I could use to make sure that I accomplish everything I want to with my life. I spent the next few days writing down all of my personal and professional goals and there are 101 items on the list. So far I’ve managed to check off 74 of them, and I fully intend to do the rest, although going into outer space may be a bit of a reach.Over the years, I’ve encouraged many people, friends and strangers alike, to create their own lists, to chart out their own goals and dreams and to always live their lives on offense.
I.
Family Matters
1
Fall in love and get married
2
Have a healthy son
3
Have a healthy daughter
4
Take care of mother/father
5
Take care of in-laws
6
Take care of extended family
7
Have grandchildren
8
Have great-grandchildren
9
Leave trusts for family members
10
Leave all financial matters in great shape for family members upon passing on
11
Have children become individuals and self-actualized staying loving within the family
II.
Financial Matters
12
Pay off college debts
13
Net worth of ten million dollars, after taxes
14
Net worth of one hundred million dollars, after taxes
15
Net worth of one billion dollars, after taxes
16
Zero personal debt for family
17
Make ten million dollars on an outside investment
18
Become a partner in a venture capital fund
19
Create one billion dollars in value with an outside investment
20
Start a company and sell it
21
Conduct an IPO on a company I founded
22
Create world’s largest media company
III.
Possessions
23
Own a beach home that stays in family
24
Own a jet
25
Own a yacht
26
Own a convertible Porsche or Mercedes Benz
27
Own a mountain home that stays in the family
28
Own a great piece of art
29
Own a great personal collection of watches
30
Own a Ferrari
31
Restore an antique auto
32
Own a restaurant or club
33
Support someone who makes a great breakthrough in science or art
IV.
Charities
34
Change someone’s life via a charity
35
Give one million dollars to Georgetown University/sit on BOD
36
Major impact on a children’s charity
37
Start a family charity foundation
38
Give away one hundred million dollars in lifetime
39
Have a building/perpetual memorial named after the family
V.
Sports
40
Own a sports franchise (basketball, hockey or football)
41
Win a world championship
42
Go to a Superbowl with Dolphins or Redskins
43
Go to a Final Four with Georgetown
44
Go to a World Series with Yankees
45
Meet Mickey Mantle
46
Catch a foul ball
47
Go to an NBA All-Star Game
48
Go to an NBA Draft
49
Go to an NHL All-Star Game
50
Go to a Capitals Stanley Cup
51
Go to Olympics
52
Play Augusta
53
Play Pebble Beach
54
Play Cypress Point
55
Play St. Andrews
56
Go to Ryder Cup
57
Go to US Open Golf Tourney
58
Go to World Cup
59
Get a hole-in-one
60
Play in a celebrity golf tournament
61
Go to a US Open Tennis Final
62
Go to baseball All-Star Game
63
Go to a Fantasy Camp
64
Shoot baskets at Madison Square Garden or Boston Garden
65
Go one-on-one with Michael Jordan
VI.
Travel
66
Go to Greece
67
Go to Italy
68
Go to Israel/Jerusalem
69
Go to Hawaii
70
Go on safari 71 Go to London
72
Go to Paris
73
Go to Australia
74
Sail thru Caribbean
75
Sail thru Mediterranean
76
Go to China
77
Go to Brazil
78
Go to Alaska
79
Go to Egypt
80
Go to Bali
81
Go to Tahiti
VII.
Stuff
82
Be on cover of a magazine
83
Produce a TV show
84
Go into outer space
85
Write a book
86
Invent a board game
87
Make a movie
88
Win a Grammy/Oscar/Tony/Emmy Award
89
Swim with dolphins
90
Swim with Great White sharks
91
Get an honorary degree
92
Hold elective office
93
Go to White House/Meet President
94
Advise a foreign government
96
Go to Oscar ceremonies
97 Go to MTV Awards Show
98
See the Rolling Stones
99
See the Who
100 Take a year sabbatical
101 Sail around the world with family
