{"product_id":"2940170289189","title":"50 Lessons I Learned From the World's #1 Goal Achiever","description":"On one eventful rainy afternoon 15 year-old John Goddard was in the kitchen and overheard his parents talking to a friend in the next room. \"I wish I was John's age again,\" the friend said, noting how there were many things he would have accomplished if given another chance. \"I wish I could start over.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Goddard resolved then and there not to have those kinds of regrets when he was that age. So he took out a yellow legal pad and wrote down 127 specific life goals that included:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Traversing the entire length of the 4,132-mile Nile River\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Scaling Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Learning to fence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Running a five-minute mile\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Lighting a match with a .22 rifle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Visiting the birthplace of his grandfather [Goddard] \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Playing Debussy's Claire de Lune on the piano\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e The rest, as they say, is history.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e He not only accomplished almost all of those goals, but another 400 he set along the way, including defeating prostrate cancer.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Best-selling author Vic Johnson met Goddard in the last decade of his life after reading about him in the first \u003ci\u003eChicken Soup of The Soul\u003c\/i\u003e book. A friendship ensued and Johnson spent hours with Goddard to learn the secrets that made him arguably the greatest achiever who ever lived.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e He recounts those lessons here, and includes actions steps you can take to achieve your ultimate \"bucket list.\"","brand":"Instructional Systems [Aubrey J. Kline (aka Jim Kline dba Instructional Systems)]","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47117234274544,"sku":"2940170289189","price":4.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170289189_p0.jpg?v=1763706816","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170289189","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}