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From the Desk of Namaste Faustino, Founder of the Privateer Nation
The first time I heard about creating a life time goal list was from my 8th grade teacher, Mrs. Lovetang, when she told us the following story “One rainy afternoon an inspired 15-year-old boy named John Goddard sat down at his kitchen table in Los Angeles and wrote three words at the top of a yellow pad, “My Life List.” Under that heading he wrote down 127 goals.
These were not simple or easy goals. They included climbing The Matterhorn, rafting down the Amazon River, lighting a match with a .22 rifle shot, scuba diving the Great Barrier Reef, sky diving, riding an elephant, learning to sword fight, climbing Cheops’ pyramid, retracing the travels of Alexander The Great and Marco Polo, marrying the woman of his dreams and raising an awesome family, learning to play the flute and violin, and visiting the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France.
Now, a generation later, he has accomplished 109 of the goals on his original list, including all the goals I just told you about.”
When she was done telling us the story of John Goddard she gave us an assignment. She instructed us to write up our own lifetime goal list. Once we were done with that she gave us magazines and instructed us to cut pictures of our lifetime goals. When we were done with that she told us that we were to put them into a mock photo album as if we’d already achieved them. I really got into project. I took magazines home with me and stayed up half the night making my album. I brought it in the next day and got an A+. I saved very little from my years in K-12 but I still have that album to this day. In fact a number of years ago I stopped by Los Osos Junior High (now Los Osos Middle School) and thanked Mrs. Lovetang.
Have you written up a life time goal list yet? If not I’d suggest you do it right now. Why? Cause you are going to die. If you don’t write up a “bucket list” (things you have to do before you kick the bucket) you very well might miss out on doing something that you really wanted to do. Why risk dying with regrets? Do it now! If you need some inspiration you should go rent the movie called THE BUCKET LIST starring Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman. I’m telling you that you have no idea how much fun it is to check stuff off your “bucket list”. I just updated my own “bucket list.” It’s such an incredible feeling to check things off. Once you’ve done it you have to do it again and again. It’s a rush =) Check out my “bucket list” below…
HAVE FUN & FACE FEARS
Picture of me Solo SkySurfing
Picture of me Surfing
Picture of me HeliBoarding
Picture of me Scuba Diving
Picture of me Street Racing
Picture of me with 6 pack of abs
Picture of me in Fighting Competition
Picture of me climbing a Major Peak
Picture of me Back Packing
Picture of me catching a Northern Pike in Wisconsin
Picture of me Base Jumping Angel Falls (?)
Picture of me Rock Climbing (?)
Picture of me kissing Regina at an epic massive
Picture of WingEnvy and I at our first massive (done 12/31/2007)
Picture of WingEnvy and I wearing tee-shirts from the rave tee-shirt line we started called HUG ME TEES (done 6/28/2008)
Picture of me at the front of a massive loving it! Accomplished this at Monster Massive! (done 10/25/2008)
Picture of Pat and I jumping the same jump that is done in Point Break doing a speed star
Picture of me doing a stand up comedy routine. Now this scares me =)
Picture of me at Mardi Gras Feb 16, 2010
Picture of me meeting Will Smith. This guy has mastered fear.
Picture of me with models at a fashion show in Milan.
Picture of me with the House of Marque krewe celebrating me having faced all my fears on my fear list.
Picture of me in the ocean diving on a Treasure Wreck holding up at least 1 gold coin that I get to keep as a memento.
Picture of me at Times Square for New Year’s
Picture of me at U2 concert
Picture of me at a Beach Boys concert
Picture of me in the pool at the Playboy Mansion.
Picture of me with my personal success coach.
Picture of me taking an acting class. This is another that scares the heck out of me.
Picture of me at Burning Man (done but want another)
Picture of me meeting Kayne West
Picture of me in my first 3 some. Now that would be one hell of a story =)
Picture of me riding a bull.
Picture of me shooting an AK-47
Picture of me winning at a hand of blackjack on a gambling boat on the Mississippi river
Picture of me meeting Joseph Jaworski
Picture of me with one of the kids I adopt on a Boy Scout backpacking trip
Picture of me ripped at the beach
Picture of me at Clinton Initiative
Picture of me at the TED Conference
Picture of me on Oprah Show for the Privateer Nation
Picture of me on my first private jet ride
Picture of me at 100 years old celebrating life
Pictures of me partying in an extra stretch limo with friends and then in the 21 suite overlooking the strip celebrating my 33rd birthday with a hottie
GET RICH
Picture of me the day I quit my part time day job
Picture of me with employees @ airport so I remember why I work so hard
Picture of me with that orange cart with my Ferrari key at the airport
Picture of me holding my credit report with the highest score possible
Picture of me with my 1st hot personal assistant who also doubles as my personal chef.
Picture of me celebrating 1st year anniversary of Privateer Nation with citizens. This one is extremely close to my heart because in 2002 I wrote on my dream list that more than anything I wanted to find a fun way of making money because at the time I hated the business I was in so much. The Privateer Nation is my realization of what at the time seemed to be an impossible dream.
Speaking in front of 100,000 people
Picture with a President of the USA that I actually respect
Picture of me on the day my first book comes out
Picture of me on the day I get my Submariner
Picture of me with my customized black credit card with unlimited credit.
Picture of me the day I break $100,000 a month in income which has been my dream since I was 18 years old.
Picture of me getting measured by a private tailor as I get complete line of suits custom made.
Picture of me on the day that I get my Diamond Encrusted Oyster Perpetual Day Date Rolex
Picture of me with pinkie ring, matching bracelet & Presidential
Picture of me picking up my silver Ferrari Spyder
Picture of me picking up my baby blue Phantom Rolls Royce
Picture of me picking up my white Land Rover
Picture of me with my $30,000 + movie star smile
Picture of me in front my dream mansion
Picture of me on the opening day of the Privateer Pub
Pictures of me with each country krewe leader for the Privateer Nation
Picture of me celebrating the day I achieve financial independence
Picture of me celebrating my first million in a limo driving down Malibu Coast
Picture of me marrying woman of my dreams
Picture of me with the 12 kids I adopt and build a dynasty with
Picture of me completing Peak Potentials Warrior Training
Picture of me completing ILP as an IL for Landmark Education
TRAVEL THE PLANET
I’ll never forget Lacey saying to me “I’ve heard you talk about traveling the world for years. You never go because you say you are always working. If you don’t go now you are going to be one of those weird old guys trying to dance on the beach with 20 somethings.” That statement woke me up. The following pic is of me in a boat (that’s me in the orange shirt) in Thailand on the way to one of the famous Full Moon Parties that draw 10,000+ travelers from all over the world. I worked in a telemarketing room for 7 months to pay for that trip. And I was sick that day but I refused to let stop me. It was a dream come true to be there. A rain storm was coming in and lightening was flashing across the sky as we danced to world class trance on the beach. Picture of me on my first vagabonding trip overseas (done 10/27/2005)
Before I left on my first overseas trip I read the book Vagabonding by Rolf Potts. In the book I read about GOA, INDIA. I’d never heard of it before but it was a magnet for travelers from all over the world since the 60’s. In the book I wrote “I gotta so GOA, INDIA.” A few years later I was coaching the Self Expression and Leadership Program for Landmark Education. I decided to give one of the people I was coaching my copy of Vagabonding. Right before I wrapped it up I flipped through it looking at my notes. I saw “I gotta do GOA, INDIA.” I’d done the trip 6 months before and I had an amazing time. It was so cool to see that goal in that book and to know I already achieved it. This pic is of Sryah and I at our favorite bar Zoories that sat on a cliff overlooking the Arabian Sea. The coolest part about this pic is it was taken a few hours before I had one of the craziest nights of my life. Picture of me in GOA, INDIA (done 10/27/2005)
Picture of me, Pat and Lyds on Haad Rinn Beach in Thailand @ Full Moon Party
Picture of me riding a camel at the Pyramids in Egypt
Picture of me in front of Taja Mahal
Picture of me at Angor Wat
Picture of me and friends at the Love Parade in Germany
Picture of me running with the bulls in Spain
Picture of me at the entrance to the city carved in stone in the Gobi Desert
Picture of me at Macho Picho
Picture of me at Stone Hedge
Picture of me at the top of Mt. Kilamanjaro
Picture of me white water rafting
Picture of me at Big Ben in London
Picture of me at Effiel Tower in Paris
Picture of me landing on the moon
Picture of me on Easter Island
Picture of me clubbing on Ibiza
Picture of me in the Coliseum in Rome
Picture of me rafting down the Amazon
Picture of me diving on a treasure wreck
Picture of me scuba diving the Great Barrier Reef.
Picture of me panning for gold and finding some
Picture of me digging for diamonds and finding a big one
Picture of me with citizens of Privateer Nation in each of 194 countries
CHANGE THE WORLD
Picture of me doing Career Day at MBHS
Picture of me at opening of NFTE program that I caused at Morro Bay High School on the Central Coast of California
Picture of me the day I break 1 million micro loans to 3rd world entrepreneurs
Picture of me on the day I become the #1 lender on Kiva.org
Picture of me on the day that Entrepreneurial Education is made a HS requirement
Picture of me in front of the Museum of Happiness on opening day.
Picture of me at Dreamers Awards giving away 1st Award for a team that helped all its members achieve financial independence
Picture of me at opening for home for runaway kids that I founded that teaches them how to be entrepreneurs
Picture of me on the day I become the #1 donor on SmileTrain.org