“Don’t be a spectator, don’t let life pass you by. ” ― Lou Holtz
In 2007′s “The Bucket List” starring Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman, the main characters of the movie are both terminally ill and they go on a road trip with a goal of completing their personal wish lists before they “kick the bucket.” Since the movie came out it’s popular to have a “bucket list”. But while the concept of the bucket list isn’t new, I’m not a fan of the fact that it centers on what you do before you die.
The first time I heard of the concept was when I was selling Mary Kay and one of the directors mentioned Lou Holtz’s Life List. Holtz was 28, between jobs, and his wife was expecting their third child when he put the 107 item list together. The list is a guiding force in his life and allowed him to achieve numerous things including coaching for Notre Dame, being on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, and having dinner at the White House. Holtz has completed 95 of the 107 things on his list. Here are Holtz’s tips for achieving goals:
1) Decide what you want to achieve and the date.
2) Know what talents you must acquire to do this.
3) Consider who you have to work with to achieve it.
4) Determine what problems you must overcome to achieve this.
5) Have a plan.
6) Share with others why they will benefit.
I like the term life list because it emphasizes that you are meeting your goals while you are still living. That means you can share these events and lessons learned with your loved ones and focus on living in the moment.
I’ve been working on my life list over the past few months (I don’t have 107 items on it yet). Just writing some of them down made these items more concrete for me. I’m creating plans for the ones down the items that I want to work on next. What’s on your Life List and what are you doing to make those things in the future?
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