Ted’s Life List

Pursuing happiness is a daunting task. Where does one start? How does one begin? When Ted made it his life’s goal to be truly happy and fulfilled, he didn’t know where to start either. So he made a list of 101 personal and professional goals, and slowly started checking them off one by one. Ted’s 101 List is below. Look at it, be inspired, and then write Your Life List!

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 to Africa  
  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 outerspace  
  85 Write a book
  86 Invent a boardgame
  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
  95 Live overseas for one year  
  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  

{ 3 comments… read them below or add one }

Louise Lighthart February 22, 2010 at 3:06 pm

Watching your Caps play is one of my favorite things. Don’t care about the other sports but gotta watch your Caps. You have done great as their leader and inspiration.
The cup comes next.
Louise

Jeffrey Roberts March 2, 2010 at 3:17 pm

Your list is the best almost everything you have on yours is in somewhat, my list I know you probably hear this from everyone that sees your list but trust this, these things will happen for me. The biggest thing that would make me the happiest is to find the words, actions, vision or the thing that will deliver the black men out of the valley of no communication and help us to realize how important we are to our country, family and race.

Evert Cook November 5, 2010 at 11:28 pm

Mr. Leonsis,
I am visiting Washington DC on business and was lucky enough to attend a Capitols game tonight against the Bruins. We had a great time and watched a great game that the Capitols won! I was intrigued by your book and purchased a copy. My mother is a Swedish citizen and a serious hockey fan. I collect Swedish hockey athlete autographs on team jerseys for her home. She is a breast cancer survivor and I committed to her when she was fighting cancer that I would always take care of her. I was hopeful that I could contact you and arrange to send you a jersey of both Nicklas Backstrom and Marcus Johansson and have them signed on the back number for her collection. It would mean more to her than you could imagine. She is the cutest 74 year-old little Swede you have ever met! I hope my request is not over the top and I look forward to reading your book on the plane flight home!

Evert

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