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 |  |
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| 2 | Have a healthy son | |
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| 3 | Have a healthy daughter | |
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| 4 | Take care of mother/father | |
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| 5 | Take care of in-laws | |
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| 6 | Take care of extended family | |
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| 7 | Have grandchildren | ||
| 8 | Have great-grandchildren | ||
| 9 | Leave trusts for family members | |
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| 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 | |
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| 13 | Net worth of ten million dollars, after taxes | |
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| 14 | Net worth of one hundred million dollars, after taxes | |
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| 15 | Net worth of one billion dollars, after taxes | ||
| 16 | Zero personal debt for family | |
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| 17 | Make ten million dollars on an outside investment | |
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| 18 | Become a partner in a venture capital fund | |
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| 19 | Create one billion dollars in value with an outside investment | |
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| 20 | Start a company and sell it | |
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| 21 | Conduct an IPO on a company I founded | |
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| 22 | Create world’s largest media company | |
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| III | Possessions | ||
| 23 | Own a beach home that stays in family | |
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| 24 | Own a jet | |
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| 25 | Own a yacht | |
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| 26 | Own a convertible Porsche or Mercedes Benz | |
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| 27 | Own a mountain home that stays in the family | ||
| 28 | Own a great piece of art | |
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| 29 | Own a great personal collection of watches | |
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| 30 | Own a Ferrari | |
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| 31 | Restore an antique auto | |
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| 32 | Own a restaurant or club | |
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| 33 | Support someone who makes a great breakthrough in science or art | ||
| IV | Charities | ||
| 34 | Change someone’s life via a charity | |
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| 35 | Give one million dollars to Georgetown University/sit on BOD | |
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| 36 | Major impact on a children’s charity | |
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| 37 | Start a family charity foundation | |
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| 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) | |
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| 41 | Win a world championship | ||
| 42 | Go to a Superbowl with Dolphins or Redskins | |
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| 43 | Go to a Final Four with Georgetown | |
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| 44 | Go to a World Series with Yankees | |
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| 45 | Meet Mickey Mantle | |
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| 46 | Catch a foul ball | |
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| 47 | Go to an NBA All-Star Game | |
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| 48 | Go to an NBA Draft | |
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| 49 | Go to an NHL All-Star Game | |
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| 50 | Go to a Capitals Stanley Cup | |
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| 51 | Go to Olympics | |
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| 52 | Play Augusta | |
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| 53 | Play Pebble Beach | |
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| 54 | Play Cypress Point | |
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| 55 | Play St. Andrews | ||
| 56 | Go to Ryder Cup | |
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| 57 | Go to US Open Golf Tourney | |
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| 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 | |
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| 62 | Go to baseball All-Star Game | |
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| 63 | Go to a Fantasy Camp | ||
| 64 | Shoot baskets at Madison Square Garden or Boston Garden | |
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| 65 | Go one-on-one with Michael Jordan | |
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| VI | Travel | ||
| 66 | Go to Greece | |
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| 67 | Go to Italy | |
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| 68 | Go to Israel/Jerusalem | |
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| 69 | Go to Hawaii | |
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| 70 | Go on safari to Africa | ||
| 71 | Go to London | |
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| 72 | Go to Paris | |
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| 73 | Go to Australia | ||
| 74 | Sail thru Caribbean | |
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| 75 | Sail thru Mediterranean | |
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| 76 | Go to China | |
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| 77 | Go to Brazil | |
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| 78 | Go to Alaska | ||
| 79 | Go to Egypt | |
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| 80 | Go to Bali | ||
| 81 | Go to Tahiti | ||
| VII | Stuff | ||
| 82 | Be on cover of a magazine | |
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| 83 | Produce a TV show | |
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| 84 | Go into outerspace | ||
| 85 | Write a book | |
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| 86 | Invent a boardgame | |
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| 87 | Make a movie | |
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| 88 | Win a Grammy/Oscar/Tony/Emmy Award | |
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| 89 | Swim with dolphins | |
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| 90 | Swim with Great White sharks | ||
| 91 | Get an honorary degree | |
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| 92 | Hold elective office | |
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| 93 | Go to White House/Meet President | |
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| 94 | Advise a foreign government | |
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| 95 | Live overseas for one year | ||
| 96 | Go to Oscar ceremonies | ||
| 97 | Go to MTV Awards Show | |
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| 98 | See the Rolling Stones | |
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| 99 | See the Who | |
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| 100 | Take a year sabbatical | ||
| 101 | Sail around the world with family | ||
{ 3 comments… read them below or add one }
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
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.
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