The Bucket List Life with Kenyon Salo

“It’s important that we come into life with some habits and a perspective that is optimistic because that is what’s going to get us through the hard times and cultivate that happy outlook on life.” – Mike Ferry The Bucket List Life Episode #51 - Mike Ferry On this, episode #51, of The Bucket List Life with Kenyon Salo, we meet a middle school teacher, a coach and father of four children, who is focused on helping us develop the habits of happiness, Mike Ferry. Mike is the author of the book Teaching Happiness and Innovation. He believes that happiness will lead to a safer, more prosperous and more sustainable world. Researchers have found links between happiness, success and innovation. Let’s meet this bright, optimistic and creative guy. Highlights of their podcast conversation: 3:00  Mike tells us his book, Teaching Happiness and Innovation, came out in August. It was written to help us teach children, but this is what we want for ourselves as well. What he’s learned along the way is “we don’t have to wait for happiness to ascend magically from the heavens because we can actually go out and create happiness through our habits.” 4:00  Mike lets us know “It’s important that we come into life with some habits and a perspective that is optimistic because that is what’s going to get us through the hard times and cultivate that happy outlook on life.” 5:20  Mike realized that getting the message of achieving happiness out there was what he needed to be doing, to take his message to the classroom and to his own kids. This is the key to helping people have the life of their dreams. He has always been more on the optimistic side and as a teacher, author and writer he tries to be upbeat. His music is funny, quirky and appeals to middle school kids, and Mike reminds us that here is never a dull moment in a middle school classroom. 8:55  When it come to success, Mike says so many of us believe if we could just reach a certain plateau – get the right job, meet the right person, get the right car, win the World Series or the Super Bowl or whatever – then we would be happy. He lets us know that is not necessarily the truth. “Success does not always lead to happiness.” On the other hand, research tells us if we are happy to begin with we are more likely to find success. We need to form habits for happiness. 10:55  Mike shares one of the easiest ways we can practice happiness, focus on gratitude. Grateful people tend to be a lot happier and find more success in life. Over time this will become ingrained. 15:25  Perseverance is another aspect of learning to be happy. Mike shares a story that relates to the concept of perseverance. It shows us how a JV Basketball team that is down by 17 points at the half perseveres and what the outcome meant in their lives. Mike points out, "When we persevere whether on the basketball court or any other aspect of life we give ourselves the confidence that we can succeed in other domains.” 19:30  Mike lets us know that the next piece of the puzzle for happiness is an easy concept that people can take into their lives, being kind. The act of being kind stimulates the brain to produce a chemical, dopamine which is a neurotransmitter that makes us feel happy. The more time you spend being kind, the more dopamine is released in your system. This is a natural high and we can feel better anytime we want just by being kind! 20:55  Mike’s music is downloadable for free on his website. All you have to do is donate to any charity, perform any act of kindness or be of service to another person. And as we are learning, when you do things for others you make yourself happy in the process. 21:40  Creativity is another concept that is important to happiness. Being creative also produces dopamine. The more time we spend being creative, the more dopamine is released and the happier we are going to be. Listen to why Mike believes the future of our planet depends on cultivating creativity.

“You can’t publish something that was never written.”  Chris Kennedy The Bucket List Life Podcast Episode #50 - Self-Publisher & Author Chris Kennedy  What has been a reoccurring bucket list item for many of our past podcast guests and is on so many others bucket lists? In this, episode #50 of The Bucket List Life Podcast with Kenyon Salo, we meet the man who can teach all of us how to make one of our dreams come true, author and self publisher Chris Kennedy. He is a best-selling author of six Science Fiction/Fantasy books, with over 41,000 copies sold, and has written a ‘How to Book’ to help us all understand the self publishing process. He has helped 100’s of people get their books in print and in electronic form.  He also teaches us how to market our books and ourselves. We are thrilled he has taken the time to help us get this bucket list item checked off and to guide us through getting a book out of our heads and onto the shelves. Highlight of their podcast conversation: 3:15  Chris tells us about some of the bucket list items he has already been able to check off of his list. As a Naval Aviator, he has traveled all over the world but still wants to visit Australia. Find out why, even though he spent a lot of time in airplanes, he has never jumped out of one. 6:50  Chris shares an interesting statistic. 81% of Americans have a book they want to write, but he wasn’t one of them. After moving to Virginia Beach with his family he was not able to find a job for a year and his savings were almost depleted. While looking for a way to support his family, a story begins to develop in his mind and he wants to do something with it. We learn he has been told over and over that he is not the creative type and he almost dismisses the idea. He decides he has nothing to lose and just starts writing and the story just keeps coming. Find out how he sifts through the overwhelming amount of online advice on publishing a book and builds a successful plan to publish it himself. Find out what happens when Chris freezes up and is unable to push the “Save and Publish” button on Amazon’s self publishing site. 11:55  Chris’s fans express a desire to actually be in one of his books and he finds a way to include many of them in every one of his stories. 12:45  While attending the many conventions Chris likes to go to, he is asked over and over for advise on how to self publish a book. He recognizes the fear in these potential writers that he himself felt. “That’s why I put together the (publishing self-help) book. To try to help all theses people who really wanted to do the same thing that I had been very blessed to do…. It was kind of a way to give back and help the next ones coming through to reach their dreams and to get that out of their bucket list and be successful.” 14:10  What does Chris think is the hardest part of writing/publishing/marketing a book? "You’ve got to get it out and write it down". The rest is relatively easy. “You can’t publish something that was never written.” And don’t get discouraged, “the first drafts all suck.” Don’t edit the first draft, just let it flow. 18:05  Find out the wide variety of people you need to help you become a successful author, why you come to the point where you need ‘fresh eyes’, and why you need to be open to help and to criticism. 24:15  Chris advises “The marketing process, to work, needs to start before the book comes out.” If you wait until the book comes out you’ve waited too long. 27:15  Chris attends a lot of events. He tells us it’s great for promotion and “it’s a great way to learn.”  He sits on panels and develops his craft while “getting his work out there.” 31:00  We find out that Chris has been compared to George R.R. Martin of ‘Game of Thrones’ fame because he is not afraid to kill off just about anybody in his stories. 34:20  Chris includes many of his fans names in his books. He received an email from a fan asking to be included.

“I can literally accomplish anything right now, as long as I take the risk and commit to the risk and the change that I want to take…”  - Yue Xu The Bucket List Life Podcast Episode #49 - Singlefied.com Dating Coach Yue Xu In this, episode #49 of The Bucket List Life with Kenyon Salo, we meet the woman behind Singlefied.com, an informative and entertaining blog dedicated to bachelors. Yue Xu is also a dancer, choreographer, swimmer, kick boxer, actor, TV host (for The Gadget Show China), runner, and in her lifetime wants to change how Chinese Cuisine is viewed in the United States. She is bright, focused, enthusiastic and considers herself a “dating sociologist”. Highlights of their podcast conversation: 4:50  Yue tells us what a guy needs to think about when talking to a woman. Men are naturally focused and targeted, but when it comes to women they have to be aware if they want her because she is a good fit or are they trying to prove something to themselves? Take the time to reevaluate the situation. More on this later. 6:10  1986 – Yue was living in China with her parents. They have nothing but are happy. When everyone around you has what you have you don’t want anything more. “You don’t want anything more because there was no concept of anything more.” 8:40  1989 – Yue comes to the United States. She is eight and they move to East Lansing Michigan. She loved the mid-west and is grateful for her experience “because that was my true exposure to America.” 12:10  1999 – Interviewing for colleges Yue is told by one interviewer that she had become Americanized. It threw her off a little as she thought she had been assimilating. Has she been trying to be American? It was a time for self-reflection. 15:50  Yue decides to do a fascinating experiment. She is curious what factors will help get her hired. Yue sends out resumes with three different first names but uses the same body in the resume. What are the names she used, which name gets the most responses and why? 20:05  Singlefied.com? How did it start? In 2007 Yue’s boyfriend of 5 years proposes, her first response? “No.” She wonders why she spent 5 years with a man she was never going to marry in the first place. She wants to figure it all out, not just for her but for him. Yue reflects on expectations, relationships, how your family relationships affect your romantic relationships and so much more. She happens to talk with a guy in New York about their dating lives and he asks her if he can set up a business relationship where he can discuss dating issues with her and pay her for her time. Once she figures out this is not a shady deal she says yes, and thanks to word of mouth Singlefied.com is born and grows. 25:40  “It’s not so much how to get women, its how to keep relationships and how to pick the right women to be in a relationship with.” Yue’s advice is to focus. 27:35  Learn why Yue thinks there is “…no such thing as a platonic relationship.” 35:50  Yue tells us how everything she has learned has helped her. One of the most important lessons is “You must close the ‘ex files’ before you can move on with your next relationship.” Figure it out and disconnect. “Have your ‘exit interview’, take your learnings to your next relationship and delete your ex out of your life.” 40:55  Yue has learned “I can literally accomplish anything right now, as long as I take the risk and commit to the change that I want to take….Keep your heart and your mind open to things that could be leading you to a direction you never thought you would be going to.” 47:20  How does Yue want to give back? Educating middle school and high school aged children how to communicate and maintain relationships with everyone in their lives, things they may have never been taught as children. 50:20  “How a culture is perceived stems from how their cuisine is perceived.”  Yue dreams of a hip chain of restaurants that uses organic fresh ingredients like her grandmother did,

“It’s always fun to travel with other people, especially people with other backgrounds because you not only see different things, you see things differently.” – Marty France The Bucket List Life Episode #48 - U.S. Air Force Veteran Marty France  Our next guest on episode #48 of The Bucket List Life Podcast with Kenyon Salo, is Marty France, a 34 year Veteran of the U.S. Air Force, Professor and Head of the Air Force Academy’s Department of Astronautics and a Rocket Scientist. He is fiercely committed to his family, he is a personal trainer, an avid book reader, he hikes 14ers, he cooks, he enjoys wine and craft beers and generally takes life and grabs it by the horns.  Marty loves sharing his experiences with others. He is passionate about educating others in humanities and social sciences. Marty is also an avid photographer and has taken over 100,000 photos of the 56 countries he has visited. He never slows down and gives to others when ever he can. Highlights of their podcast conversation: 3:40  Marty tells us about his love of photography. He has always been drawn to it. He remembers his fathers' Leica camera in the late 50’s. When he was a cadet at the Air Force Academy he got his first Cannon AE1 camera. He didn’t get really serious about photography until the digital revolution, he was hooked. Now he doesn’t go anywhere without a camera. “I look at life like how I would compose a photo.” 7:35  Marty has a different approach to embracing life. “I embrace uncertainty. I think uncertainty bothers a lot of people and it bothers me, but I think I have done my best to overcome that anxiety…by just throwing myself into new things.” 8:45  Marty takes us back to when his father was a fighter pilot in the late 50’s. Marty was born in Germany and did a lot of traveling around the US and Canada growing up. He was chosen to be an Air Force Exchange Engineer which took him and his wife to France. They traveled “like fiends” when ever they could and developed into what Marty dubbed “Cultural Junkies”. His parents died young and, knowing life is short, he is determined to meet the challenge of checking off every entry on his bucket list. 12:05  During his time in the Air Force Marty had 12-13 assignments which meant him and is family moved a lot. His wife Becky is his biggest fan and biggest critic, and he appreciates that. Just to share special experiences with her is beautiful. 20.10  Marty talks about how the Air Force Academy has set aside funds for the cultural immersion of their Officer Trainees. The Academy understanding how important it is for these cadets to travel the world and interact with many different cultures they wouldn’t ordinarily get to do. In the future their careers will require them to be able to relate to people on many different levels. This immersion program allows them to organize trips and travel the world with their escort officers. 23:15   Marty admits that being a ”teacher by nature” means that traveling with the cadets “makes me feel good inside that I am helping the next generation be more globally focused, more in-tune and aware of what’s going on around the world.” He also tells us “It’s always fun to travel with other people, especially people with other backgrounds because you not only see different things but you see things differently.” 35:00  Marty is always with his camera and enjoyed taking photos of locals and cadets working on these huge projects. He has some “amazing shots” and loves sharing the beauty of everyday life. One of his favorites is a simple and beautiful picture of ducks paddling idly in scenic rice paddies. 47:45  We get to know more about our awesome guest when he answers the following ‘Laser Questions’ asked by Kenyon: -What is your favorite dish to cook? -What is your favorite place to have a glass of wine? -If you wrote a beginner's guide to hiking a 14,000 footer which is the first one you think a beginner should hike? -You read 35 books in 2014.

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“Don’t be afraid to fail because you learn more in your failures than you ever will in your successes.” – Adam Katz The Bucket List Life Podcast Episode #43 - Doreen Katz MCF Founder Adam Katz Determination is our next guests ‘middle name’. In this, episode #43 of The Bucket List Life Podcast with Kenyon Salo, we meet Adam Katz. He is the founder and director of The Doreen Katz Memorial Cancer Foundation, the first foundation that focuses on the children of cancer patients and providing for their education and therapy. He is also the author of the book ‘Jeremy’s Journey' and was a Russian Linguist and Signals Analyst in the United States Navy. His story is powerful, impactful and heart wrenching.   Highlights of their podcast conversation: 6:20   “Jeremy’s Journey” was a book born from Adam’s experience with a young man he met while working with the Junior Racquetball Team in Colorado. We learn how Jeremy breaks his C5 vertebrae in a climbing accident and becomes a quadriplegic. Adam decides to play a season of tournaments, document every game; self publish this information into a book and present it to Jeremy and his family. Even though Jeremy could no longer play in the tournaments he could still feel like he was part of that season. 12:00   Adam shares how he met Doreen while they were freshmen in college in Rhode Island. How he fell in love with her the moment he met her, how she kicked his butt in racquetball and how she laughed at him when he admitted he loved her at dinner that first night. 15:45   We learn of Adam’s “crazy journey” to Colorado. He moved from Boston to San Jose, CA to Colorado Springs to Charlotte N.C. How at every new city he calls Doreen and invites her to come. She refuses. He joins the Navy and keeps in contact with the love of his life. 20:30   Adam shares with us the heart wrenching story of how he is stationed in Japan and misses the woman he loves. They make a date to meet in Memphis for a racquetball tournament. He calls Doreen on her birthday right before he is to ship out and the phone is disconnected.  His story takes us through the agony of not knowing what was going on to how he learns Doreen has breast cancer and is dying.  He finds her, and when he finds out that her only regret is they were never married he drops to his knee and proposes. The agony of having to depart from her right after they are married, why he is not able to share this experience with anyone, and why he is unable to be with Doreen when she passes away or attend her funeral. 27:40   Adam admits that at his lowest emotional point he contemplates deserting from the Navy, looks for a source for fake ID’s while in port and why he stopped. We also learn why it was impossible for him to share the most devastating experience of his life with anyone. 30:30    We find out how the’ Avon Walk for Breast Cancer’ finally gives him an outlet to finally talk about Doreen and how he ends up sharing his story as one of the speakers for the opening ceremonies. “The burden was gone…and at that very moment I saw the foundation I was going to start right then and there” 36:35   Adam tells us more about “The Doreen Katz Memorial Foundation”. “We focus on children that have a parent that is battling any sort of cancer.” During those times the families’ income is reduced and finances often have to be redirected to important cancer treatments and can affect the children’s education. The foundation helps in these situations. It also helps provide therapy. It gives children information on what the parent is going through, what is being done for them and it also “gives them a voice outside of the home.” 42:50     How does the foundation raise money? Adam says “I beg a lot, write a lot of grants, we do events….mostly I beg.” 45:15   Adam’s shares his vision for the foundation in the next 5 years – the foundation exists only in Colorado and it needs to expand. “That’s the ultimate goal, to become a national foundation.”

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“I’ve traveled to remote destinations and engaged in new sports and activities and found immense pleasure in them myself and yet the greatest joy I’ve felt in association with those things is when I bring somebody else on board. I open their eyes to it and then I get to live that experience again vicariously through that person while they taste it for the first time in their lives. That’s what fills me up, what gets me fired up.” Andrew Fraser The Bucket List Life Podcast Episode # 40 - Adventurer, Entrepreneur and TBLL Leader Andrew Fraser There is nothing more enjoyable that getting together with old friends. In episode #40 of The Bucket List Life Podcast with Kenyon Salo we do just that. We reconnect with Andrew Fraser, alumni of The Bucket List Life Podcast #10, which was hugely successful. He is a public speaker, teacher, yoga instructor, skydiver and puma walker and Kenyon’s great friend. We welcome him back. Kenyon and Andrew discuss what’s happening in and around The Bucket List Life movement and why it is so extraordinarily popular. Highlights of their podcast conversation: 3:30   Andrew gives us a little insight on how he has been living The Bucket List Life (TBLL) the past few weeks – playing hard of course. Skiing, snow boarding, Heli-snowboarding and throwing and epic New Years Eve party for 150 of his closest friends. 5:20   Kenyon and Andrew discuss The Bucket List Ugly Sweater Christmas Party and why one of the attendees included a rattlesnake. 7:15   The discussion turns to The Bucket List Life New Years Eve party at Andrews home and the positive and enthusiastic energy displayed by everyone there. That night the “Travel by Dart” contest was born. Essentially contestants are chosen, they chose a country they want to visit, a bull’s eye is placed over that country and the contestant has one dart to try to hit their destination. The winner receives $1,000 towards their trip from The Bucket List Life! One of our members, Peter, is going to Peru. This was such a hit that TBLL is launching this contest world-wide and anyone can sign up. Keep your eyes open for this exciting event. 14:30   Andrew makes a point that social media may be fostering the mindset of “What am I worth if I don’t announce and broadcast my experience?” How a major publication said the word of the year was “selfie” and what implications that may have. 22:35   Andrew and Kenyon go more in-depth on the effects social media may have if we don’t keep ourselves in check. Andrew tells us sometimes we just need to put the phone down and drink in our experiences. “Just be present in the moment.” 30:00   Friends discuss the inception and creation of The Bucket List Life movement. About how one of the pillars of the concept is helping others, thinking of the other person first and why our members are attracted to this. Andrew tells us “The real joy of life and lasting fulfillment comes from being with other people and experiencing those moments and providing those experiences for them.” 34:00    The question is asked, what is making TBLL movement work? Learn why The Bucket List Life movement is about sharing life’s experiences and how we do that through content and creation; podcasts, blogs, and video sharing to mention a few. 39:00   Andrew shares his feelings on our most recent video “What your grandma really wanted to say to you.” Two concepts stood out for him, “Carpe Diem” or “Sieze the Day” and what each person was most proud of in their lives was what they did to help others. People may not remember exactly what you said or what you did, but how you made them feel. 43:30   Andrew and Kenyon point out the power of being part of The Bucket List Life. It’s the personal growth through this experience of trying new things and broadening our horizons. This is more powerful than anything you can read from a book or hear from a presenter from the stage. There are many vehicles right now but TBLL is one of the good ones,

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“If people feel inspired, that inspires me and spurs me on and causes this huge rolling stone effect. I just love life.” – Anna McNuff The Bucket List Life Podcast #38 - Adventurer Anna McNuff In our inspiring podcast #38 of The Bucket List Life with Kenyon Salo, we meet British born female adventurer, writer and speaker, Anna McNuff. On her life long hunt for new and exciting endurance challenges, she became a member of Great Britain's Women's Rowing Team, has completed an 11,000 mile unassisted tour of all 50 states of the United States and as of this writing is poised to leave on a 2,000 mile unassisted run across the stunningly beautiful country of New Zealand, which some call the adventure capitol of the world. We catch up with Anna, in New Zealand, as she anxiously awaits the start of this new and challenging adventure. Highlights of their podcast conversation: 5:30   In thinking back on her life and what inspires her, Anna tells us what adventure means to her. “Adventure is kind of freeing yourself of everyday obligations, of everyday life and sorta letting go.”  It is pointed out that people can define adventure in their own terms. Just walking on the beach can be their definition of adventure. 6:50   Anna shares her thoughts about “Screen time vs Green time”. How technology is a wonderful thing, which she uses all the time but it shouldn’t be the only option to flop a child down in front of a screen. “We need to get them outside. If they loose their passion for the planet and their passion for adventure what is going to be left for the future generations?” 17:30   Anna discusses her solo cycle journey of 11,000 miles across the United States in 2013. 19:15   Anna shares her excitement regarding her ambitious 2,000 mile, five month unsupported run from one end of New Zealand to the other. “I’m a bit obsessed with traveling on your own two feet because I think there is something incredibly primal about it. It’s what we were given and it doesn’t require too much equipment.” 23:30   Anna explains that an “unsupported” run means “All your possessions on your back, no one is carrying your food, your water, no one is there if you get lost. Just me the whole way through being self sufficient, I guess.... I love being unsupported. I think it means you get yourself in a lot more pickles and you have to get yourself out of them as well. It’s more rewarding to do it yourself.” 29:40   The benefits of ‘giving back’ of the energy and lessons Anna will learn along the way during her New Zealand adventure is great motivaton for her. What benefits are the most important to her? “It’s through the kids. That’s what I am trying to do.” Hear how she plans to visit schools along the way of this epic trek, stop, go in and remind the children about how beautiful their country is and how it is their own back yard and to go out and explore it. She hopes to answer their questions and help them to think differently about going out and exploring. The next huge benefit is the opportunity to raise funds for disadvantaged kids, another exciting and inspirational way she will give back. 43:30   Anna gives us an overview of what her daily life might look like on this 2,000 mile run. “It’s a dream. All I have to do is run.” She plans on running 15 – 20 miles a day. She might “crack it out” by the afternoon and relax the rest of the day or do ten miles in the morning and ten miles in the evening. Terrain has a lot to do with her timing. It’s her idea of a “perfect wonderful life” where you exert your body, deal with the immediate problems in order to survive and meet some awesome people along the way. 50:30   When Kenyon points out how inspiring she is and how she will impact so many people along the way, maybe even change the life of a child, how that child might decide to live a life of adventure because of her; Anna tells us “That is the dream. Even if it is one kid. If I could bring that to one kid, then happy days!”

“The first thing about leadership that you have to learn is how to follow and develop personal confidence,... and that’s what Scouting does really well.” - John Geoghegan The Bucket List Life Podcast #37 - Director of The World Scout Foundation - John Geoghegan Our next guest on episode #37 of The Bucket List Life Podcast with Kenyon Salo, started in Scouting in Dublin, Ireland, first as a Scout, then as leader of the 73rd Dublin Unit. In 1985, John Geoghegan became National Training Officer for the Scout Association of Ireland.  In 1987, John joined the British Red Cross as Youth Officer. In 1998, he was appointed Head of Red Cross operations in Vietnam, battling against natural disasters such as storms and floods, addressing issues of disability, HIV/AIDS and community development, as well as helping one of the world's few remaining communist countries to adapt to a changing world. John is proud, and quite rightly so, of his achievements whilst with the Red Cross, but his heart is very much in Scouting. Highlights of their podcast conversation: 4:00 John explains what it is that he does as the Director of the World Scout Foundation, why he feels it’s pretty much the best job in the world and what he is most passionate about in his position.  5:45 John gives a brief history of the origin of Scouting and how it all started with a comic book written by Baden Powell, in the Victorian society of the United Kingdom, in 1906. 11:00 John describes who the Scouts are and what they are voluntarily doing all around the world utilizing their acquired teamwork and leadership skills and helping to make a significant difference in their own communities. “The first thing about leadership that you have to learn is how to follow and develop personal confidence,... and that’s what Scouting does really well."  23:30 One of the biggest adventures that the Scouts are currently participating in is the Scout.org platform where all the Scouts around the world can connect and share their experiences, what they are doing to contribute in their communties and challenge their fellow Scouts around the world to get involved and expand in various ways. 28:00 John talks about how many of the world’s leaders today started out as a Scout at a young age. Richard Branson was once a Scout and the Swedish King himself has credited Scouting for teaching him how to lead, be lead and take responsibility for society. 33:00 John explains how the Scouts all around the world don’t necessarily promote themselves in the global media, but rather receive recognition or a badge for their achievements in a personal challenge, development and social impact they make locally from their peers within their own communities. 37:00 Looking into the future, John is excited about how 163 National Scouting Organizations around the world are now connected through modern technology and the World Scout Organization. The WSO has recently re-invented itself and set some exciting and substantial goals of bringing Scouting to 100 million young people around the world. 42:00 John outlines how the act of helping others and doing something good reinforces our confidence in ourselves and in our community.   “When you start doing something good, other people follow you, and that’s where leadership comes in.” 52:00 John emphasized how everyone, no matter what their age, is capable of learning leadership skills. “You can be a leader as a parent and a leader as a CEO of the world’s biggest company, but it’s both the same kind of leadership.” 53:00 What is something on John’s bucket list?  He wants to dive with Whale Sharks. 54:30 John would like to leave us with the final simple thought that, “The adventure is right outside your door, go out and find it!” Thank you John for sharing your experiences and knowledge about The World Scout Foundation.  You are an inspiration and a true example of leadership and the excellence derived from the world of Scouting.