At the end of the day, we're all judged by those we leave behind. Phil Keoghan More Quotes by Phil Keoghan More Quotes From Phil Keoghan The world is waiting for you. Good luck. Travel safe. Go! Phil Keoghan good-luck waiting world We have a gift of life. What we do with that gift is dependent on the choices we make. The people who we spend time with. The things that we go out to do every day. Phil Keoghan spend-time choices people Instead of focusing on the amount of money lacking in your budget, focus on what you DO have: a willing spirit, an imagination filled with bright ideas, people who care about you and can perhaps help you in some way. These are the things that will enable you to do almost anything. Phil Keoghan imagination people ideas I once had a young musician come to me and say that he wanted to be a professional musician. I asked him to write his list. When he came back to me, the three things in his life he most wanted were: to be paid for his music; to travel around the world; to meet new people. We came to the decision, after thinking really creatively, that if he got a job on a cruise ship, he would fulfill those goals. Phil Keoghan writing jobs thinking I love to be challenged because I'm wrong a lot of the times. Phil Keoghan I'd always felt like I was going to take part in adventures in my life. That's what led me to diving in the shipwreck to begin with. But when you're faced with your own demise, you have to accept that you are vulnerable and that you are only here for a set period of time. Phil Keoghan diving demise adventure There was some expiration point to my life, and it became very important to maximize the time that I did have on Earth. That's what led me to my personal philosophy: "No Opportunity Wasted" - NOW for short, which is about living life to the fullest. Phil Keoghan live-life opportunity philosophy I do believe that out of adversity comes incredible resourcefulness. Phil Keoghan incredibles adversity believe All of us make assumptions about what somebody's potential is, because we all think of why somebody can or can't do something. We make terrible assumptions. Phil Keoghan assumption terrible thinking There are times where you can't always get paid to do the things you really want to do. What really epitomizes your dream job is the job that pays you to do what you want to do. Phil Keoghan dream want jobs I've always been about setting goals. Then when I had a near death experience at nineteen, it made it even more important to strive to achieve certain things. Phil Keoghan nineteen important goal Anything new and different is most susceptible to market research. Phil Keoghan market-research different research If you look around my room, you see lots of lists. I'm inspired by what's up on the wall. Phil Keoghan wall looks rooms I'm a big fan of human dynamics. Nothing fascinates me more than really interesting people and human dynamics. Phil Keoghan fans people interesting Schools often box kids into predefined categories. But we don't know what amazing ideas, inventions, cures, and contributions all these youths really have. Phil Keoghan kids ideas school I'm not saying that you shouldn't go to college or you shouldn't finish your degree, but sometimes people have a very clear vision about what they want to do, and they just want to get on with it. Phil Keoghan vision college people There are amazing teachers, but the system doesn't always allow them to address the individual needs of a child. Phil Keoghan addresses teacher children We need diversity in our population to make it work. Phil Keoghan population diversity needs Our schools are filled with this potential energy, and we need to create an environment for that energy to manifest itself. Phil Keoghan energy school needs I try to encourage people to identify the things in life that they really want to do, so that over a period of time they can design or steer their life towards those things. Phil Keoghan things-in-life design people
