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JOIN UP DOTS - GET RICH & LIVE FREE (Business Coaching With A Touch Of Life Coaching Too)

116: Graham Hughes: Finding His Entrepreneur Success In The Record Books (Part One)

JOIN UP DOTS - GET RICH & LIVE FREE (Business Coaching With A Touch Of Life Coaching Too)

David Ralph of Join Up Dots

Business, Education

5.01.1K Ratings

🗓️ 22 August 2014

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Todays guest entrepreneur joining us on the top rated Join Up Dots podcast interview is a globe trotting, double Guinness book of records world holder, with a story based on constant action. An adventurer, film-maker, travel blogger and TV presenter from Liverpool, England, on January 1 2009 he crossed the River Plate into Uruguay and began The Odyssey Expedition: The first official Guinness World Record™ attempt to visit every sovereign state on Planet Earth without flying. That's the 193 members of the United Nations plus Taiwan, Vatican City, Palestine, Kosovo, Western Sahara and the four home nations of The United Kingdom. A staggering 201 international borders crossed by foot, bus, taxi, train, ship or canoe. No planes, no helicopters and no hot-air balloons. Along the way he self-filmed and presented the TV show Graham's World for the National Geographic Adventure channel and raised funds for the registered charity WaterAid. So what is it that made him leave the comfort and security of a life in the North of England to travel the globe, in the hardest manner possible? And are there any countries that once he arrived he thought...right I'm not staying here time to move on? And did I tell you he is now the owner of his own island "JinjaIsland" which he won in a competition too? So is he the luckiest guy on earth, or just someone that by taking huge action has put himself into positions that others would miss out on? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show, the one and only, Ginger Scouser himself.....Mr Graham Hughes. Dream Jobs, Online Courses, Persistence, Personal Trainer, Decision Making, Publicity, Young Entrepreneur, Freedom, Addicted, Shawn Stevenson, American Hustle, Make Money Online, Motivational Quotes, Expedition, Challenges, Steve Jobs, How To Start A Business, The Secret, Rich, Online Marketing, Time Management, Blogger, Videos, Recruiting, Authentic, Travel Blogs, Ultra Running, American Football, How To Make Money, Online Business, Company Culture, Law Of Attraction, Planet Money, Jobs, Video Marketing, Linkedin, Success Principles, Digital Marketing, Action Taking, Starting A Business, Successful Entrepreneurs, Personal Branding, Amazon, Lead Generation, Career Change, Life Planner, Comfort zone, Simplicity, Break The Rules, Book Launches, Personal Finance, Secret To Success, Business Plan, Health And Fitness, Tech Startup, Self Publishing, Entrepreneurs, Love, Career Path, Educational, Creativity, Selling, motivation, motivational, inspiration, confidence, success, freedom

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0:00.0

When we're young we have an amazing positive outlook about how great life is going to be

0:05.2

but somewhere along the line we forget to dream and end up settling.

0:09.2

Join up dots features amazing people who refuse to give up and chose to go after their dreams.

0:15.0

This is your blueprint for greatness.

0:18.0

So here's your host, live from the back of his garden in the UK, David Ralph.

0:26.4

Yes, hello, there world, how are we?

0:28.6

Welcome to episode 116 of Join Up Dot. There's one word that's been coming into my head all day today and that is

0:37.3

Dedication

0:38.3

Dedication and if you grow up in the United Kingdom in the 1970s, that will mean a lot to you.

0:45.5

Anybody else on earth, it means nothing at all.

0:47.9

But the reason I'm saying that word is we've got a Guinness Book of Records World Holder with us today.

0:53.4

He's a globe trotter with a story based on constant action.

0:57.2

An adventurer, filmmaker, travel blogger and TV presenter from Liverpool.

1:01.8

In 2009, he crossed the river plate into Uruguay and so began

1:06.0

the Odyssey expedition the first official Guinness world record attempt to visit

1:10.6

every sovereign state on planet Earth without flying.

1:14.2

And that's 193 members of the United Nations,

1:17.6

a staggering 201 international borders crossed by foot bus taxi train ship canal cano canoe

1:25.4

kammel whatever you think as long as it didn't fly he was on it so no planes no

1:31.1

helicopters and no hot air balloons.

1:33.6

And along the way he self filmed and presented a TV show

1:36.5

Graham's World for the National Geographic Adventure channel

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