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Achieve Your Goals with Hal Elrod

634: Giving Away $1M to Strangers on a 2,000 Mile Bike Ride with Matt King

Achieve Your Goals with Hal Elrod

Hal Elrod

Education, Self-improvement, Business

4.81.5K Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2026

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Imagine the possibilities if you stopped waiting until you felt ready and just committed to the idea you've had that could make a huge impact on other people's lives.

If you've ever felt the pull to make a bigger difference but told yourself you didn't have enough time, money, or clarity to begin, this conversation will challenge that excuse in the best possible way. It's a powerful reminder that impact doesn't start when everything is figured out. It starts the moment you decide to take action.

Today, I'm joined by my friend Matt King, CEO of GoBundance, who is preparing to ride his bike 2,000 miles from Mexico to Canada over 13 consecutive days! Why is he doing it? His goal is to raise over $1 million that will be given directly to people in overlooked communities along the route. No nonprofit overhead, just real people helping others in ways that will make a huge impact immediately.

In our conversation, Matt shares why he committed to this mission before he knew exactly how it would come together, and how that decision set everything in motion. We talk about how great outcomes are achieved by taking action first, what it means to lead by example for your kids, and why so many of us spend our lives waiting for permission instead of trusting that we'll find the way once we begin.

Above all else, Matt explains how seemingly small acts of kindness can make someone feel seen, loved, and heard, and how anyone can get started if they want to achieve something that's bigger than themselves.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

  • Matt's Unique Approach to Charitable Giving
  • Commit to The Outcome & Then Figure It Out
  • 150 Miles A Day for 13 Straight Days
  • When the Why Is Strong Enough, You'll Persevere
  • The Moment Matt Realized He Had To Go First
  • How Matt Finds The People He's Going To Help
  • Who You Become by Doing Hard Things
  • The First Step to Making a Huge Impact

 

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to the Achieve Your Goals podcast, the show that empowers you to wake up to your full potential and achieve your biggest goals and dreams.

0:09.6

I am your host, Hal Elrod, and I invite you to join us each week as we share actionable strategies to take your life to the next level,

0:16.6

as well as interview world-class experts and entrepreneurs who have achieved extraordinary goals

0:21.9

themselves and we ask them to give you a peek behind the curtain and teach you exactly what you

0:26.5

need to do to do the same. Ready? Here we go. Most of us donate to charity the easy way.

0:38.3

We click a button, enter a card number, and we tell ourselves we did something good.

0:42.5

My guest today decided that wasn't enough.

0:45.0

Not for him, not for his kids, not for the communities.

0:47.8

Nobody's stopping to notice anymore.

0:50.4

Matt King, he's the CEO of GoBundance, and he's riding his bike 2,000 miles from Mexico to Canada,

0:57.9

150 miles a day for 13 consecutive days, and he's raising over a million dollars to give directly

1:04.4

to strangers that he meets along the way. No nonprofit overhead, no black box, just a guy on a bike pulling into small towns,

1:13.1

finding the single mom with three jobs and no car and handing her the keys. Today's conversation

1:19.3

inspired me in ways I did not expect, and I think it's going to do the same for you. Matt and I

1:26.1

talk about what it means to commit before you're ready,

1:28.4

why the body goes quiet when the why is strong enough.

1:30.9

And the small thing any of us can do today that costs almost nothing and means everything to somebody else.

1:39.9

Let's go.

1:45.9

Matt, what's up, brother?

1:47.7

How are you, man?

1:49.3

Good to see you.

1:50.0

I want to set the premise where you told me to not prepare for today's episode because I want to be curious.

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