Jeff Goins Why You Should Travel Young Summary

“Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves.” Henry David Thoreau stood behind the fact that all change is a miracle that happens in every instant. World travel has the potential to introduce an individual to the various miracles that life has to offer through aspects like culture, scenery, and language. In fact, there is a psychological concept that goes by the name of the “Big Five.” The number five refers to the five most dominant characteristics of personality: openness, extraversion, neuroticism, conscientiousness and agreeableness. Meeting new people and exposing oneself with new culture is one of is an activity that is one of the main contributors to the openness factor of personality which in turn has a domino effect on the remaining four characteristics (“5 Ways…”). That being said, by travelling the world an individual is able to become more adventurous and well rounded.

You think differently if you traveled and had unforgettable experiences that are good or possibly bad, rather than sit in your house or stay in the same country or state forever. Whatever path we look to go down or instinctively will follow based on who you are, will impact you. One would could say that the human mind has its limits, but that is not for one to decide, rather that is for you to dictate. A mental journey compels one to push through discovery of personal limits of the human mind teaching one to overcome using intellectual and cognitive senses to make significant conclusions based on what they perceive as the correct

Imagine getting away from the monotony of your everyday life. You can lie on the beach sipping a cool drink miles away from your worries of getting a paper done or helping a customer at work. You can be on top of a mountain overlooking beautiful lands that are different from your own backyard. Half of the class has taken a vacation less than five times in their lifetimes, but let’s face that most of those probably included those little family vacations to Disneyland. But, all of you said that you planned to travel someday. So, why not do it sooner than later? One of the reasons for not traveling that many of you put is not having time because of school or work. Also, one of your major concerns is

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Individuals set off on physical, mental, and spiritual journeys. But what influences a person to take off on one? Writer and adventurer, Kira Salak once said: “If a journey doesn’t have something to teach you about yourself, then what kind of journey is it?” People often embark on a journey to achieve a goal and their experiences teach them that there will be obstacles along the way.

“I see my path, but I don’t know where it leads. Not knowing where I’m going is what inspires me to travel it” (Rosalia de Castro). It is my belief that the most important experiences in life, are made by the opportunity to travel. Not only does travel come with a great sense of adventure, it allows for you to gain a whole new perspective on life, explore diversity and new cultures, and it provides a chance for you to learn about yourself in a new frame of mind.

Jawaharlal Nehru, the former prime minister of India, once said “We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.” (Brainy quote) In the past, I thought that adventure was this grand and rare event that is impossible to come across. As I have grown older and wiser, I have begun to think the opposite. I will never forget the time that I got lost in California because it made me realize what real adventure is, and how common it can be.

Travelling is important as it can remove the unintended prejudice that individuals carry out rashly. Sometimes, people unconsciously treat others differently solely based on their own beliefs. Since their judgement is based only on opinion, therefore it may be inaccurate to use when addressing the persons around them. However, exploring the world may lessen your tendency to be prejudice as you will gain detailed insights to the way others think, the way others see, and the way others live. Thus, this will allow you to not make foolhardy assumptions when being in contact with a society or community as you will be more knowledgeable to understand why they are the way they are. Removing prejudice from our lifestyle is very important to us as open-thinkers as we often make many mistakes in the treatment of other human beings. Prejudice is an undesirable trait to possess because

Traveling is the only place that I get pushed out of what I’m familiar with. A ten-hour plane ride takes me not only to another country, but to an entirely other world. The way I was raised, I was taught that although we may like the United States the most, it’s important to learn and remain current with what’s happening in the world. Traveling and seeing the places I read about makes everything in my world different. I notice the small cultural differences, where in Germany it seemed like

However, in more recent trips I've had a realization that I like going on those trips

I have always had the desire to travel the world. I am a very fortunate person because I get to travel places that people dream of going to. I am aware of how lucky I am, but the more I travel the more place I want to visit. The quote “Stop and Smell the Roses” is one that I live very closely to. We live in a bubble, so we get very little cultural experiences or a different adventure. Even if you go to places like New York City or Los Angeles, you experience many different lifestyles. Whether you go to Chinatown, Kensington or Fitzroy, you get to participate in various cultural exchanges. I love to take a lot of pictures, but I also prefer to remember my adventures from memories, not pictures. Photos are good for when you are trying to remember

Being adventurous is how you start to understand who you really are. Many people believe it is dangerous to travel, not worth it. But I believe, the world is dangerous. There are shootings everyday but getting out there and risking it is just living. Being adventurous shows you how others have to live, what so many people deal with every day. Or what so many people get to see every day, the beautiful yet cruel world we live in. There is a purpose for everything here, it is meant to be seen. We are not here to work everyday and then go home to rest and do it all over again, we were made to make a difference and to understand the world. Mountains were made to climb, oceans were made to be seen, and landmarks were too, “in reality nothing is more damaging to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future. The very basic core of a

reality, many travellers adopt a ‘here for a good time, not a long time’ motto – often thinking that because they are away for a short period the chance of anything happening to them is minimal.”

    Let me start from the beginning. I have always wanted to go and travel, but used the excuse of having no travel companions, or to busy with school as an excuse. After a rough semester of school, and overall disatisfaction with my life in California I decided my dull life needed some revamping. With the track I am on to become a doctor, I know school will get more and more intense, with less and less time for activities. Instead of throwing away my youth busying myself with schoolwork, I knew I wanted an adventure.

Traveling is different depending on where one goes, how long they stay, and what one does there. In my experience, traveling has consisted of packing a bag, driving to the airport, getting on a plane and traveling to a destination that is considerably far away. I would not consider going to a place a couple of hours away from my home traveling. I would not consider my drive home from the university traveling. When I asked my parents and grandparents about their original thought of traveling, they unanimously said traveling within the state of Michigan and going to their relatives’ homes in nearby areas. They would make every journey to a relative’s house a meaningful event because they were not capable of