Setting lifelong goals and how to achieve them Martin Christensen | TEDxBoston College

In his encouraging speech, Martin Christiansen described how he was able to achieve nearly impossible goals such as climbing Mount Everest and serving several tours in Iraq. He reveals his strategy for goal-setting and how small steps can lead to incredible achievements. As a nineteen-year-old college student, Martin Christensen made a list of 25 lifelong goals. The pursuit and achievement of those goals has inspired Martin to lead an adventurous and unique life. At only 35 years old, Martin has already traveled to all 50 states and 37 countries. He has climbed six of the seven summits (the highest mountain on every continent) including Mount Everest. He served in the US Army as an Airborne and Ranger Qualified Infantry Officer, where he led dozens of men during two combat tours totaling 27 months. Martin holds a civil engineering degree from the University of Pittsburgh, an MBA from Webster University, and a master’s degree in Global Energy Management from the University of Colorado. Most recently he worked as a project manager on a billion dollar power plant project in Salem, Massachusetts. The project converted a 1950s coal and oil-fired plant into a modern, significantly cleaner and more efficient, combined cycle natural gas plant. The five-year project ended in September 2018. The talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. https://www.ted.com/tedx . Learn more on