Around The World On $80

ody">Another idea he used to get free or inexpensive
Jules Vernes adventure story, Around the Worldtravel was to use cigarettes as a medium of
in 80 Days, stimulated the imagination ofexchange. He bought four cartons of American
26-year-old Robert Christopher.cigarettes in Shannon, Ireland, for $4.80. He used
"Why," he asked himself, "can't I go around theone carton to pay someone to drive him from
world on $80."Paris to Vienna. And he used four cigarette packs
Bob's first step was to list all the problems thatto pay a train conductor fro a trip from Vienna to
he would face. His second step was to note allSwitzerland through the Alps.
possible solutions.Besides cigarettes, Bob also used maps as a
His third step was to take action!medium of exchange. In Bangkok, the owner of
He started by signing a contract with the Charlesan expensive restaurant fed him in exchange for
Pfizer Company, a large pharmaceutical company,a a set of maps and a detailed description of a
to collect soil samples from the various countriesspecific area that Bob had traveled through.
that he planned to visit. Next he secured anBob finally came home to the U.S. as a crew
international driver's license, obtained maps inmember of the S.S. Flying Spray, which
return for a proposed report on Middle East roadtransported him from Japan to San Francisco.
conditions, acquired seamen's papers, and securedBob proved to himself that any given aim could
a letter from the New York Police Department tobe accomplished if he had faith in it.
show that he had no criminal record. Then heRobert Christopher set himself an apparently
took care of his boarding by arranging for a youthimpossible task. He wanted to challenge himself.
hostel membership. His final step was to talk aHe wanted to prove that he could do anything he
freight airline into flying him over the Atlantic inset his mind to doing. He used organized thinking,
return for photographs which could be used forexercised initiative, self-discipline, and creative
company publicity.vision, and acted with faith and confidence.
Bob left New York City with $80 in his pocket.In your own life, you can do apparently impossible
He used his wits to travel around the world in 86things as well if you can organize your thinking,
days.and exercise initiative, self-discipline, and creative
He saved money by breakfasting free in Gander,vision, and act with faith and confidence.
Newfoundland, by photographing the cooks in aAbove all, refuse to believe in the impossible. You
hotel kitchen. He also traveled free by bus fromcan do anything you want once you set your
Syria to Damascus by taking pictures of a Syrianmind on it and follow through with a positive plan.
policeman who then ordered a bus driver toBelieve in your dreams and make them real by
transport Bob. And he used the same idea totrying out all possible options. When you're
travel free from Baghdad to Teheran. This timesufficiently motivated to do something--no matter
he took pictures of the staff of the Iraq Expresshow impossible it may seem--your mind will
Transportation Company.create ways to convert your dreams into reality.