I hit two major milestones today. Both of which would seem inconceivable just 5 years ago.
I broke my 150th Guinness World Records title, and I published my first book: Breaking Records: 21 Lessons from 21 World Record Attempts. Available now from Amazon in paperback and Kindle.
After way too much interest in last week’s Guinness World Records title for the fastest time to drink 1 liter of lemon juice through a straw, I suffered from short term memory loss on the discomfort and went after the lime version of the record. It was also held by Andre Ortolf at 21.81 seconds.
For some reason, I was thinking that since I liked lime better than lemon that this would be more pleasant. I was mistaken. This time I even had to run to the sink before just barely being able to keep 200 servings of lime down.
I was in so much distress, I forgot to even ask if I broke the record for a couple of minutes. I got 17.29 seconds after a slow-motion review of both cameras showed I ended at exactly 17.29 seconds.
17.29 seconds mouth open 
17.29 seconds mouth open
I think I’m done with drinking records for a while and will see if I can’t find some more physically active ones that get my blood flowing instead of making me sit around all day after.
My sister-in-law also told me I had to stop doing this since I was going to damage my stomach linking (she’s a nurse practitioner and I feel like maybe I should listen to her, or my body which agrees).
I’d love it if you checked out my book and the lessons it has to offer someone who wants to improve themself. How does someone go from not smart enough for the gifted program in Idaho’s public education system to an MIT graduate with an electrical engineering degree or from having zero Guinness World Records at the age of 30 to 150 at the age of 35? I offer stories from my first 21 record attempts that hone in on a particular idea or topic that can help almost anyone become more successful in their life.
