Live Without Regrets: What Are the Top 5 Career Regrets? | TIME
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5. I wish I had acted on my career hunches.
“Several individuals recounted windows of opportunity in their careers, or as one professional described, ‘now-or-never moments.’”
So what do we regret the most?
- You’re more likely to regret the things you didn’t do than the things you did. (The split is about 75/25.)
- Education was the biggest inducer of regret, followed by career, romance, parenting, the self, and leisure.
- You’re more likely to regret purchasing things. You’re more likely to regret not purchasing experiences.
7:57 AM Oct 02 2014