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Playing It Safe

Try not to be too careful or too patient in life that you miss out on big opportunities. Taking my personal safety into account, I would guess that over 90% of the missed opportunities in my life have resulted from playing it safe or waiting for “the right time.” This has happened in my personal life and in my professional life. 

I think it’s totally natural to have regrets and I personally don’t put much stock into the idea that you can live a regret-less life. If you’re a human being that’s pretty much impossible. However, I do see value in living a life that keeps regrets to a minimum. A lot of times the worst thing that will happen to you is that you aren’t successful in your attempt or you get a “no” instead of a “yes” or maybe your ego takes a bit of a blow and you feel embarrassed. Again, that’s all part of life AND you can use any life event as a learning lesson. I would rather fail gloriously than quietly play it safe all the time.