Over at Harvard Business Review, Daniel Gulati discusses his informal study of people’s biggest regrets about their career.
He talked to professionals who ranged in age and represented a variety of different industries but five ideas came up again and again:
I wish I hadn’t taken the job for the money. […]
I wish I had quit earlier. […]
I wish I had the confidence to start my own business. […]
I wish I had used my time at school more productively. […]
I wish I had acted on my career hunches. […]
Read the rest of the article for more research findings on regret.