Chapter Twenty Four

Don’t Have Any Regrets at Your Deathbed

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.

 

Mark Twain

Imagine yourself as an 80-year-old at your deathbed. If you regret that you did not endeavour and achieve anything in your life, this realization would be more painful than having encountered failures during your lifetime. In fact, man’s biggest mistake lies in not attempting anything during his lifetime and regretting this during his old age. Most of the people have regrets at the end of their life about their careers or other issues—for ...

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