Life Without Regrets
In his talk Dieter reflected on a nurse who cared for the terminally ill. The nurse would ask her patients one question as they prepared to leave this life, "Do you have any regrets?" Many of them had regrets. Dieter than discussed the top three regrets people have before they die. As I read about these top regrets, I knew I would want to write a blog about this topic. My goal is that these words might help each of us focus on living a life without regrets, a life to our fullest potential.
My goal has been to learn from history and to learn from wise people who have gone before. If I do, maybe I can make less mistakes in this life and live life to its fullest, without regrets.
The World's Top 3 Life Regrets
#1. I Wish I Had Spent More Time with the People I Love
People deeply regretted that they spent so much of their lives on the daily treadmill of work. Many had lost out on choice memories that come from spending time with family and friends. If this is the top regret. How can each of us not have this regret?
How to Not Have this Regret
I believe it will take a life of balance. And when we are given leadership responsibilities over teams or we run companies, it will be vital that we make sure we promote a well-balanced life outside of work.
#2 I Wish I Had Lived Up to My Potential
To me this is an important regret we should never let happen. Too many people look back on their lives and realize that they never lived up to their potential, that too many songs remained unsung.
How to Not Have this Regret
Each of us must spend time understanding our talents. Each of us have talents. We also have many talents that are undiscovered. It needs to be our pursuit to understand our talents. Too many times in life, we only focus on our weaknesses. As a manager, an executive, or a coach, the goal needs to be to understand the talents of our teams and help our team members unleash their talents. Finding our talents will help each of us live up to our potential.
#3 I Wish I had Let Myself Be Happier
Dieter said, "So often we get caught up in the illusion that there is something just beyond our reach that would bring us happiness: a better family situation, a better financial situation, or the end of a challenging trial. The older we get, the more we look back and realize that external circumstances don't really determine our happiness. We determine our happiness."
How to Not Have this Regret
Each of us must be grateful each day. We must look at the positives of our situations and the positive of others we meet and work with. Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react. To be happy is to enjoy this journey of life and help others succeed. Helping others is the easiest way to find happiness daily.
Let's make the commitment today to live a life without regrets.
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