My regrets

My regrets: Based on the above information on regrets, I really did not have very many regrets living my life. Almost all the decisions that I made, I would make again if I had the same information in front of me. As you get older, you start seeing all kinds of information that you did not have at the time that you made the decision that gives you the ability to be a Monday morning quarterback. The whole purpose of the book and or the ethical will is to try to provide this perspective and information to my kids and grandkids and great-grandkids so that they could have the information at the time that they make the decision.

— from The Heart in the Cockpit (Emotion/Awe/Anxiety/Regret/Empathy)

In the book

A mistake is not a regret. If I made a decision with the information I had at the time, and I would make the same decision again given that same information, then even if it turned out badly it is not a regret — it is just life. Living long enough turns everyone into a Monday-morning quarterback, armed with facts they never had on game day; that hindsight is not regret, it is just the cruelty of new information. The whole point of this book, in fact, is to hand you some of that information before your game day, so you carry fewer true regrets than I did. — The Heart in the Cockpit (Emotion/Awe/Anxiety/Regret/Empathy)

Invest in people. Relationships are the greatest predictor of a happy life; be a giver, not a taker. Children — I have flown a long flight, and I'll tell you plainly: I have very few regrets. Almost every decision I made I would make again with the same facts in front of me, and the whole point of this book is to hand you the facts a little earlier than I had them, so your own list of regrets stays short too. […] Children — I have flown a long flight, and I'll tell you plainly: I have very few regrets. Almost every decision I made I would make again with the same facts in front of me, and the whole point of this book is to hand you the facts a little earlier than I had them, so your own list of regrets stays short too. I grew up among the old and the dying, and it taught me not to waste the trip. — Enjoy the Flight (Living/Balance/Happiness/Passion)

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