I would love to teach my kids in grandkids…

I would love to teach my kids in grandkids as I said earlier, how to make decisions in a way that they do not have regrets. Regrets are one of the most painful emotions. I would like to teach them how to change quickly if they see that they have made a wrong decision. I would like to teach them that when they make important decisions to incorporate into the decision and evaluation of if they Will have regrets or not.

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

In the book

Two things I most want you to carry. The first is my whole philosophy of regret: make your decisions so carefully, and so honestly, that you can look back on the big ones without regret — and when you cannot, forgive yourself the way you would forgive someone you love, because it was always your best mind that got you there. I have made my peace, in business, by knowing that even when an outcome disappointed me, I had done the right thing — and there is a deep comfort in that which no profit can buy. — The Heart in the Cockpit (Emotion/Awe/Anxiety/Regret/Empathy)

Choose with your values in front of you. And use the test I have given more of you than any other: when you are torn, take the road you will not regret — because a regret, once earned, is almost impossible to remove. I can tell you, near the end, that I carry very few of them, and that the comfort of having done the right thing has outlasted every outcome, good or bad. — Decisions & Choices (Decision/Choice/Focus/Forethought/Consequences)

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