Daniel Pink

It's like you don't want to live your entire life as an ant.

You don't want to always prepare for gloom or doom.

But you want to be a little ant-like because your life is going to be better if you take responsibility, if you build that foundation.

Yes.

Okay, this is a really big category and it spreads throughout all of our lives.

And I think it tells us something really, really important.

Boldest regrets are this.

You look back on your life and you have two choices.

You play it safe, take the chance.

Play it safe.

Take the chance.

Hey, I can study abroad even though I've never gone out of the country, or I can just go and do my thing for another semester.

Hey, this person I'm really attracted to, I want to ask him or her out on a date, or I can just wimp out and not do it.

You know what?

I'm so deadened by this job.

I can either stay in it and continue the deadening, or I can take a risk and start a business.

Overwhelmingly, when people don't take the shot, they regret it.

Overwhelmingly, and it doesn't matter the domain of life.

It's like when we look back on our lives, what really bums us out is not taking the chance, not speaking up for something we care about, not standing up for ourselves, not starting that business.

I got hundreds of regrets about dating.