In the end, we only regret THIS

When it's all said and done, we will only regret the chances we didn't take.

Worse than regretting the things we have done is regretting not having done something.

Imagine spending your whole life wondering whether you could have achieved a particular goal.

That "what if" feeling can certainly come back to haunt us every now and then. We may comfort ourselves by saying things like "it wasn't meant to be," but deep down, we just never know.

Whether it's asking out the girl you've been in love with since the 3rd grade, jumping out of an airplane, or starting your own business, chances are it's a debilitating fear of failure that is keeping you from striving toward your goal.

When you doubt yourself and imagine the worst, you've essentially given up before you've begun.

And the only surefire way to fail is to give up. If you try and fall short, you haven't failed -- you've merely learned a lesson.

We must aim to come out of our comfort zone and take a risk sooner or later. Otherwise, we're not challenging ourselves to grow and have no idea what we're capable of.

Now, it's important for me to stress that the goal should be something YOU genuinely wish to accomplish -- not something that a friend or relative is foisting upon you.

You want to be sure this is your goal and not one someone else wants to achieve vicariously through you.

Why is the sense of regret I alluded to earlier so deep?

It's because it revolves around the concept of time.

Time is our single most valuable resource because, once it's gone, we can never recoup it.

So don't wait another day! Start working toward your goals today, even if it's in small, gradual steps.

Instead of being afraid to fail, we should be afraid to wake up one day and realize that we had the opportunity to pursue a goal, but that opportunity is no longer available to us.

Let's not feed the tired cliche of wanting something once it's gone. Even if we don't make it to the finish line, we can at least take pride in knowing we tried.

You can achieve anything you set your heart and mind to. Believe in yourself!

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