I was recently sitting in a restaurant near two older gentlemen and I couldn't help but overhearing part of their conversation. One turned to the other and asked, "If you had your life to live over again, what would you do differently?" I waited anxiously as the second gentleman paused to collect his thoughts. Now, I know it's rude to eavesdrop, but I was fascinated to learn the answer to one of life's quintessential questions. Unfortunately, just then, laughter erupted at a nearby table and drowned out the gentleman's answer.

As you can imagine, I was very disappointed to miss out on this person's answer. In fact, I was tempted to walk over to their table and ask him to repeat it. Of course, I didn't. Instead, I pondered this question all the way back to the office and later that day, conducted a little research on this subject on the Internet. In the process, I came across one study of 1004 adults, age 65 and over, asking just this question. They answered as follows:

· 51% said they would have saved more money;

· 47% said they would have traveled more;

· 31% said they would have chosen a different career;

· 18% said they would have lived somewhere else;

As you can see, many people are living with regrets; and in some cases, major regrets. After all, one-third of these people spent a substantial portion of their waking hours engaged in the wrong career. Likewise, almost one-fifth of them spent their lives in the wrong city. In my view, this is nothing short of tragic.

No Regrets (Part II)

I know that I've said this 1,000 times before, but I will say it again, "Life is short!" And it's certainly too short to come to the end of it with major regrets. For this reason, I urge you to ask yourself this important question today, while you still have some time to affect the answer. If you had you life to live over, what would you do differently? And then, most importantly, do it.

If you think you should save more money, start saving. If you think you should travel more, start planning your next vacation. If you think that you are in the wrong relationship, then make the changes before it is too late, the next 40 years can be a lot better than the last seven. If you think you should work in a different field, then take some courses, read some books and network with people in your dream field. And if you think you should live somewhere else, then start making arrangements.

Now, you might be thinking that what I'm suggesting isn't that easy to do. Well, you're right. But it also isn't easy to live with regrets; living with what might have been. In fact, in comparison, anything is easier than living with the knowledge that your life could have been immeasurably better if only you'd only done something to change it. Do not wait until you are lying on your death-bed to say I wish I could have----