Gurley's Wharton survey confirmed six in ten people would choose a different career if starting over.
“Ours was seven and ten, theirs came back six and ten. I mean, it's still”
Gurley partnered with Wharton researcher to study career regret, finding six in ten would choose differently if starting over.
“We partnered with Wharton and did a much broader one. Ours was seven and ten, theirs came back six and ten.”
Gurley reports survey finding that seven out of ten people would choose a different career.
“we asked a thousand people, if you could start your career over again, would you do something different? And seven out of 10 said yes.”
Gurley's Wharton survey found six out of ten people would choose a different career if starting over.
“I launched a survey on SurveyMonkey that said, if you could go back and start over, would you would you do a different career? And seven out of 10 people said yes.”
Gurley repeated career regret survey with Wharton People Analytics to validate SurveyMonkey findings on career satisfaction.
“We did a survey first on survey monkey, and then we did it again with Wharton people analytics, because we wanted to make sure we got it right.”
Gurley's SurveyMonkey found seven out of ten would restart careers differently, Wharton survey found six out of ten.
“And in our original SurveyMonkey, seven out of 10 said yes. With Wharton, it was six out of 10. It's still a vast majority of people.”
Gurley cites Daniel Pink finding that humans dwell on regrets of inaction more than action mistakes.
“With Wharton, it was six out of 10. It's still a vast majority of people. Daniel Pink in his book, The Power of Regret notes that humans dwell on regrets of inaction.”
Gurley conducted survey with Wharton asking college graduates if they would choose different careers.
“Where we asked people that had been to college, you know, if you could start your career over again, would you do it differently?”