Gurley cites survey data showing 60% of people would choose a different career if they could start over.
“we did a survey where we asked people if you could go back in time and start your career over again, would you do something different? Six out of 10 said yes.”
Gurley explains that regrets of inaction intensify with age more than mistakes made.
“Daniel has, in his book on regrets, talks a lot about regrets of inaction. He calls them boldness regrets.”
Gurley's survey found six to seven out of 10 college graduates would do their career differently if starting over.
“if you could start your career over again, would you do it differently? And in our original SurveyMonkey, seven out of 10 said yes. With Wharton, it was six out of 10.”
Gurley's Wharton survey found six in ten people would choose a different career path if starting over.
“We hired we hired Wharton to do an official academic review, and that one came out six and ten. There's a book by Daniel Pink about regrets called the power of regrets.”
Gurley's Wharton survey found six in ten people would choose a different career if they could go back.
“It led to us doing this survey with Wharton where we asked people, if you could go back in life, would you choose a different career? And six in 10 people say yes.”