by Hank TrislerNo, it's not a tattoo. That's one of very few things I've not had a run at. Regrets are actually worthless, as you can do nothing about the past. That ship has sailed.
Failure to act is far more regrettable than any mistake you might make. Malcolm Forbes said, "In looking back, I'm far more sorry for the things I didn't do, than the things I shouldn't have done.
My greatest tragedy of omission is I've lost track of the buyer of the first car I ever sold. When I left the automobile bidness, I also left Seattle and couldn't conceive that I'd ever need the names of my customers again. WRONG!
If I had my hand to play over, I'd never again lose track of a customer. No matter what I might be selling, or where I might be selling it. The only way a customer could get out of my files would be to die out of them.
You'll be exactly the same person in ten years as you are today with the exception of the books you read and the people you meet. The books are another story for another day, but the people is the entire point of this rant.
NEVER FORGET A CUSTOMER. NEVER LET A CUSTOMER FORGET YOU.
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ReplyDeleteI was YOUR customer, but it was me that didn't forget you after thirty years.
Aha, but of course.
The Hank Charisma.
That was it.
Nice post.
Mine would be the tons of times I have had a great idea in the middle of the night........BESIDES THAT.....and didn't write it down.
And the tons of times I did not take action.
Me, the guy who used to TEACH that.
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Bob
Much like you Hank, I don't spend much time trying to deal with the past. I have plenty of regrets about some of the opportunities I passed on. My one true regret was having slept so much of my life away. If possible, that is one thing, perhaps the only thing, I would change about my life. My, it's time to get to bed. Goodnight.
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