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Regrets?
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ChicagoBlue
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Not signing the professional deal offered at Leeds United, when I was rooming with John Lukic, the young keeper.
Life is really good right now, so it’s not a huge regret, but I often wonder how far I might have gone.
Now I’m at the top of my current profession, I feel a little bit of a twat even mentioning it, but EVERYONE I KNEW thought it was a big mistake to turn it down at the time, but I was adamant I was getting my A levels first!
Oh well…had a great girlfriend, too, when I left for the States, but she’s made a wonderful life for herself regardless, so that’s great!
Life is really good right now, so it’s not a huge regret, but I often wonder how far I might have gone.
Now I’m at the top of my current profession, I feel a little bit of a twat even mentioning it, but EVERYONE I KNEW thought it was a big mistake to turn it down at the time, but I was adamant I was getting my A levels first!
Oh well…had a great girlfriend, too, when I left for the States, but she’s made a wonderful life for herself regardless, so that’s great!
Pubteam Lomas
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I don't really do looking back, BUT!!!!!!!
My mum wanted me to go to a secondary school none of my mates were going to. It was 6/7 miles away and all my mates were going to the local school.
I cried ( I was 10 years old!!!) and got my own way as my dad was pretty laid back and just wanted me to be happy.
It was a shithole, I hated it and I failed almost everything.
Took me years to get my qualifications.
Am I happy? Yeah, but it's one of the things I'd change in my life.
Life has a way of correcting your mistakes though and when my kids were going to high school they went to the one I should have! I made sure of it!!!!
They did really well and loved it!
My mum wanted me to go to a secondary school none of my mates were going to. It was 6/7 miles away and all my mates were going to the local school.
I cried ( I was 10 years old!!!) and got my own way as my dad was pretty laid back and just wanted me to be happy.
It was a shithole, I hated it and I failed almost everything.
Took me years to get my qualifications.
Am I happy? Yeah, but it's one of the things I'd change in my life.
Life has a way of correcting your mistakes though and when my kids were going to high school they went to the one I should have! I made sure of it!!!!
They did really well and loved it!
HolisticJim
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Had the potential to put a 10k contribution to a new startup business.
I told the mate it was a career killer and chose not to.
12 months later he was a millionaire!
Gutted.
I told the mate it was a career killer and chose not to.
12 months later he was a millionaire!
Gutted.
ChicagoBlue
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Let’s not get into “investment mistakes” or this will be the longest BM thread ever!Had the potential to put a 10k contribution to a new startup business.
I told the mate it was a career killer and chose not to.
12 months later he was a millionaire!
Gutted.
Bought $80,000 of AAPL, sold it at $150,000 and invested the money elsewhere. That investment would be worth almost $4M today if I’d just left it alone!
Placed a trade for 3 shares of BRK.A at $72K, but required a broker due to the automation thinking $72,000.00 was an error. Broker said it was having a bad day and that I would probably do better to put in a limit order at $70K. Stock never touched $70K and barely dipped below $72K. It was my whole wad at the time, so I couldn’t afford 3 shares when I got back from my flight! It’s about $500K/share now!
Should I go on???? ;-)
jimharri
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You can fly. You lucky bas, er, gentleman, I have to use a plane.Waiting until I was 48 before learning to fly
MellowJoe
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I don't have any, I have only.
manimanc
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Absolutely none.
I'm nearly 50 and I've had a blast.
I wouldn't change anything from my past and if there is regrets in there then they certainly wasn't important enough to notice.
I'm nearly 50 and I've had a blast.
I wouldn't change anything from my past and if there is regrets in there then they certainly wasn't important enough to notice.
GFBlue
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How long have you got?