Key takeaways: Becoming Bulletproof
Key takeaways from Becoming Bulletproof by Evy Poumpouras. A former Secret Service agent on regret, and how to measure success.

Far more people regret actions they didn’t take than the ones they did, even the ones we’d later see as mistakes.
We regret the things we had an opportunity to do, but didn’t. An opportunity lost, a promise unfulfilled, leaves open infinite possibilities of what might have been. Because there’s no certainty or closure, our mind is left free to imagine a life different to the one we’re living now.
Success should be a measure of your resolve to carry out your mission, with a sense of pride or satisfaction.
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