This will be your No. 1 regret when you die: Ivy League psych expert

If you've been following my writing for any amount of time, you know I carry a lot of regret in my life.

Yes, I’ve had a big couple of years.

But at 41, I was a sad, tired loser who drank too much and, as a result, was operating about 10 floors below my actual potential.

My goal of becoming an entrepreneur and shaking off the shackles of office life was vanishing before my eyes, and I was too drunk to do anything about it.

Now?

Over the past 2 years, I’ve built an online side business that does more than $30,000 in revenue per year across a range of streams including blogging, YouTube, stock trading, and books, with several more irons in fire.

While I haven’t yet shaken off those commuter shackles, I can say I’m a successful entrepreneur with a lot of optimism for the future.

But as long as I live, I will always wonder what could have been.

What if I didn’t piss away some 15 years drinking myself numb every night?

• Would I still be commuting now?
• Would I be really wealthy?
• Would my days be filled with exciting events and exotic locations?

I know … ruminating on past failures isn’t all that helpful.

But it serves as a good example of how quickly life can go sideways, and as an example of the №1…