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Will 80-Year-Old You Regret This?

Jeff Bezos made every major decision by imagining himself at 80, looking back. The things he regretted most were the risks he didn't take, not the ones he did. Answer 7 questions about your financial decision and get a regret score.

The Regret Minimization Framework — Bezos (1994): "I wanted to project myself forward to age 80 and look back on my life. I knew that when I was 80, I was not going to regret having tried [this]. I was not going to regret trying to participate in this thing called the internet. I knew that if I failed, I wouldn't regret that. But I knew the one thing I might regret is not ever having tried." Apply it to any decision where the downside is recoverable and the upside is meaningful.
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Every second is one less second to act on this decision. The Bezos framework is really a question about this specific clock.
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