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And I found after careful deliberation and data analysis that people regret a lot of stuff. It was all over the place. So now that's the bad news. The good news is that I also did another piece of my own research, something called the World Regret Survey, where I simply set up a website, worldregretsurvey.com, where I gathered regrets from around the globe.
It's like, from American college graduates, I am stunned by the number of regrets that American college graduates have about not studying abroad when they were in college. I couldn't believe it. Like, even if you Google, not Google, but if you go into the database and search the phrase like study abroad, you get like, Hundreds of hits. I couldn't, it's crazy. Okay. So that's an education regret.
It's like, from American college graduates, I am stunned by the number of regrets that American college graduates have about not studying abroad when they were in college. I couldn't believe it. Like, even if you Google, not Google, but if you go into the database and search the phrase like study abroad, you get like, Hundreds of hits. I couldn't, it's crazy. Okay. So that's an education regret.
It's like, from American college graduates, I am stunned by the number of regrets that American college graduates have about not studying abroad when they were in college. I couldn't believe it. Like, even if you Google, not Google, but if you go into the database and search the phrase like study abroad, you get like, Hundreds of hits. I couldn't, it's crazy. Okay. So that's an education regret.
It's like, from American college graduates, I am stunned by the number of regrets that American college graduates have about not studying abroad when they were in college. I couldn't believe it. Like, even if you Google, not Google, but if you go into the database and search the phrase like study abroad, you get like, Hundreds of hits. I couldn't, it's crazy. Okay. So that's an education regret.
It's like, from American college graduates, I am stunned by the number of regrets that American college graduates have about not studying abroad when they were in college. I couldn't believe it. Like, even if you Google, not Google, but if you go into the database and search the phrase like study abroad, you get like, Hundreds of hits. I couldn't, it's crazy. Okay. So that's an education regret.
And we now have a database of over 21,000 regrets from people in 109 countries. It's incredible. And once I looked at those, okay, just basically just people offering their regrets, but by the thousands all over the world, and I didn't ask them to categorize it. I just wanted to know their age, their gender identity, and their location.
And we now have a database of over 21,000 regrets from people in 109 countries. It's incredible. And once I looked at those, okay, just basically just people offering their regrets, but by the thousands all over the world, and I didn't ask them to categorize it. I just wanted to know their age, their gender identity, and their location.
And we now have a database of over 21,000 regrets from people in 109 countries. It's incredible. And once I looked at those, okay, just basically just people offering their regrets, but by the thousands all over the world, and I didn't ask them to categorize it. I just wanted to know their age, their gender identity, and their location.
And we now have a database of over 21,000 regrets from people in 109 countries. It's incredible. And once I looked at those, okay, just basically just people offering their regrets, but by the thousands all over the world, and I didn't ask them to categorize it. I just wanted to know their age, their gender identity, and their location.
And we now have a database of over 21,000 regrets from people in 109 countries. It's incredible. And once I looked at those, okay, just basically just people offering their regrets, but by the thousands all over the world, and I didn't ask them to categorize it. I just wanted to know their age, their gender identity, and their location.
Okay. People say, ah, I wish I had studied abroad. I was a little bit too scared to go away. And, you know, I thought I would miss people and dah, dah, dah, dah, dah, dah. And now I wish I had taken that, you know, now I wish I had studied abroad.
Okay. People say, ah, I wish I had studied abroad. I was a little bit too scared to go away. And, you know, I thought I would miss people and dah, dah, dah, dah, dah, dah. And now I wish I had taken that, you know, now I wish I had studied abroad.
Okay. People say, ah, I wish I had studied abroad. I was a little bit too scared to go away. And, you know, I thought I would miss people and dah, dah, dah, dah, dah, dah. And now I wish I had taken that, you know, now I wish I had studied abroad.
Okay. People say, ah, I wish I had studied abroad. I was a little bit too scared to go away. And, you know, I thought I would miss people and dah, dah, dah, dah, dah, dah. And now I wish I had taken that, you know, now I wish I had studied abroad.
Okay. People say, ah, I wish I had studied abroad. I was a little bit too scared to go away. And, you know, I thought I would miss people and dah, dah, dah, dah, dah, dah. And now I wish I had taken that, you know, now I wish I had studied abroad.
But you know what? It's a big deal, man. I have to say, I was blown away by that. I actually think that there is a, and this is for the entrepreneurial Yap listeners out there.
But you know what? It's a big deal, man. I have to say, I was blown away by that. I actually think that there is a, and this is for the entrepreneurial Yap listeners out there.
But you know what? It's a big deal, man. I have to say, I was blown away by that. I actually think that there is a, and this is for the entrepreneurial Yap listeners out there.
But you know what? It's a big deal, man. I have to say, I was blown away by that. I actually think that there is a, and this is for the entrepreneurial Yap listeners out there.