The Lotto numbers came up and they matched yours, only problem is you didn’t play them.
Ten years ago you could still buy generic domains at a fraction of the cost that they sold recently. Too bad you had no idea and no cash back then.
Two weeks ago you had a brilliant project idea that you didn’t work on right away; today, some Silicon Valley startup announced something similar. For free.
Bummer.
The triad of failed statements are : would have, could have, should have.
The only way to succeed is to disengage yourself from the past and move forward.
A million ideas are born every second, yet most of them never materialize. Use a notepad – plain good old pen and paper – and jot them down as they come.
Otherwise, every passing moment, every opportunity that did not come to fruition becomes part of the weight you drag behind you.
With regards to domaining, viewing every successful transaction, purchase or sale, with a “what if” approach is the wrong way to success.
No, you can’t go back to 1999 and grab that domain for a few hundred dollars, then fast forward to the present and sell it for a few millions.
It’s just not possible.
Therefore, focus on today and the future. The only timeline that you can affect is the one ahead of you.
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This is a very good article. I’m experiencing this sort of contemplation first-hand.