Jeff Bezos quit his Wall Street job by asking himself one question: will I regret not doing this when I'm 80? He drove across the country and started Amazon in a garage. Evan Carmichael explains how imagining your future self cuts through fear and money worries.
Will I regret not doing this when I'm 80? That's the question Jeff Bezos asked himself before he quit his safe job on Wall Street. He had a good salary, a nice office, and zero reason to leave except for one crazy idea: selling books on the internet. He was scared. Quitting meant giving up comfort, money, stability. So he walked around Central Park thinking. Then he asked himself, when I'm 80, will I regret not trying? And the answer was clear. Yes. That question cut through the noise. It wasn't about money. It wasn't about success. It was about regret, about knowing you had a shot and not taking it. So he quit, drove across the country, started Amazon in a garage with doors made from Home Depot wood. And that one decision, it changed the internet and his life forever. When fear shows up, ask the 80-year-old version of you what to do. Chances are they'll say, go for it. Believe.
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