In this birthday vlog, entrepreneur Rob Moore, turning 46, shares a candid list of seven (plus one bonus) personal regrets intended to help viewers avoid similar mistakes. He reflects on delaying his entrepreneurial start, suppressing his emotions, prematurely ending his son’s promising golf career, caring too much about others’ opinions, not being bolder during the COVID‑19 lockdown and inflation period, allowing self‑doubt and playing small, and taking too long to embrace his haters. He adds a bonus regret of not asking for help sooner. Throughout, he emphasizes that regret can be a valuable teacher. The video concludes with a birthday “gift”: a free, live Zoom session (robmoore.live/sunday) that teaches how to scale a business to $10,000 a month, presented as a give‑back to his community. He invites viewers to comment on their own regrets and to join the Zoom, reinforcing his community‑first, self‑improvement ethos.
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It's my birthday today, and I want to share 7 deep regrets I have for the benefit of you not making the same mistakes and having the same regrets. And also because I feel really awkward celebrating my birthdays. In fact, I have a gift, um, to share with you on this video. Because I much prefer sharing and celebrating my birthdays with you and giving you a gift as opposed to receiving gifts myself. Although I do love Patek Philippe, just so you know, in case you want to give me any birthday gifts. So today I'm 46 years old. And people say, oh, I don't have regrets. Should never regret anything. Regret is wasted time and energy. I don't agree at all. I think that life is about emotions and feelings. I think that you should regret some things because if you don't regret them, you might do them again. And the best lessons are surely in regret. So I'm going to share with you 7 or 8 of mine that I've pondered over on my birthday, and then I'm going to share a gift with you. So regret number 1 I have is that I didn't start my business sooner. I should have done. My dad taught me to be an entrepreneur aged, what, 7, 8? I wanted to do something of my own age 18, age 21, and I was too scared and I didn't. And I didn't start my business until age 27. And I'm now 46. So it's my 46th birthday today. And I would have loved to have started my business when I was 16 or 21 or 23, when I could have, should have. Now I know coulda, woulda, shoulda, don't look back. But I regret not starting my business sooner because, you know, being in business and being an entrepreneur for 20 years has changed my life. And it's been absolutely, it's given me virtually everything for me and my family. Number 2, I regret repressing my feelings and not being more bold about expressing my truth because I would be a people-pleasing conflict avoider. That would be my personality type, and I would repress my own emotions. And I remember one of my mentors, Dr. John Demartini, he said to me, Robbie, if you have the choice between pissing yourself off or pissing someone else off, you should choose them every time. So I've repressed a lot of feelings. I'm not saying I should have gone out there and shouted and screamed at everyone. I like that I'm not hurtful, but I've repressed too much and I should have expressed it and just shared my truth. And I do a lot more of that now and I regret not doing that. The third regret I have is I let my son retire at golf age 7. And age 5 he played in the World Championships as the youngest competitor. He did age 6 as well. And then he retired age 7. And people are like, Rob, you're pushing your kid too hard. It's got to come from them and not you. And they were right. But now that he's, what, 13? Not really that arse. I mean, he's, you know, he's a beautiful boy, human. But I know he's going to come to me when he's older and say, Dad, I wish you'd have kept me going at golf. And I put being a dad in a relationship before him being great at golf. But I kind of wish he was still kicking ass, world number 1 golf. Just being honest. Regret number 4 I have is thinking too much and caring too much about what people think about me. People aren't thinking about you, they don't care about you, they've got their own problems and their own worries, and I spent a lot of time dwelling in that. One of the great gifts of aging is that you care less about what people think about you. By the way, give me a yes if you share any of these regrets or you can resonate with any of them. Regret number 5 I have is allowing the government to lock down my business and allowing the government and the central banks to steal a lot of my money. Since March 2020, inflation has been a third, and you know, they made our business really hard, probably unlawfully, it looks like now. And I regret not, I mean, I was quite bold and outspoken about that, but I regret being not more bold and not more outspoken. Lesson learned. Regret number 6 is any self-doubt I've ever had, any playing small I've ever done, I regret. Because I know I've got greatness inside of me, as you have. And I know I've played small for fear of ridicule and, you know, being rejected. And fucking let go of it all. We're all meant for something more, something bigger, something bolder, something greater in our own area of uniqueness. Regret number 7 I have is— Ian has said resonates with all but one. Appreciate that, Ian. Any regrets you have, share. Regret number 7 is not loving my haters sooner. I love my haters. They're my best marketers. They're brilliant for my algorithms. They're good to have debates with. They keep me motivated and accountable. I fucking love my haters. By the way, I love my fans, but I always love my fans. But it took me a lot of years of You know, building good resilience and self-worth to love my haters too, I regret that. And then a little bonus one is I regret not asking for help more or asking for help sooner. There's been times when I've needed help, and many of you are probably pretty successful, and so you don't want to ask for help because you don't want to be seen to be sort of weak or vulnerable or needy, but asking for help is a strength, not a weakness. So I've got a gift to share with you. I'll summarize in a moment my 8 regrets. So the gift is, to celebrate my birthday, I'm doing a detailed Zoom on how to quickly scale to $10,000 a month. I did some polls in my community. Are most people looking for $5,000 a month, $10,000 a month, or $25,000 a month or more? And as much as everyone would love $25,000 a month or more, the majority of people are shooting for $10,000 a month. So here's what I've done. I'm going to do a Zoom on my birthday eve— well, it's tomorrow, but this, you know, within the next 48 hours— on how to quickly hit 10 grand a month. Let me just get the link for you if I can find it. Where is it? Let's have a look. Ah yes, robmoore.live/sunday. RobMoore.live/sunday. Every year for the last 6 years, instead of having a party, I have done a Zoom, shared my birthday with you, and given these gifts away. It's what I prefer to do. I'm not very social, as my friends will tell you, like Paul O'Mahony, who's in the comments. He'll tell you, um, So I like to sort of share my birthday with the community. So robmoore.live/sunday. Let me just double-check that link and give you a chance to go and test it yourself. This is no cost. I'm doing this as a giveback. It's my gift to you on my birthday. If you want to hit 10 grand a month in the quickest realistic timeframe, no nonsense, get-rich-quickie, bullshitty stuff, then go to robmoore.live/sunday. I'm not planning any recordings. So you need to go and do it now. The agenda, the date, the time is on the link, robmoore.live/sunday, so you can go and check it out there. So I'll give you sort of 30 seconds to do that, and what I'll do is I'll just do a quick summary of my 7+1 regrets. So it's my birthday, and I contemplate my regrets on my birthday 'cause I become quite insular. I sometimes get a bit down on my birthdays, and it's not ageing, I actually quite like ageing, There's been some great gifts of aging, like not giving a fuck. My dad's like 81, his health's really dropping, but he gives no fucks and it's really inspiring. But people say, "Oh, I don't regret anything, there's no point regretting." Regretting is a great thing. Not beating yourself up, but, "Yeah, maybe I could have done that better, maybe I should have done that." So I don't think there's any problem, and I'm gonna do it for you. So I regret not starting my business sooner. Should have started earlier, could have started earlier. I regret repressing my feelings and not telling people the truth or how I feel. Feel. I was worried about ridicule or, you know, getting rejected. I regret letting my son stop his World Golf Championships. I regret caring too much about what people think about me. I regret bending over a bit too much in lockdown in March 2020, although I spoke up and pushed back, but I think I should have fought more. I regret any self-doubt or playing small I've ever had. I regret not loving my haters sooner, and I regret not asking for more help when I've needed it. It. And at times I've suffered in silence or just let my pride get in the way. So they're the things I regret. I definitely don't regret sharing all my birthdays with you. I'm definitely excited that I'm giving you this special gift, which is the 3 fastest ways to make 10 grand a month realistically. Um, no get-rich-quickie stuff, but stuff that really works quicker. And the link is robmoore.live/sunday. So I want to say thank you very much for following me, for all the support you've ever given me. I love my fans, I love my haters too. Thanks if you're a critic. Thanks for keeping me accountable. Let me know if you've got any regrets or if you did have, what they were in the comments. And make sure you take me up on my celebration gift to you, which is my special Zoom on hitting 10 grand a month in the quickest possible time. RobMoore.life/Sunday. Really appreciate you. Thanks for tuning in. And remember, if you don't risk anything, you risk everything.
