According to author Bronnie Ware, the 5 most common regrets in life are:
1. I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.
2. I wish I hadn’t worked so hard.
3. I wish I’d had the courage to express my feelings.
4. I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends.
5. I wish that I had let myself be happier.
I'm no expert, but I'd hazard a guess that these regrets were near the bottom:
- I wish I'd studied harder in school
- I wish I'd gotten that promotion sooner
- I wish I'd given an extra 2% at work
- I wish I had focused on my career
- I wish I'd been employee of the month more