Choose
What You Want to
Regret
Drawing on decades of experience leading organizations and mentoring others, Dr. Jim Murdaugh offers practical perspectives to help leaders navigate difficult decisions, strengthen their judgment, and lead with greater confidence and purpose.
ABOUT THE BOOK
Choose What You Want to Regret: Leadership That Matters is written for leaders who want practical guidance for the challenges that come with leading people and organizations.
Through real-world experiences and lessons developed over a lifetime of leadership, Jim explores how leaders can approach difficult choices, navigate competing priorities, build stronger teams, and become more intentional about the kind of leader they want to be.
At the heart of the book is a simple idea:
We may not be able to avoid every regret, but we can choose which ones we are willing to live with.
WHY I WROTE THIS BOOK
Leadership requires decisions—often difficult ones, and rarely without tradeoffs.
Over the years, many of the leaders I have mentored have come to me with questions about personnel, competing priorities, organizational challenges, and situations in which there simply was no perfect answer.
Those conversations became part of the inspiration for Choose What You Want to Regret. I wanted to share the lessons and perspectives that have shaped my own leadership and offer practical guidance to others facing the same kinds of difficult decisions.
My hope is that this book helps readers become more intentional about how they lead, more confident in the choices they make, and more thoughtful about the impact those choices have on others.
Because while we may not be able to avoid every regret, we can choose which ones we are willing to live with.
WHAT YOU’LL FIND INSIDE
Practical leadership for real-world challenges.
Choose What You Want to Regret explores the questions and situations leaders encounter every day, including:
Making difficult decisions when there is no perfect answer
Navigating competing priorities
Building and leading strong teams
Identifying and developing talent
Managing personnel challenges
Strengthening judgment and confidence
Leading intentionally through change
Understanding the impact your decisions have on others
REVIEWS
"This book is a master class in leadership. Whether building high-performing teams, identifying top talent, or elevating your CEO presence, Dr. Jim Murdaugh provides the blueprint. A master storyteller, he blends practical wisdom with real-world examples- making every lesson inspiring and actionable."
— Karen B. Moore
Founder and CEO, Moore
"Some books should be required reading for both veteran and aspiring leaders alike and Choose What You Want to Regret is one of those books. Filled with useful lessons for every level of leader from the chairman of the board to an aspiring first-time manager, this book delivers page after page of wisdom."
— Mark Wilson
President and CEO, Florida Chamber of Commerce
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