What would you do differently? Nothing.

"What would you do differently?" It's a question I get almost any time I'm speaking to people. And I always have the same answer... "I get this question a lot, and I hate answering it."

Why? It's a story that goes back 35 years.

When I was 15 years old, I went for a bike ride to the local golf range. I lived just down the street - up a hill, down a hill, turn a corner and I was there. And I loved to golf. So I'd go often.

One day I took my bike, went to the range with just one club, and hit a bucket of balls. As I was leaving, I can still remember looking both ways before crossing the street, seeing a car way down the road, and turning to go home.

That's about all I can remember.

Inside that car was a firefighter who'd decided to drink that afternoon. And then got into his car. Somehow he didn't notice me -and drove his car right into my bike. I flew off, my head hit his windshield and smashed it (I wasn't wearing a helmet), and I was knocked out instantly. For hours.

Many others in Ottawa have had similar accidents with worse outcomes than me. I don't know why I got lucky and survived that day. But I did.

And I learned very early on that you can "what if" yourself to death.

What if I hadn't gone? What if the bucket had a few more balls in it? Or a few less? What if I'd waited to leave? Or left earlier? What if he'd had another drink? Or one less?

In so many scenarios our paths don't cross that day at all.

It's the same running a business.

What if we'd done this? What if we'd done that? What if we'd raised money earlier? What if we hadn't raised money at all? What if we'd added that feature? What if we'd won that big contract?

You make the best decisions you can with the information you have at the time.

Sure, looking back you can always see better decisions. Because you have more information. You know what you did, you know what happens when you put those inputs in.

In the moment you don't have all that information. You have your history and the knowledge you have at that time.

Be confident in the decisions you make - they're the best ones you can make with the information you have at that time. Don't spend time second guessing yourself. Adjust if you realize you've made errors, but thinking back about what you could have done is a waste of time that won't help you in the future.