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We know that this seems slightly off topic for a personal finance site but stay with us on this and we’ll explain.

Last Saturday morning we were off to a Rotary function. I was driving with Adrian as a passenger and my parents in the back seats. It was a hire car and I looked at the dash to increase the airflow since my passenger window had started to steam up. The car wandered slightly on to the dirt on the side of the road and I straightened the car, but then the back end fish tailed out and I hit the brakes. The car went into a spin and crashed into some trees, rolling onto the driver’s side. I screamed “No!” as I saw what was about to happen.

Miraculously (and I don’t use that word often) we were all okay. I had visions of killing my entire family just before we hit the trees. The trees were actually what saved us. They were strong enough to stop us from rolling down a steep embankment, but not too big to puncture the windows and injure us. I called the police and ambulance with my mobile (cell) phone.

A couple in a passing car and the Police helped us out, with the Ambulance officers checking that we were okay. We also had the State Emergency Services and the Country Fire Service attend the accident.

To everyone that helped us THANK YOU.

We are all okay except for a few bruises and a broken thumb nail. For the rest of the day I kept asking Adrian if it was true that we all got out alive. The Police told us (and I have been back to the crash site myself) that if I had rolled the car anywhere else then the result would have been very different due to the steep embankments.

Now almost dying – trust me this was genuine fear that I had injured or killed my entire family, tends to focus the mind. It sorts out what is and isn’t important.

I know that there will be some BIG changes taking place, although I don’t know what they all are yet.

I feel that I have been given a second chance….

When I was asking Adrian if we had died what regrets would he have and he answered “None”. I thought about the question and my answer would have been the same (apart from the accident - I feel that I have more to do here).

You see I tell those that mean most to me how much I love them (even more so during the last couple of days), and I have a business that I love. I love to teach and connect with people, whether it’s through the internet, phone, through speaking engagements or one to one.

Now the majority of people won’t have this simple a wake-up call. Most people are still waiting for the mythical “Someday”. Well we want to share our good luck with everyone.

You see life goes by so quickly – ask anyone over 45 and they will tell you this. The only place you can start to live the life that you want is right now, where you are with what you have. You can start now and to help you along, and to share our luck with everyone we have reduced the price of our Successful Personal Finance course by 40% for subscribers to our website.

This is not a sales gimmick. We are genuinely grateful to be alive and we want to share our gratitude.

So I will leave you with the question of the title - what regrets would you have if you died tomorrow? If not living your life fully and passionately is on the list then it’s time to for a change.