Zucker's second rule came from an informal survey he conducted. He asked people what they regretted most about life after graduation, and amazingly, they all had the same answer: they bought furniture. What he meant was that they accumulated obligations, commitments, and possessions that made it progressively harder to take risks. Zucker himself graduated from Wisconsin with 'no employable skills, unless you count jury duty,' which meant he could afford to fail. And there were many failures. But he found what he was good at, found something he loved — and now he had furniture. Lots of furniture.