This is Help Wanted, the show that makes your work work for you.

I'm Jason Pfeiffer, editor-in-chief of Entrepreneur Magazine.

And I'm money expert Nicole Lapin.

On Tuesdays, Jason and I answer the helpline and help callers solve their work problems.

And on Thursdays, I give you one way to improve your work and build a career or company you love.

And it starts now.

You made the wrong decision. And now you're doubting yourself.

Maybe you said yes to something when you should have said no. Maybe you said the wrong thing or turned in bad work.

Or maybe you're like Lauren, a listener who just emailed me this.

She wrote, I recently hired someone and it's been a nightmare.

They're condescending and confrontational.

But here's the worst part. I saw red flags when

I interviewed them and I ignored them. Now I'm unsure if I can trust myself. That's what Lauren wrote.

And Lauren, here is my answer to you. Give yourself a break. And here's how to do it. Today, I'm going to give you three questions

to ask yourself whenever you feel like you really made the wrong decision. Three questions to ask

yourself. And once you truly consider them, you will have an easier time growing, changing,

and making peace with the past.

So let's go through them. And then I'm going to share how these questions impacted Lauren.

Okay, ready? Here is the first question to ask yourself. Question number one,

did I do the best with what I had? Did I do the best with what I had?

To explain this, I want to take you back to when I got the biggest job of my life.

I became editor-in-chief of Entrepreneur Magazine in 2016, and I felt instantly overwhelmed. I was used to working at magazines with larger staff, and now entrepreneur, well, entrepreneur was a family-owned company with a

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