Personal mistakes and career blunders: Who's Who leaders share their regrets

Jon Van Gorp is featured in this article.

“I wish I would have taken more risks when I was younger, even though that would have likely meant more failures,” said Jon D. Van Gorp, chairman of Chicago law firm giant Mayer Brown. “As my parents used to tell me when I was a young skier: If you are not falling, you are not getting any better.”