I would estimate that the number of people who regret NOT being more aggressive (intel, confronting, exposure, financial/legal) out-number those that wish they had been LESS aggressive, 20-to-1.
This to me is like coaching, my players mostly grumble and resist when they get pushed past their perceived limits. But I have never had one thank me for being too soft on them. We are capable of so much more than we can imagine.
M22,H45,W45 S21/18D12 Retain faith that you will prevail in the end, regardless of the difficulties and at the same time confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be.