459: How to Use Regret as a Pathway to Your Best Life | Daniel Pink

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Daniel Pink’s (IG: @danielpink) books have helped readers and organizations around the world rethink how they live and operate. He’s a New York Times bestselling author and his books have sold millions of copies, been translated into forty-two languages, and have won multiple awards.

Today we’re discussing Dan’s new book, The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward.

We all have regrets, they’re a universal and healthy part of being human. Dan’s here to explain how regret works, which can help us make smarter decisions, perform better at work & school, and bring greater meaning to our lives.

In this episode, we discuss:

• The catalyzing event that had Dan thinking about his own regrets
• Everybody has regrets
• The 4 core regrets
• Regrets of action and regrets of inaction
• Open door regrets vs. closed door regrets
• Anticipating your regrets
• Who makes better decisions... maximizers or satisficers?
• Opportunity and obligation
• Reframing a regret
• Disclosing your regrets
• Dan's collection of 16,000 regrets
• What are feelings for?
• Extracting a lesson from your regret
• You’re not going to regret reaching out
• Don’t wait till the end of your life to think about regrets
• What regret teaches us
• How to move past a moral breach
• Creating a positive legacy from negative regrets

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