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S18 E4: Science Offers a Systematic Way To Deal With Our Regrets (Daniel Pink)

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The Importance of Sharing Regrets

I think what it does is that when you go from abstract to concrete, what you've done is you have taken away some imaginary fangs. When we actually address them, write them, describe them, name them, they become less menacing and therefore easier to contend with. This idea of sharing regrets with other people, is there any downside to that? Do you have to be careful because you can, you know, if you disclose too much, you might either overburden them or make yourself look bad? A little bit, but less than we suspect,. We tend to believe that when we reveal our regrets, people will think less of us. But in many cases, not all,

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