How to Deal With Negative Emotions

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Regret is functional. It makes us human, but you have to deal with it properly. The first actionable tool is people can go to w w w dot world regrets survey dot com and write down what you regret. And then there's this process hyou can do tat begins with self disclosure. Even if you're still skittish about revealing it to other people, as you mention gregg, there's a lot of evidence about writing about it privately itself therapeutic.

How often have you heard someone say they want to live their life with no regrets?

Our society often teaches us that a successful life is one lived without regrets. But in his new book The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward, best-selling author Dan Pink offers a different perspective. Regret, he suggests, is a valuable raw material that allows us to learn from our mistakes and make the imperfect more perfect.

In this week's episode, Dan shares five counterintuitive ways you can use regret to your advantage and design a life that really matters.

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Greg McKeown

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