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The case for regret

The Gray Area with Sean Illing

CHAPTER

The Power of Regret by Daniel Pink

Author Daniel pink argues that regret is potentially the most valuable emotion we have. Pink: We've been having this instinctive view that it's inherently harmful and should be avoided. But 50 years of science tells us that regret is one of the most common emotions that human beings experience, he says. The only people who don't experience it are five-year-old boys because their brains haven't developed ciat paths. He believes negative emotions can actually enlist them to lead a better life.

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