Embracing Regret Minimization for Better Decision Making

This chapter explores regret minimization as a valuable tool for making life choices, highlighting the importance of future projection to assess decisions and reduce future regret. It also emphasizes the power of positive self-talk in validating past decisions and promoting thoughtful analysis over self-criticism.

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The tools of thinking that fueled the Growth Mindset and fast decisions behind the success of Jeff Bezos.

Bezos frames business as a series of silent promises: to customers, to colleagues, to the future. Each promise is a primitive—simple, sturdy, waiting to be linked. When those links form, independence evolves into interdependence, and a whisper becomes a flywheel.

In this conversation, we explore how “Day One” thinking keeps the path clear, how a “regret-minimization lens” invites bold choices, and why “single-threaded leadership” protects the soul of a project.