The Power of Regret is a book by Dan Pink that inverts almost everything we've ever been taught about regret. The idea is that if you can study all of your regrets, they create the exact opposite of what it is that we really are trying to design. And so there is data deeply ingrained in the regrets of our lives for what it is we are really supposed to do. If we just brush it aside, oh, talk about it in a sort of endlessly positive way, like lawyer our way through the past where we've made decisions, maybe they weren'treally the wisest decisions.
Have you ever had a wake up call where you just suddenly realize you have missed what really mattered? Most of us have learned that we are supposed to live with no regrets, but this, I think, is wrong. What we know now is that regrets can produce the precise data we need to construct a meaningful, rich and essential life. Today, I will share a powerful story, something counterintuitive I've been learning and some actionable advice. By the end of this episode, you will be able to use regret to design your most essential life.
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