Growth Mindset Psychology: The Science of Self-Improvement The Regret Minimization Framework: How to make life decisions
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Dec 16, 2025 Explore the idea that our lives are a series of temporary selves, each with unique dreams and desires. Discover the Regret Minimization Framework, inspired by Jeff Bezos, which encourages bold life choices over safe bets. Delve into the crucial distinction between peak and plateau experiences, understanding that some chances diminish with age. Learn to apply time bucketing in your life, ensuring you savor age-appropriate adventures while embracing urgency. Reflect on what experiences you might defer and act before those opportunities slip away.
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Future Self Feels Like A Stranger
- Your future self feels like a stranger to your brain, so you treat them differently than present you.
- That disconnect makes saving dreams for 'someday' dangerously easy and often misguided.
Bezos' Regret Test Before Amazon
- Jeff Bezos used a regret-minimization test imagining himself at 80 to decide whether to start Amazon.
- He chose trying and failing over lifelong 'what ifs', which made the risky choice obvious.
Peaks And Plateaus Are Age-Timed
- Peak experiences (ecstatic, physical) and plateau experiences (serene, wise) are both valuable but age-dependent.
- Trying to move peak experiences into old age changes their nature and often reduces their impact.
