The Jesse Chappus Show 459: How to Use Regret as a Pathway to Your Best Life | Daniel Pink
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Daniel Pink's (IG: @danielpink) books have helped readers and organizations around the world rethink how they live and operate. He's a New York Times bestselling author and his books have sold millions of copies, been translated into forty-two languages, and have won multiple awards.
Today we're discussing Dan's new book, The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward.
We all have regrets, they're a universal and healthy part of being human. Dan's here to explain how regret works, which can help us make smarter decisions, perform better at work & school, and bring greater meaning to our lives.
In this episode, we discuss:
- The catalyzing event that had Dan thinking about his own regrets
- Everybody has regrets
- The 4 core regrets
- Regrets of action and regrets of inaction
- Open door regrets vs. closed door regrets
- Anticipating your regrets
- Who makes better decisions... maximizers or satisficers?
- Opportunity and obligation
- Reframing a regret
- Disclosing your regrets
- Dan's collection of 16,000 regrets
- What are feelings for?
- Extracting a lesson from your regret
- You're not going to regret reaching out
- Don't wait till the end of your life to think about regrets
- What regret teaches us
- How to move past a moral breach
- Creating a positive legacy from negative regrets
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