Daniel Pink

I have a guy in the book who has a no regrets tattoo and he goes to get it removed. So with action regrets, we can mentally subtract certain positive elements of them. We can at least them, we can undo them. And therefore we can tamp down how much they bug us. That's why over time, action regrets recede, inaction regrets dominate.

Sure. That's another really good point. There's a technique, some good research on this called mental subtraction of positive events. It allows us to feel a greater sense of gratitude. It's also a way to reckon with regret. I give you an education regret of mine, which is that I regret having gone to law school in general and probably gone to law school when I did. That's not a cataclysmic regret.

Sure. That's another really good point. There's a technique, some good research on this called mental subtraction of positive events. It allows us to feel a greater sense of gratitude. It's also a way to reckon with regret. I give you an education regret of mine, which is that I regret having gone to law school in general and probably gone to law school when I did. That's not a cataclysmic regret.

Sure. That's another really good point. There's a technique, some good research on this called mental subtraction of positive events. It allows us to feel a greater sense of gratitude. It's also a way to reckon with regret. I give you an education regret of mine, which is that I regret having gone to law school in general and probably gone to law school when I did. That's not a cataclysmic regret.

Sure. That's another really good point. There's a technique, some good research on this called mental subtraction of positive events. It allows us to feel a greater sense of gratitude. It's also a way to reckon with regret. I give you an education regret of mine, which is that I regret having gone to law school in general and probably gone to law school when I did. That's not a cataclysmic regret.

Sure. That's another really good point. There's a technique, some good research on this called mental subtraction of positive events. It allows us to feel a greater sense of gratitude. It's also a way to reckon with regret. I give you an education regret of mine, which is that I regret having gone to law school in general and probably gone to law school when I did. That's not a cataclysmic regret.

It's not my biggest regret, but it's illustrative here. But here's the thing. I met my wife in law school. So what I can do is I can say, well, let me mentally subtract that event. Imagine a world where I didn't go to law school. That's a world where I never would have met my wife. I don't want to live in that world. With action regrets, we can find the silver lining. We can at least them.

It's not my biggest regret, but it's illustrative here. But here's the thing. I met my wife in law school. So what I can do is I can say, well, let me mentally subtract that event. Imagine a world where I didn't go to law school. That's a world where I never would have met my wife. I don't want to live in that world. With action regrets, we can find the silver lining. We can at least them.

It's not my biggest regret, but it's illustrative here. But here's the thing. I met my wife in law school. So what I can do is I can say, well, let me mentally subtract that event. Imagine a world where I didn't go to law school. That's a world where I never would have met my wife. I don't want to live in that world. With action regrets, we can find the silver lining. We can at least them.

It's not my biggest regret, but it's illustrative here. But here's the thing. I met my wife in law school. So what I can do is I can say, well, let me mentally subtract that event. Imagine a world where I didn't go to law school. That's a world where I never would have met my wife. I don't want to live in that world. With action regrets, we can find the silver lining. We can at least them.

It's not my biggest regret, but it's illustrative here. But here's the thing. I met my wife in law school. So what I can do is I can say, well, let me mentally subtract that event. Imagine a world where I didn't go to law school. That's a world where I never would have met my wife. I don't want to live in that world. With action regrets, we can find the silver lining. We can at least them.

On a number of different dimensions. Number one is that we know from these four regrets, if we know what people regret the most, we know what they value the most. So regrets are a negative, a reverse image of a life well-lived, of a good life. What people want out of life in general is they want a degree of stability. A good life is not precarious.

On a number of different dimensions. Number one is that we know from these four regrets, if we know what people regret the most, we know what they value the most. So regrets are a negative, a reverse image of a life well-lived, of a good life. What people want out of life in general is they want a degree of stability. A good life is not precarious.

On a number of different dimensions. Number one is that we know from these four regrets, if we know what people regret the most, we know what they value the most. So regrets are a negative, a reverse image of a life well-lived, of a good life. What people want out of life in general is they want a degree of stability. A good life is not precarious.

On a number of different dimensions. Number one is that we know from these four regrets, if we know what people regret the most, we know what they value the most. So regrets are a negative, a reverse image of a life well-lived, of a good life. What people want out of life in general is they want a degree of stability. A good life is not precarious.

On a number of different dimensions. Number one is that we know from these four regrets, if we know what people regret the most, we know what they value the most. So regrets are a negative, a reverse image of a life well-lived, of a good life. What people want out of life in general is they want a degree of stability. A good life is not precarious.

We can see a benefit in them, which is why we can process them and make sense of them. Some action regrets, we can also undo. All those people who have bullying regrets, more regrets, it's an action. I bullied somebody. Many of them. go back 20 years later and apologize to the people they bullied. And so they're trying to undo that kind of regret.

We can see a benefit in them, which is why we can process them and make sense of them. Some action regrets, we can also undo. All those people who have bullying regrets, more regrets, it's an action. I bullied somebody. Many of them. go back 20 years later and apologize to the people they bullied. And so they're trying to undo that kind of regret.

We can see a benefit in them, which is why we can process them and make sense of them. Some action regrets, we can also undo. All those people who have bullying regrets, more regrets, it's an action. I bullied somebody. Many of them. go back 20 years later and apologize to the people they bullied. And so they're trying to undo that kind of regret.

We can see a benefit in them, which is why we can process them and make sense of them. Some action regrets, we can also undo. All those people who have bullying regrets, more regrets, it's an action. I bullied somebody. Many of them. go back 20 years later and apologize to the people they bullied. And so they're trying to undo that kind of regret.