02/02/2022

Dan Pink Wants You To Stop Avoiding Regret

Instead - embrace it

Edith Piaf sang about it. Celebrities get it tattooed on their bodies. Countless memoirs have used it in their titles.

But while a “no regrets” mentality may be a mantra for many, trying to live without this most common negative emotion is “life-thwarting nonsense,” writes bestselling author Daniel Pink. In his new book released Tuesday, The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward, Pink argues that regret—as long as we don’t become mired in it—should be embraced. It can actually help people improve their decision-making, boost their performance and find deeper meaning in their lives, he writes.

Pink has made a career out of helping readers make sense of how social science research explains our world. In Drive, he wrote about what motivates people; in When, it was the science of timing; in A Whole New Mind, he took a similar approach to creativity.

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