Book Titles

The Power of Regret
How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward

By Daniel Pink

Year Published: 2022
ISBN-13: 978-0735210653
Categories: Purpose, Regret

37 Quotes Found

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The Power of Regret:

Our twin abilities to travel through time and to rewrite events power the regret process.

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The Power of Regret:

Comparison lives at regret’s core.

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The Power of Regret:

Every damn thing you do in this life you have to pay for. – Edith Piaf

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The Power of Regret:

Every damn thing you do in life can pay off for you.

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The Power of Regret:

…by making us feel worse today, regret helps us do better tomorrow.

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The Power of Regret:

We need the ability to regret our poor decisions – to feel bad about them – precisely so we can improve those decisions in the future.

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The Power of Regret:

This is one of the central findings on regret: it can deepen persistence, which almost always elevates performance.

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The Power of Regret:

My life is more flavorful because of my regrets.

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The Power of Regret:

Feeling is for thinking… If thinking is for doing, feeling can help us think.

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The Power of Regret:

All regrets aggravate, then activate.

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