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:

Dissecting terrific events can diminish their terrificness.

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The Power of Regret:

Self-compassion begins by replacing searing judgments with basic kindness.

174

The Power of Regret:

By normalizing negative experiences, we neutralize them.

174

The Power of Regret:

Looking backward can move us forward, but only if we do it right.

181

The Power of Regret:

If a relationship you care about has come undone, place the call. Make that visit. Say what you feel.

192

The Power of Regret:

Thinking is for doing. We act in order to survive. We think in order to act.

192

The Power of Regret:

Regret is a retrospective emotion. It springs into being when we look backward.

192

The Power of Regret:

Losses loom larger than gains.

192

The Power of Regret:

Ask yourself, ‘In the future, will I regret this decision if I don’t do X?’.

192

The Power of Regret:

Our actions give our lives direction. But other people give those lives purpose.

192