722 - “If I do nothing… will I regret it later?”

New Mindset, Who Dis?

Case Kenny

Motivation, Selfhelp, Mindset, Education, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Wellness, Relationships, Mental Health, Inspiration, Personaldevelopment, Society & Culture

4.9 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 31 July 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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In this episode, I talk about how to build genuine optimism in your life by using "regret as a compass." I talk about a clarity practice that will empower you to feel at peace after you make a decision... and hopeful for what comes next. Get your listener bonus: casekenny.com/book Instagram: @case.kenny

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the new mindset hootis podcast. My name is Case Kenney at case.kens.k on
0:07.2	Instagram and this is my weekly podcast where I create short no BS episodes dedicated to helping
0:13.0	you become the person you're meant to be, leave your comfort zone and live a purposeful and
0:17.9	fulfilling life. Let's go.
0:54.0	Thank you. live a purposeful and fulfilling life. Let's go. All right. Welcome to Episode 722. Hello, my friend. Welcome to a fresh new episode of New Mindset Who Dis. As always, thank you so much for listening. Thank you for
0:56.9	supporting me. And today, in my continued pursuit of helping myself and helping you to be more
1:03.4	optimistic in life, I want to share something that I find really interesting that has become
1:07.9	lately a bit of a cornerstone in my mindfulness practice and really is
1:12.4	a catalyst for my own personal optimism. That is my ability to believe in good plot twist,
1:19.4	to believe that good things await me that I can trust in this chapter. I can trust in the next
1:24.9	chapter. And it goes like this. It was basically, I read this study,
1:28.2	and it was published in the Journal of Consumer Psychology, where these researchers basically found
1:33.7	that when people anticipate regret, meaning they look ahead and they ask themselves, what will
1:40.7	I wish I'd done differently? They're actually more likely then to make bold,
1:46.2	value-driven decisions, and as a result, they report higher levels of satisfaction after making
1:51.6	the decision. So in other words, when you lean into regret before making a decision,
1:57.6	it helps you feel more optimistic after making the decision, which is like a little
2:02.5	bit counterintuitive, right, when it comes to the topic of regret. Regret is one of those things
2:07.0	that were like, regret is bad. Regret is punishment. We don't need to think about regrets.
2:12.4	This is one of those things you hope you avoid in life. But this kind of flips that logic on its
2:16.4	head in the sense of expose yourself mentally to the idea of regret, then do the thing. And the result is
2:23.3	you will feel optimistic. And it was a pretty simple study. Basically in the study,
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