Daniel Pink: The Power of Regret

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Chase Jarvis

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🗓️ 1 June 2022

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Regret is an unavoidable aspect of the human condition. No matter how your life plays out, there will be situations that don’t go your way, things you wish you would have done, words left unspoken, etc.

We are also culturally conditioned to think of regret as a negative thing. We are reminded to always focus on the positive, push negative thoughts away from our memory and only focus on moving forward. But when used correctly, regret can play a pivotal role in our ability to move forward, to problem solve, and make informed decisions.

Daniel Pink has written seven books, five of which are New York Times bestsellers. He was a host and a co-executive producer of the 2014 National Geographic Channel social science TV series, "Crowd Control,” and from 1995 to 1997, he was the chief speechwriter for Vice President Al Gore. Today on the podcast, he joins me for a conversation about his most recent book, “The Power of Regret; How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward.”

Highlights from the conversation:

The biggest regrets come from inaction, rather than trying something that didn’t ultimately work out.
Discomfort can lead to clarification and growth.
Regret can help make better decisions.
Avoiding inherent biases

Enjoy!

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0:00.0	Hey everybody, what's up? It's Chase. Welcome to another episode of the Chase Jarvis Live show here on Creative Live. This week, my guest is the one and only legendary Daniel Pink. And today we're talking about his new book called The Power of Regret, how looking backward moves us forward. Now, Dan is one of the most
0:23.1	influential authors of our time in the New York Times bestseller of When and Drive. I think he's
0:27.8	got four or five others. We've got a new book that is so powerful because regret is something
0:34.4	that we all feel and it is largely misunderstood, right? The idea, the very
0:40.4	utterance of the word makes so many of us shudder, but it turns out that this powerful emotion,
0:46.2	if harnessed, can be a driving force for change in our life. It's universal. It's healthy,
0:52.0	and it's part of being human. So if you're interested in hearing about this, learning from Dan and channeling the idea, the power of regret to help your life, this episode is for you.
1:01.9	Dan is a genius and I can't wait for you to experience him and his new work here.
1:06.5	Again, the power of regret looking backwards, how it moves us forward.
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