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Episode Synopsis
Today we welcome Dan Pink who is the New York Times bestselling author of When, Drive, A Whole New Mind, and To Sell is Human. Dan’s books have won multiple awards, have been translated into 42 languages, and have sold millions of copies around the world. His articles and essays have also appeared in The New York Times, Harvard Business Review, The Atlantic, Slate, and other publications. His most recent book is called The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward. In this episode, I talk to Dan Pink about regret. Dan collected regrets from over 15,000 people across different countries and sorted them into four major categories. He shares insights from his research and shows us how to reframe regret so we can live out the rest of our lives with more authenticity and purpose. We also touch on the topics of happiness, mortality, philosophy, post-traumatic growth, and personality.Website: www.danpink.comTwitter: @DanielPink Topics02:52 The universality of regret05:40 Demographic differences in regrets11:53 Free will and fatalism15:47 What could have beens19:13 Action vs inaction24:12 The four core regrets28:40 Regret done right36:04 Debunking “No regrets”37:59 We don’t talk enough about mortality41:20 Deathbed regrets42:38 Regret and gratefulness45:40 Treat yourself with kindness47:30 Shame, guilt, remorse 48:21 Do public figures experience more regret?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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