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How To Have Happy Regrets

Dan Pink on one of our most misunderstood emotions.

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Episode Notes

Courtenay has more than a few regrets, starting with her career. Despite her accomplishments as an opera singer, she wishes she’d prioritized her professional goals, become more proficient on the piano and with foreign languages. Then there are the personal regrets, like the elderly friend Courteney lost touch with — who then passed away. On this episode of How To!, we bring on Daniel H. Pink, author of The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward, to coach Courtenay through reclaiming her regrets. “We haven’t taught people how to properly deal with negative emotions,” Pink reminds us. We’ll learn about the four core regrets that most of us share and how to turn them into wisdom.

If you liked this episode, check out “How To Uproot Your Life.”

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Podcast production by Derek John, Rosemary Belson and Katie Shepherd.

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