How To Overcome Regret - Daniel Pink

Daniel Pink is a psychologist, speaker and an author. Regret is the most common negative emotion humans talk about. It's even the second most common overall emotion which we talk about after love. And yet our relationship with it is pretty terrible. Having no regrets is not only a bad tattoo from the 90's but also a philosophy that robs us of valuable insights from life. Expect to learn the most common types of regrets people have in life, whether action or inaction is the cause of most suffering, how Daniel suggests we can grow past our regrets, why never looking backward is limiting our growth, how people believe in both free will and things happening for a reason and much more... Sponsors: Join the Modern Wisdom Community to connect with me & other listeners - https://modernwisdom.locals.com/ Get 15% discount on Craftd London’s jewellery at https://bit.ly/cdwisdom (use code MW15) Get 20% discount on the highest quality CBD Products from Pure Sport at https://bit.ly/cbdwisdom (use code: MW20) Get a free v60 brewing kit and 40 filters from Pact Coffee at https://www.pactcoffee.com/ (use code: MODERNWISDOM) Extra Stuff: Buy The Power Of Regret - https://amzn.to/3I0UUx9 Follow Daniel on Twitter - https://twitter.com/DanielPink Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom #psychology #regret #growth - 00:00 Intro 00:22 Modern Society’s Issue with Regret 06:55 The Opposite of Regret 15:36 Painful Inaction & Moral Regret 25:14 Dealing with Negative Emotions 37:59 Connection Regrets 43:00 Agency 50:40 Value of an Enemy 55:47 Where to Find Daniel - Join the Modern Wisdom Community on Locals - https://modernwisdom.locals.com/ Listen to all episodes on audio: Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2MNqIgw Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2LSimPn - Get in touch in the comments below or head to... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/

Daniel PinkguestChris Williamsonhost

Feb 19, 202256mWatch on YouTube ↗

EPISODE INFO

Released: February 19, 2022
Duration: 56m
Channel: Modern Wisdom
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Daniel Pink is a psychologist, speaker and an author. Regret is the most common negative emotion humans talk about. It's even the second most common overall emotion which we talk about after love. And yet our relationship with it is pretty terrible. Having no regrets is not only a bad tattoo from the 90's but also a philosophy that robs us of valuable insights from life. Expect to learn the most common types of regrets people have in life, whether action or inaction is the cause of most suffering, how Daniel suggests we can grow past our regrets, why never looking backward is limiting our growth, how people believe in both free will and things happening for a reason and much more... Sponsors: Join the Modern Wisdom Community to connect with me & other listeners - https://modernwisdom.locals.com/ Get 15% discount on Craftd London’s jewellery at https://bit.ly/cdwisdom (use code MW15) Get 20% discount on the highest quality CBD Products from Pure Sport at https://bit.ly/cbdwisdom (use code: MW20) Get a free v60 brewing kit and 40 filters from Pact Coffee at https://www.pactcoffee.com/ (use code: MODERNWISDOM) Extra Stuff: Buy The Power Of Regret - https://amzn.to/3I0UUx9 Follow Daniel on Twitter - https://twitter.com/DanielPink Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom #psychology #regret #growth - 00:00 Intro 00:22 Modern Society’s Issue with Regret 06:55 The Opposite of Regret 15:36 Painful Inaction & Moral Regret 25:14 Dealing with Negative Emotions 37:59 Connection Regrets 43:00 Agency 50:40 Value of an Enemy 55:47 Where to Find Daniel - Join the Modern Wisdom Community on Locals - https://modernwisdom.locals.com/ Listen to all episodes on audio: Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2MNqIgw Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2LSimPn - Get in touch in the comments below or head to... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/

SPEAKERS

Daniel Pink
guest
Chris Williamson
host

EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Modern Wisdom, featuring Daniel Pink and Chris Williamson, How To Overcome Regret - Daniel Pink explores turning Regret Into Power: How Negative Emotions Guide Better Lives Daniel Pink argues that regret is our most common negative emotion and a core feature of human cognition, not a flaw to be eliminated. Modern culture’s “no regrets” mindset backfires because it rejects negative emotions instead of harnessing them for learning and growth. Drawing on large-scale research, Pink outlines four universal categories of regret—boldness, foundation, moral, and connection—that together reveal a “photographic negative” of the good life. He then offers a practical process (inward, outward, forward) to transform regrets from sources of rumination into tools for clarity, motivation, and better future decisions.

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