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It goes like this.“Regrets, I've had a few.But then again, too few to mention."
But then again, too few to mention."Regrets. I've had a few.But then again, too few to mention?
their own accidental killings.Regrets. We all have a few, right?And that's OK.
Wouldn't you want to make a couple of changes?Regrets, I'd not even have a few, if I could do this thing that you say you can do.I always dreamt of learning how to dance.
that you want to raise about either what I've said or what you may have read in the book those of you who had a chanceregrets that I have about um uh figures who would I would have liked to have had
And it's typically a negative emotion.My regrets keep me up at 3:00 o'clock in the morning.How can regret possibly be a good thing?
But end of the day, I did join.No regrets.And yeah. I made it to the final.
And it is a war.or regrets and guilts that I didn't need to, I think I could have made it easier for myself.
Totally. OK, that's good.No regrets. No regrets.But don't want to harp on it.
What's your relationship with your lover and your child?have regrets or disillusionment.
What you do is you do a seven to nine second introduction.No regrets. Here's the worst thing that could happen.
I mean, there are questions on there about regrets and guilt over taking chances, ratherthan regrets over not. There are questions on faith versus reason. Any question that you'd like to particularly share your philosophy on? We'll get the front of the line.Rainn Wilson: Well, but this is the great thing, I think, is like no one cares. Look.
regret it. We say I shouldn't have eaten that whole bag of chips or done the you know the alcohol or the drugs or whatlike everybody has regrets all the time with things and it's because you have different voices in charge at differenttimes. Okay. Part of what this leads to is what we call the Ulisses contract. So a Ulisses
How did you decide to drop out?Do you ever have regrets, thoughts?What did your family say?
And it does-- and so the domain of life doesn't matter.So boldness regrets is one category.Another category is what I call foundation regrets.
Another category is what I call foundation regrets.Those are regrets about small decisions and indecisions we make early in life that no single one of which is devastating.But as they accumulate, they have a pretty nasty effect on our lives.
And then finally, last but not least, are connection regrets.These are regrets about relationships, not only romantic relationships, just the full spectrum of relationships in our lives.Relationships can come apart or never really solidify.
And the drift continues.So connection regrets are, if only I had reached out.And so what I found was remarkable-- this is the thing that blew me away, Jenny.
When people tell you-- when people reveal what they regret the most, they're also revealing what they value the most.And so these four regrets give us a clue about what do people really want out of life.And so it turns out that if we take a-- if we just look at this emotion in a different way, it is revelatory.
And you can talk about multiple vignettes in the book about this.The no regrets tattoo-- Yeah.Great idea or regrettable?
So again, we have evidence on this.particularly boldness regrets is to really have a bias for action.
So again, we have evidence on this.They're inaction regrets outnumber action regrets.
It's like working at McDonald's, and going, wow, I'm going to make you tacos here.No one regrets being brave.
I have to fight crying each time.I have no regrets of dating her.
My guilt was huge, and I didn't know how to handle it.I still have regrets and angers.But being underwater helps me let go of that.
She actually now regrets this episode because she didn't want her to find her self worth through whether or not she could fit in blue jeans,
and sort of secretly regrets giving it up, but just can't seem to find her way back to it.
are no regrets that was a good question now right behind you what's your
So there's no regrets.
and also their regrets.
So any regrets from your prior life, working in business to what you're doing now?
I have no regrets at all.
And it's those regrets, you say did you ever wake up and feel like a superstar.
Those are the regrets I have. Because I have so many things to be grateful for, so many fans looking up to me.
for the rest of your life.You could learn from your regrets.You could try to transform them or try to do something good with them.
But I was too overcome with sorrow and regret and shame to really think it through.And that's the thing about regrets.We can try to ignore them, we can try to dismiss them, we can even let them overwhelm us and undermine our relationships
I don't want to change the regrets I have because I'm trying to do my best to learn from them.
It causes pain. It causes discomfort.But if we treat our regrets properly-- don't ignore them, which is that no regrets tattoo you mentioned, but also don't wallow in them,we have a pile of evidence showing that it can help us get better at a whole array of things, that if we actually use our regrets as signal,
So that's, obviously, a romance regret.I have a lot of regrets-- I'll give you a sort of a mundane example of-- it's more true of-- well, it's actually true around the world.University graduates, American college graduates, European university graduates who regret not studying abroad while they were in school.
So that's an education regret, all right?Then I have lots of regrets about people who say, oh, I stayed in this crappy job.And what I really wanted to do was start my own business.
So boldness regrets is one category.Another category is what I call foundation regrets.Those are regrets about small decisions and indecisions we make early in life that no single one of which is devastating.
Classic example would be, I spent too much and saved too little.We got a lot of regrets like that.And now I'm broke.
It's a waste. And that is just not true.When we don't ignore regrets and we don't wallow in our regrets, but when we just look them in the eye, it turns outthere are these array of benefits that I mentioned earlier.
Or you can be like the guy I write about in the book, Jeff Bosley, who went-- who got a no regrets tattoo and then endedup regretting it and has no regrets tattoo removed.And then there's also the guy who has the no "ragrets" tattoo.
So one of the most-- Or 7,503 in my case.Or lots and lots of regrets.Now, let's come back to that too, Jenny, because it's important to regret the right things.
So again, we have evidence on this.Especially the lesson around in action regrets way outnumbering action regrets.
So again, we have evidence on this.And the thing about foundation regrets-- that's what makes them so tricky, Jenny, is that when-- that decision is not cataclysmic for anybody, typically.
So again, we have evidence on this.You see this in the connection regrets.
What have been their biggest regrets?
I really believe in having no regrets and that every part of your journey really leads you to the next.
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