How Regrets Can Move You Forward | Oprah & Daniel Pink

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In this episode of The Oprah Podcast, Daniel Pink, the New York Times bestselling author of seven books, explains how we can use our regrets to transform our future.

For his latest book, "The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward," Daniel collected regrets from more than 26,000 people in over 130 countries. He shares insights with Oprah from his research - including what he believes are the four core regrets and why people usually regret the things they didn’t do more than those they did.

People from around the country join via Zoom to ask Daniel about how to move forward from their deepest regrets.

00:01:13 Welcome Daniel Pink
00:02:51 Why Daniel focused on regret
00:03:48 How does looking backward move us forward?
00:04:30 Why it’s important to define your regrets
00:04:58 Why regrets holds such power over us
00:05:42 The four types of regrets
00:08:07 The true definition of a meaningful and good life
00:10:06 Who doesn’t have regrets?
00:10:56 Daniel’s regrets over not attending funerals
00:12:17 Tanya shares her regrets
00:14:50 Ways Tanya can learn from her “moral regret”
00:16:53 Oprah recommends “What Happened To You”
00:19:38 Kathy shares her regrets
00:22:32 Ways Kathy can learn from her “connection regret”
00:26:10 Kelly shares her “what if” and “boldness regrets”
00:29:56 Daniel recommends thinking like a mediocre guy
00:32:27 Lori shares her regrets
00:33:48 Daniel shares the lesson from financial and “foundation regrets”
00:38:13 What Daniel has learned about his own regrets
00:38:51 Oprah’s deepest regret
00:41:22 What is the one thing that matters the most?
00:43:32 Oprah loves the last paragraph of “The Power of Regret”

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