Jason Shen

“A look at the research shows that regret, handled correctly, offers three broad benefits. It can sharpen our decision-making skills. It can elevate our performance on a range of tasks. And it can strengthen our sense of meaning and connectedness.”
― Daniel H. Pink, The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward

“The human spirit is tremendously resilient. It can withstand the most horrific of circumstances, whether of human or divine creation... It is not these larger-than-life situations that beat us. It's the little things.”
― Sheila Williams, The Shade of My Own Tree: A Novel

“Foundation regrets sound like this: If only I’d done the work.”
― Daniel H. Pink, The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward

“Only 1 percent of our respondents said that they never engage in such behavior—and fewer than 17 percent do it rarely. Meanwhile, about 43 percent report doing it frequently or all the time. In all, a whopping 82 percent say that this activity is at least occasionally part of their lives, making Americans far more likely to experience regret than they are to floss their teeth.[17]”
― Daniel H. Pink, The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward