Daniel Pink: “The way we talk to ourselves is cruel. Most of us would never talk to another human being the way we talk to ourselves.”

Pink, a five-time New York Times bestselling author, joins mbg co-CEO, Jason Wachob, to discuss what we're getting wrong about regrets, plus:

- Why a "no regrets" philosophy is not a good way to live (~00:19)

- How to properly deal with regrets in a healthy way (~11:03)

- How to make negative emotions less menacing (~12:05)

- Why you should practice referring to yourself in the third person (~13:04)

- How to overcome fears of awkwardness (~27:23)

Referenced in the episode:

- Pink's book, The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward.

- Research from Northwestern in 2011 on common regrets in the U.S. population.

- Research on self-distancing and talking to yourself in the third person.

- Read more about the Duke regret lottery experiment.

- mbg Podast episode #346, with Esther Perel.

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