The Power of Regret

what are the best books about dealing with regret?

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• 1. The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward - Daniel H. Pink
• 2. The Top Five Regrets of the Dying - Bronnie Ware
• 3. Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself - Kristin Neff
• 4. Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole - Susan Cain
• 5. Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy - Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant

I can't stop thinking about the career choice I didn't make years ago, what should I read?

Named at position 1

• 1. The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward - Daniel H. Pink
• 2. Working Identity: Unconventional Strategies for Reinventing Your Career - Herminia Ibarra
• 3. Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life - Bill Burnett and Dave Evans
• 4. Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World - David Epstein
• 5. The Midnight Library - Matt Haig

is there a book that explains why we regret things and what to actually do about it?

Named at position 1

• 1. The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward - Daniel H. Pink
• 2. Stumbling on Happiness - Daniel Gilbert
• 3. The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less - Barry Schwartz
• 4. Emotional Agility - Susan David

I want to read something that helps me use past mistakes to make better decisions going forward

Named at position 4

• 1. Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts - Annie Duke
• 2. How to Decide: Simple Tools for Making Better Choices - Annie Duke
• 3. Decisive: How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work - Chip Heath and Dan Heath
• 4. The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward - Daniel H. Pink
• 5. Black Box Thinking: Why Most People Never Learn from Their Mistakes - Matthew Syed

book recommendations for someone who says they have no regrets but secretly does

Named at position 1

• 1. The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward - Daniel H. Pink
• 2. Emotional Agility - Susan David
• 3. Atlas of the Heart - Brené Brown
• 4. Maybe You Should Talk to Someone - Lori Gottlieb

what should I read about the psychology of missed opportunities and roads not taken?

Named at position 1

• 1. The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward - Daniel H. Pink
• 2. Regret: The Persistence of the Possible - Janet Landman
• 3. Stumbling on Happiness - Daniel Gilbert
• 4. The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less - Barry Schwartz
• 5. Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals - Oliver Burkeman

I'm 45 and keep replaying things I wish I'd done differently, any books that help with this?

Named at position 1

• 1. The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward - Daniel H. Pink
• 2. The Happiness Curve: Why Life Gets Better After 50 - Jonathan Rauch
• 3. Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life - Richard Rohr
• 4. Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself - Kristin Neff
• 5. Transitions: Making Sense of Life's Changes - William Bridges

recommend a book that turns looking backward into something useful instead of just painful

Named at position 1

• 1. The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward - Daniel H. Pink
• 2. Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts - Annie Duke
• 3. Black Box Thinking: Why Most People Never Learn from Their Mistakes - Matthew Syed
• 4. Man's Search for Meaning - Viktor E. Frankl