THE POWER OF REGRET How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward

Voicing compact statements of regret from people around the world, a cast of talented narrators add color to the author's upbeat endorsement of this healthy emotion. Though Pink's enthusiasm sometimes upstages the substance of his stories and insights, he's a likable and resonant narrator whose phrasing makes everything clear. The often-heard argument he refutes throughout this audio is that regret has no value, that people should look forward and not worry about the past. People learn from their mistakes, he says, and these lessons help us live in a way that satisfies more of our important needs. Being open to regret also helps us accumulate wisdom as we come to see how flawed our past thinking and actions can be. T.W. © AudioFile 2022, Portland, Maine [Published: FEBRUARY 2022]