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Why Not Doing Something Hurts Longer Than Doing Something Wrong

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Why Inaction Causes More Regret Than Action

The things people regret most are almost never the things they did badly. They are the things they never did at all. Research on regret has documented a consistent pattern: in the short term, a recent mistake tends to sting more than a missed opportunity. But over longer stretches of time, the pattern reverses, and … Read more

What Are the Most Common Regrets People Have? (And Why They Cluster Around the Same Things)

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What Are The Most Common Regrets People Have

The most common regrets people report, whether gathered from hospice bedsides or from large-scale surveys of the general population, tend to cluster around the same few themes. Bronnie Ware documented five of them from her years in palliative care. Daniel Pink’s research across a much wider population confirmed the clustering and added one finding that … Read more