The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward
Regret is what taught me that living outside of my values is not tenable for me. Regrets about not taking chances have made me braver. Regrets about shaming or blaming people I care about have made me more thoughtful. Sometimes the most uncomfortable learning is the most powerful.
Brené Brown • Rising Strong: How the Ability to Reset Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
The commitment connects you to the future when you must take the action. The action connects you to the past when you made the commitment. You will begin to experience past, present, and future as part of one continuum. It is impossible to grant time its proper respect without this sense of flowing continuity. Without it, life is a meaningless seri
... See morePhil Stutz • Lessons for Living: What Only Adversity Can Teach You
“Regret is an interesting concept. Often, it involves retroactively considering a decision we made under one set of circumstances and judging it unfairly by our current ones.”