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Chapter 2

Vanquishing remorse

In an article entitled “Why guts matter,”1 US Senator John McCain states that the negative impacts of acting courageously will likely outweigh the realization that you were not authentic to your true self. You will probably regret not acting courageously.

the negative impacts of acting courageously will likely outweigh the realization that you were not authentic to your true self.

Regret is a temporary emotion that arises from situations that occur throughout our lives, whether it’s wishing you hadn’t eaten that fifth piece of pizza or regretting your decision to fight traffic over a holiday weekend. Remorse, on the other hand, is weighty and burdensome – something carried like excess baggage for a very long ...

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