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Rules of Thinking, The
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Rules of Thinking, The

by Richard Templar
September 2019
Intermediate to advanced
240 pages
4h 15m
English
Pearson Business
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RULE 84

Regret is a waste of energy

There are few more pointless emotions than regret. It’s all about feeling sad over something you did – or failed to do – in the past, so by definition there’s no way you can change it. You could not think about it I suppose. If you can change an outcome you don’t like, you will do. If you can’t, regret can seem like the only option.

It’s a bit self-indulgent though, isn’t it? In the end, you’re bound to end up feeling sorry for yourself. And who does that help? Much better to resolve not to be a regretter because, in all honesty, it makes no sense.

The fact is, you have no idea what would happen if you made a different decision. Listen, if you’d taken that job after all, that now looks so perfect through ...

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