The Opportunity Principle and the Science of Regret
Episode description
In the previous episode of this podcast, I suggested that instead of thinking of regret as a “universal negative emotion,” it could be far more helpful to think of it as a psychological earworm—the brain continuously reminding us that there is an unfinished task or unresolved issue or goal.
On this episode, I want to dig a little into the actual scientific research that has been going on since the 1990s, and it is all remarkably consistent in reiterating one big idea: Opportunity Breeds Regret.
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