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The power of regret is that it clarifies what we value and instructs on how to do better. When people tell you what they regret they most, they are telling you what they value the most.
— Daniel H. PinkAuthor of "Drive" & Leading Work Culture Expert
We should be looking at our regrets not as meaningless, debilitating phenomena but as signals, information, and data. If we do that systematically? We can use this emotion as a transformative force for progress.
— Daniel H. PinkAuthor of "Drive" & Leading Work Culture Expert
People who are claiming they have no regrets are essentially saying they have no learning, no growth, and no progress. We need to recalibrate and make sense of this profoundly misunderstood emotion.
— Daniel H. PinkAuthor of "Drive" & Leading Work Culture Expert
Everybody has regrets- the only people who don't are babies, sociopaths, and people with brain damage. You might wonder why an emotion that's objectively so unpleasant is also so ubiquitous? Well… it's because it's useful (if we treat it right).
— Daniel H. PinkAuthor of "Drive" & Leading Work Culture Expert
No regrets culture is a terrible blueprint for living. The idea that you should always be positive and never look backwards is not an effective blueprint for living a decent, meaningful, happy life. It runs against everything we know about the science of emotion!
— Daniel H. PinkAuthor of "Drive" & Leading Work Culture Expert
We all know – almost intuitively – that we're part of something that requires awe and wonder. It's so amazing we're here, it's bonkers! There is so much inspiration around us – it's awe inspiring.
— Fearne CottonBritish Radio & TV Presenter, Model & Wellness Author
Without the extreme magnifying glass that was on my life, I don't know if I would have stumbled on any of the discoveries I've made.
— Fearne CottonBritish Radio & TV Presenter, Model & Wellness Author
We've lost our relationship with ourselves; and that is all-encompassing because without a relationship with ourselves, we can't then have a relationship with nature, with each other and the planet.
— Fearne CottonBritish Radio & TV Presenter, Model & Wellness Author
We keep getting told we need to be living our best life- but we forget we already are. We have a weird epidemic of hating on ourselves, if we stopped doing that, life would get way easier.
— Fearne CottonBritish Radio & TV Presenter, Model & Wellness Author
The most important versions of love and compassion are the ones we show to ourselves. We have to start there. It's not selfish or ignorant. If you don't make space for yourself to feel loved by you, the rest is impossible… you'll always end up burned-out or in a state of resentment.
— Fearne CottonBritish Radio & TV Presenter, Model & Wellness Author
You don't have to choose a business that's going to drown you, be a treadmill, or suck you underneath. You can start slow, make a bit of money and then double down. You don't have to risk it all at the beginning.
— Bethenny FrankelReality TV Star & Founder of Skinnygirl Cocktails Brand
Just get in the goddam car and get driving. Things will go wrong… plans may go half-cocked… you're not an idiot, you're not going to burn money… just be smart and get driving.
— Bethenny FrankelReality TV Star & Founder of Skinnygirl Cocktails Brand
I genuinely don't care about scrutiny – it's a zero on a scale of 1 to 10 for me. If the table goes cold, I'll walk out of the casino. I'm good… I've got my nest-egg… I'm happy. I do this every day because I like it and want to accomplish my goals.
— Bethenny FrankelReality TV Star & Founder of Skinnygirl Cocktails Brand
When nine people say no, I say yes and make it happen. I just keep going.
— Bethenny FrankelReality TV Star & Founder of Skinnygirl Cocktails Brand
Most people don't know who they are. They're trying to be what other people want them to be- or they're trying to create something that fills a void that comes from within. The pressure to conform is huge right now, especially with people getting cancelled; saying what you really feel can make you unpopular… so people box themselves into a place where they're not celebrated or respected for being truthful. It's tragic.
— Bethenny FrankelReality TV Star & Founder of Skinnygirl Cocktails Brand
You cannot show-off in space, we must be humble. The only purpose for us to seek journeys into space is to learn about the unknown. That's a spiritual conquest. Leaving the solar system has no commercial benefits.
— Avi LoebHarvard astrophysicist who studies interstellar objects and extraterrestrial life