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How Do You Handle Regret?

December 12, 2009 | 1 Comment

Posted by: k daniel

Regret Regret stops mental growth suggests this director of a brain-based education institute. People who regret missed chances from the past tend to focus less on opportunities today – and only have more regrets to lament tomorrow.

“Regrets for failed finances, for what could have been, for caring words left unspoken, for dreams left unreached. Whether regrets for starting late, working little, spending much, failing tests, or trusting the wrong people, regret opens a crash course for more failure. You could say, it beams light on doors left unopened, yet fails to illumine opportunities ahead.”

Better instead to follow these suggestions to let go of regrets and enhance the natural plasticity of your brain, rewiring it with new neuron pathways that can transform your situation.

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  1. Melodee Patterson on December 12, 2009 1:16 pm

    This is great advice. The hard part for me is to not try to “fix it”. :-)

    It’s surprising how little is written about regret, given how common it is, that is, when we let ourselves acknowledge it. Yes, letting go can be hard. Yet usually there’s not much that can be fixed about the past. After feeling sorrowful, I take some relief in feeling humbled, I feel a pressure lifted, remembering I’m only human. Kathleen

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