Are you included in the 90%
Are you a part of the ever growing
not-so-much-of-a-minority
any longer
group
of the
C O U L D A
S H O U L D A
W O U L D A
Continent
9 0 %
90% of the people say they have a major
R E G R E T
about something in their lives. . .
You?
Regret is the second most frequently mentioned emotion after
l o v e. . .
Researchers from Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management
found that our biggest regrets tend to revolve around
Romance: 18.1%
Family: 15.9%
Education: 13.1%
Career 12.2%
Finance 9.9%
and that we feel the most regret about missed chances:
In the long run, we’re more likely to regret things we didn’t do
than things we
d i d d o. . .
The W H Y of it all:
“Our ‘psychological immune system’ helps us recover from bad experiences quicker than we assume, thanks to our ability to rationalize and reframe how we see things. . .But it’s harder to use these tricks to get over never having tried something in the first place. . . .”
So. . .
what’s a Ninety-percenter to do?
According to Bronnie Ware’s book,
THE TOP FIVE REGRETS OF THE DYING
you’ll be much more satisfied at the end of your life
if you:
L I V E A L I F E T H A T ‘ S M O R E M E A N I N G F U L T O Y O U
H A V E T H E C O U R A G E T O E X P R E S S Y O U R F E E L I N G S
S I M P L Y A L L O W Y O U R S E L F T O B E H A P P I E R
P R I O R I T I Z E F A M I L Y T I M E O V E R L O N G H O U R S A T W O R K
S T A Y I N T O U C H W I T H O L D F R I E N D S
Maybe Ted Hughes, the British Poet Laureate was right:
“The only thing people regret is that they didn’t live boldly enough, that they didn’t invest enough heart, didn’t love enough. Nothing else really counts at all.”
Maybe the Chinese Proverb is correct:
If you want to be happy for an hour–take a nap
If you want to be happy for a day–go fishing
If you want to be happy for a month–get married
If you want to be happy for a year–inherit a fortune
If you want to be happy for a lifetime–
H E L P O T H E R S
Being a Caring Catalyst
not only means giving up a life of regrets
but picking up o p p o r t u n i t i e s to
make others happier. . .
Hey,
if you want to build skills for a happier life with fun,
science-based activities and games
then you can click in:
www.happify.com
If you want to begin
at this very moment
become a
Certified Caring Catalyst
Uhhhhhhhhh. . .
need I say it. . .
need you read it. . .
Y O U
W O N ‘ T
R E G R E T I T
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