Oprah and Daniel Pink Share How Regrets Actually Lead to Your Best Life

Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@Oprah In this episode of The Oprah Podcast, Daniel Pink, the New York Times bestselling author of seven books, explains how we can use our regrets to transform our future. For his latest book, "The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward," Daniel collected regrets from more than 26,000 people in over 130 countries. He shares insights with Oprah from his research - including what he believes are the four core regrets and why people usually regret the things they didn’t do more than those they did. People from around the country join via Zoom to ask Daniel about how to move forward from their deepest regrets. BUY THE BOOKS! "The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward," by Daniel H. Pink, published by Penguin Books is available wherever books and audio books are sold: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/539547/the-power-of-regret-by-daniel-h-pink/ "Oprah's The Life You Want: Becoming Unstuck Journal" published by Oprah Daily, featuring exercises inspired by Daniel Pink’s "The Power of Regret," is available here: https://shop.oprahdaily.com/oprah-the-life-you-want-becoming-unstuck-journal.html "What Happened To You? Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing" by Bruce D. Perry and Oprah Winfrey is available where ever books are sold. https://a.co/d/ihMo7O9 00:01:13 Welcome Daniel Pink 00:02:51 Why Daniel focused on regret 00:03:48 How does looking backward move us forward? 00:04:30 Why it’s important to define your regrets 00:04:58 Why regrets holds such power over us 00:05:42 The four types of regrets 00:08:07 The true definition of a meaningful and good life 00:10:06 Who doesn’t have regrets? 00:10:56 Daniel’s regrets over not attending funerals 00:12:17 Tanya shares her regrets 00:14:50 Ways Tanya can learn from her “moral regret” 00:16:53 Oprah recommends “What Happened To You” 00:19:38 Kathy shares her regrets 00:22:32 Ways Kathy can learn from her “connection regret” 00:26:10 Kelly shares her “what if” and “boldness regrets” 00:29:56 Daniel recommends thinking like a mediocre guy 00:32:27 Lori shares her regrets 00:33:48 Daniel shares the lesson from financial and “foundation regrets” 00:38:13 What Daniel has learned about his own regrets 00:38:51 Oprah’s deepest regret 00:41:22 What is the one thing that matters the most? 00:43:32 Oprah loves the last paragraph of “The Power of Regret” Explore Rejuvenation Home Furnishings | Visit the Rejuvenation Website: https://www.rejuvenation.com Follow Oprah Winfrey on Social: https://www.instagram.com/oprah/ https://www.facebook.com/oprahwinfrey/ Listen to the full podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/0tEVrfNp92a7lbjDe6GMLI https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-oprah-podcast/id1782960381