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Daniel Pink

  • Mariahas quotedlast year
    Positive emotions are essential, of course. We’d be lost without them. It’s important to look on the bright side, to think cheerful thoughts, to detect light in darkness. Optimism is associated with better physical health. Emotions like joy, gratitude, and hope significantly boost our well-being
  • Mariahas quotedlast year
    Too much negative emotion, of course, is debilitating. But too little is also destructive. A partner takes advantage of us again and again; that snake sinks its teeth into our leg.
  • Mariahas quotedlast year
    Nearly all regrets fall into four core categories—foundation regrets, boldness regrets, moral regrets, and connection regrets.
  • Mariahas quotedlast year
    most children don’t begin to understand regret until age six. But by age eight, they develop the ability even to anticipate regret. And by adolescence, the thinking skills necessary to experience regret have fully emerged. Regret is a marker of a healthy, maturing mind.
  • Mariahas quotedlast year
    The athletes who finished third appeared significantly happier than those who finished second.
  • Mariahas quotedlast year
    Counterfactuals can point in either of two directions—down or up.
  • Mariahas quotedlast year
    With upward counterfactuals, we imagine how things could have gone better. They make us say “If only . . .”
  • Mariahas quotedlast year
    “downward counterfactuals,” we contemplate how an alternative could have been worse. They prompt us to say “At least . . .”
  • Mariahas quotedlast year
    At Leasts deliver comfort and consolation.
    If Onlys, by contrast, make us feel worse.
  • Mariahas quotedlast year
    If Only counterfactuals degrade our feelings now, but—and this is key—they can improve our lives later.
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