The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward

According to Pink, how can regret improve our relationships, platonic or romantic?

Explain the difference between If Onlys and At Leasts. Why are these two concepts important in understanding regret?

In the spirit of Aesop’s fable “The Ant and the Grasshopper,” provide two examples of foundation regrets and how one can use them to avoid future ones.

Through the American Regret Project, Pink found that connection regrets are the most common type of regret. Why do you believe this is the case?

Pink states that the four core regrets operate as a “photographic negative of the good life” (149). Explain this viewpoint using examples from The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward as well as your own life.

In 1987, social psychologist Tory Higgins argued that we all have an “actual self,” “ideal self,” and “ought self” (149). Distinguish the three selves and explain why they are important to understanding regret.

What three strategies does Pink propose to help readers view regret objectively? How does technology play into these strategies, if at all?

Explain the positive and negative consequences of the Regret Minimization Framework (anticipation of regret). How might one approach anticipation of regret without falling victim to negative consequences?