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I asked him whether, considering the sacrifices he had to make, he ever had any regrets.
And this was all actually quite shocking to me, because prior to this moment, I had prided myself on having absolutely no regrets.
In other words, I had drunk our great cultural Kool-Aid about regret, which is that lamenting things that occurred in the past is an absolute waste of time, that we should always look forward and not backward, and that one of the noblest and best things we can do is strive to live a life free of regrets.
33 percent of all of our regrets pertain to decisions we made about education.
The remaining regrets pertain to these things: finance, family issues unrelated to romance or parenting, health, friends, spirituality and community.
They account for less than three percent of our total regrets.
And this doesn't even touch on the really profound regrets of a life.
Now obviously, those kinds of regrets are incredibly piercing and enduring.
I mean, even the stupid "reply all" regrets can leave us in a fit of excruciating agony for days.
But it might seem like a kind of cruel or glib suggestion when it comes to these more profound regrets.
Some of your own regrets are also not as ugly as you think they are.
The point isn't to live without any regrets.
And with all sincerity, I can say, I am glad I lived those two years of my life that way, because my goal to not suffer regrets anymore, I got there with that goal.
When you live that way, when you live with that kind of passion, there's no time, there's no time for regrets, you're just moving forward.
My head and my heart also know that all of it will lead to a more rich, authentic life that I can look back on without regrets.
Thank you so much for coming to TED. (RD: Thank you.) (Applause) Many times I go around the world to speak, and people ask me questions about the challenges, my moments, some of my regrets.
Hospice workers, the people who take care of us at the end of our lives, recently issued a report on the most frequently expressed regrets that people say when they are literally on their deathbeds.
Now, as far as I know, no one ever told one of the hospice workers, "I wish I'd spent more time playing video games," but when I hear these top five regrets of the dying, I can't help but hear five deep human cravings that games actually help us fulfill.
But in the meantime, perhaps you're wondering, who is this game designer to be talking to us about deathbed regrets?
It should, because the top five traits of post-traumatic growth are essentially the direct opposite of the top five regrets of the dying.
It seems that somehow, a traumatic event can unlock our ability to lead a life with fewer regrets.
And when you get there, more than likely, you will not have any of those top five regrets, because you will have built up the strength and resilience to lead a life truer to your dreams.
I think part of the reason, a big part of the reason, is that when our minds wander, we often think about unpleasant things, and they are enormously less happy when they do that, our worries, our anxieties, our regrets, and yet even when people are thinking about something neutral, they're still considerably less happy than when they're not mind-wandering at all.
What are we going to do as we go forward, to have no regrets looking back?
During my chemotherapy, I read a book by Bronnie Ware who talked about dying wishes and regrets of the people in the deathbed.
In a few seconds, he regrets he came to this demonstration.
The feminist who regrets her abortion.
Pulling that lever with the skull symbol just to see what it did probably wasn't so smart, either, but now is not the time for regrets because you need to get away from these mutant zombies fast.
I was doing the same things I always did, all the same titan work, 15-hour days, working straight through the weekends, no regrets, never surrender, a titan never sleeps, a titan never quits, full hearts, clear eyes, yada, whatever.
And it can be the source of a huge amount of long-term unhappiness, and regrets.
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