EP350 The power of regret: using hindsight as a tool for growth

Teaching gives you a lot of opportunities to look back and wish you'd done it differently, and most of us carry those regrets way longer than we need to.

In this episode, I'm sharing what I learned from Daniel Pink's book The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward, and how his research applies to the unique kind of regret that teachers carry. 

I'll walk you through the four categories of regret most people have, the difference between "if only" and "at least" thinking, and a three-step process for actually processing a regret instead of just ruminating on it at 2 a.m.

I'll also share the line from Pink's book that hit me hardest, the one that completely changed how I think about looking back:

If you know what you truly regret, you know what you truly value. 
Your regrets aren't proof you've failed this year. They're a map of what you care about.
If you've been carrying something from this school year and you're not sure what to do with it, this episode is for you.

Listen in. Or read the transcription here.