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We make some of our greatest gains
When we see old things
In new ways
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by Dr. Steve Mason 43

Member L.A. County Bar Association ~ FINRA Arbitrator
A Lifetime of Regrets
The other day I came across a list of never happened or did happen but California State Bar Since 1975
the Top Five Regrets that people report weren’t that bad. But even here I ran Celebrating Super Lawyer status for 13 years 2007 through 2019
having. Take a look below and see into a problem. What if worrying is
how many, if any, apply to you:
seen as a form of preparing? Does
TOP FIVE REGRETS trying to envisage alternate outcomes
I wish I’d had the courage to live a life provide an advantage? According to
true to myself, not the life others expected of experimental psychologists, at least one
me. study says it does:
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insightful way of looking at it. Lucky terms of experiences rather than regrets.
woman! As Alexander Pope said: To Err Is Human
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can, and do, relive their regrets on a punish yourself with your poor choices
daily basis. If only they had/hadn’t from the past? Presumably you learned
done this/that. Getting into the Could- from your mistakes and like the Refreshed for the
a Should-a game, it occurred to me that I brighter animal up on his perch you’re
really didn’t have to worry as much or now going to think twice before
as often as I did. Maybe that was jumping once. Smart & Savvy Adult
something I might regret...all that time As for me, I’m just going to have to
I wasted contemplating things that give up on selecting a regret...that or
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