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Daniel Pink's Global Regret Survey Reveals Four Universal Categories of Human Regret

The Mel Robbins Podcast · What Makes a Good Life? This Study on 26,000 Regrets Will Guide You for the Rest of Your Life · May 25, 2026
Daniel Pink's Global Regret Survey Reveals Four Universal Categories of Human Regret
The Mel Robbins Podcast
The Mel Robbins Podcast
What Makes a Good Life? This Study on 26,000 Regrets Will Guide You for the Rest of Your Life
"Around the world, people seem to have the same 4 kinds of regrets. Foundation regrets: if only I'd done the work. Boldness regrets: if only I'd taken the chance. Moral regrets: if only I'd done the right thing. And connection regrets: if only I had reached out."
Daniel Pink, director of the world's largest study on regret with over 26,000 participants from 134 countries, discovered that all human regrets fall into four universal categories regardless of geography, gender, or culture. The most common regret worldwide is connection regrets, followed by boldness, foundation, and moral regrets. This finding challenges the assumption that regrets are unique individual experiences and instead reveals shared patterns across humanity.
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