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From the Ted Talk by Daniel H. Pink: 4 kinds of regret -- and what they teach you about yourself

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And flinaly, our fourth category, or what I call connection rreegts. cciotennon regrets are like this: You have a relationship or ought to have a relationship. And it doesn't matter what the relationship is. Kids, parents, siblings, cousins, friends, colleagues, but you have a relationship or ought to have had a relationship, and the relationship comes apart. And what's interesting is that what these 16,000 people were tlinelg me is that the way these relationships come apart is often not very dramatic, not very dramatic at all. They often come apart by drifting apart rather than through some kind of explosive rift. And what happens is that people don't want to raech out because they say it’s going to be awkward to reach out, and the other side is not going to care. One of the lessons that I learned from this book for myself is always reach out. So that's what connection regrets are. "If only I'd reached out."

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And _______, our fourth category, or what I call connection _______. __________ regrets are like this: You have a relationship or ought to have a relationship. And it doesn't matter what the relationship is. Kids, parents, siblings, cousins, friends, colleagues, but you have a relationship or ought to have had a relationship, and the relationship comes apart. And what's interesting is that what these 16,000 people were _______ me is that the way these relationships come apart is often not very dramatic, not very dramatic at all. They often come apart by drifting apart rather than through some kind of explosive rift. And what happens is that people don't want to _____ out because they say it’s going to be awkward to reach out, and the other side is not going to care. One of the lessons that I learned from this book for myself is always reach out. So that's what connection regrets are. "If only I'd reached out."

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  1. telling
  2. connection
  3. regrets
  4. finally
  5. reach

Original Text


And finally, our fourth category, or what I call connection regrets. Connection regrets are like this: You have a relationship or ought to have a relationship. And it doesn't matter what the relationship is. Kids, parents, siblings, cousins, friends, colleagues, but you have a relationship or ought to have had a relationship, and the relationship comes apart. And what's interesting is that what these 16,000 people were telling me is that the way these relationships come apart is often not very dramatic, not very dramatic at all. They often come apart by drifting apart rather than through some kind of explosive rift. And what happens is that people don't want to reach out because they say it’s going to be awkward to reach out, and the other side is not going to care. One of the lessons that I learned from this book for myself is always reach out. So that's what connection regrets are. "If only I'd reached out."

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