Regrets Are Good Encouragements

According to Answers.com, a regret is a feeling of disappointment or distress about something that one wishes could be different. Normally, people regret about things that they should have done but perhaps did not. But since they did not have a chance, their present and future was been very different.

A good example are students! During school, most of them play around, chat with friends, mingle with new schoolmates thus forgetting about the value of studying. What happens is that after graduation, they all regret and say "what if".

What if they studied?
What if they did their assignments
What if they became active on class discussions and recitations?
What if they revised well for their examinations?

There are so many "what if's" but they cannot bring back they school days. The past is past
and they need to start forgetting their regrets, and start facing their future.

Even in business, they are so many "what if's". Many say that we don't need to think about our regrets because it makes us feel negative instead of being positive. I'd rather think different! I love thinking of those regrets I had before. You know why? I my view regrets are encouraging words for me. I don't think of them as negative thoughts. Though its feels bad to think of those regrets, on the other hand, they are good because you can use them to push you forward. On a personal level I have developed a success mindset by looking at my regrets and using them to push me up and forward to my goals. In fact, instead of staying as a mediocre, I commit myself to success to prevent having those regrets again in the future.

Think of your past regrets, who knows, you might feel the urgency to succeed more, right?


Richard Butler is a life and business coach and runs a weekly motivational newsletter which you can find out more about here:
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