Daniel Pink
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It's like, from American college graduates, I am stunned by the number of regrets that American college graduates have about not studying abroad when they were in college. I couldn't believe it. Like, even if you Google, not Google, but if you go into the database and search the phrase like study abroad, you get like, Hundreds of hits. I couldn't, it's crazy. Okay. So that's an education regret.
It's like, from American college graduates, I am stunned by the number of regrets that American college graduates have about not studying abroad when they were in college. I couldn't believe it. Like, even if you Google, not Google, but if you go into the database and search the phrase like study abroad, you get like, Hundreds of hits. I couldn't, it's crazy. Okay. So that's an education regret.
It's like, from American college graduates, I am stunned by the number of regrets that American college graduates have about not studying abroad when they were in college. I couldn't believe it. Like, even if you Google, not Google, but if you go into the database and search the phrase like study abroad, you get like, Hundreds of hits. I couldn't, it's crazy. Okay. So that's an education regret.
And we now have a database of over 21,000 regrets from people in 109 countries. It's incredible. And once I looked at those, okay, just basically just people offering their regrets, but by the thousands all over the world, and I didn't ask them to categorize it. I just wanted to know their age, their gender identity, and their location.
And we now have a database of over 21,000 regrets from people in 109 countries. It's incredible. And once I looked at those, okay, just basically just people offering their regrets, but by the thousands all over the world, and I didn't ask them to categorize it. I just wanted to know their age, their gender identity, and their location.
And we now have a database of over 21,000 regrets from people in 109 countries. It's incredible. And once I looked at those, okay, just basically just people offering their regrets, but by the thousands all over the world, and I didn't ask them to categorize it. I just wanted to know their age, their gender identity, and their location.
And we now have a database of over 21,000 regrets from people in 109 countries. It's incredible. And once I looked at those, okay, just basically just people offering their regrets, but by the thousands all over the world, and I didn't ask them to categorize it. I just wanted to know their age, their gender identity, and their location.
And we now have a database of over 21,000 regrets from people in 109 countries. It's incredible. And once I looked at those, okay, just basically just people offering their regrets, but by the thousands all over the world, and I didn't ask them to categorize it. I just wanted to know their age, their gender identity, and their location.
Okay. People say, ah, I wish I had studied abroad. I was a little bit too scared to go away. And, you know, I thought I would miss people and dah, dah, dah, dah, dah, dah. And now I wish I had taken that, you know, now I wish I had studied abroad.
Okay. People say, ah, I wish I had studied abroad. I was a little bit too scared to go away. And, you know, I thought I would miss people and dah, dah, dah, dah, dah, dah. And now I wish I had taken that, you know, now I wish I had studied abroad.
Okay. People say, ah, I wish I had studied abroad. I was a little bit too scared to go away. And, you know, I thought I would miss people and dah, dah, dah, dah, dah, dah. And now I wish I had taken that, you know, now I wish I had studied abroad.
Okay. People say, ah, I wish I had studied abroad. I was a little bit too scared to go away. And, you know, I thought I would miss people and dah, dah, dah, dah, dah, dah. And now I wish I had taken that, you know, now I wish I had studied abroad.
Okay. People say, ah, I wish I had studied abroad. I was a little bit too scared to go away. And, you know, I thought I would miss people and dah, dah, dah, dah, dah, dah. And now I wish I had taken that, you know, now I wish I had studied abroad.
But you know what? It's a big deal, man. I have to say, I was blown away by that. I actually think that there is a, and this is for the entrepreneurial Yap listeners out there.
But you know what? It's a big deal, man. I have to say, I was blown away by that. I actually think that there is a, and this is for the entrepreneurial Yap listeners out there.
But you know what? It's a big deal, man. I have to say, I was blown away by that. I actually think that there is a, and this is for the entrepreneurial Yap listeners out there.
But you know what? It's a big deal, man. I have to say, I was blown away by that. I actually think that there is a, and this is for the entrepreneurial Yap listeners out there.
But you know what? It's a big deal, man. I have to say, I was blown away by that. I actually think that there is a, and this is for the entrepreneurial Yap listeners out there.
When I started reading through those regrets, I didn't read through all 21,000, but I did read through the first 15,000 of them. What I discovered is that there's something else going on, that trying to understand what people regret by those categories that I initially had thought is not the way to look at it, that there's something bigger and more interesting going on beneath the surface.
When I started reading through those regrets, I didn't read through all 21,000, but I did read through the first 15,000 of them. What I discovered is that there's something else going on, that trying to understand what people regret by those categories that I initially had thought is not the way to look at it, that there's something bigger and more interesting going on beneath the surface.