Daniel Pink

we're too caught up in the details of our life. At some level, we know too much, and that blinds us from the big picture. It's like trying to understand, okay, I want to study the ocean, and what I'm going to do is I'm going to scuba dive to try to understand the ocean. It's like, well, now I'm immersed in everything. If you really want to understand, what does the ocean look like?

we're too caught up in the details of our life. At some level, we know too much, and that blinds us from the big picture. It's like trying to understand, okay, I want to study the ocean, and what I'm going to do is I'm going to scuba dive to try to understand the ocean. It's like, well, now I'm immersed in everything. If you really want to understand, what does the ocean look like?

we're too caught up in the details of our life. At some level, we know too much, and that blinds us from the big picture. It's like trying to understand, okay, I want to study the ocean, and what I'm going to do is I'm going to scuba dive to try to understand the ocean. It's like, well, now I'm immersed in everything. If you really want to understand, what does the ocean look like?

Sure. That's another really good point. There's a technique, some good research on this called mental subtraction of positive events. It allows us to feel a greater sense of gratitude. It's also a way to reckon with regret. I give you an education regret of mine, which is that I regret having gone to law school in general and probably gone to law school when I did. That's not a cataclysmic regret.

Sure. That's another really good point. There's a technique, some good research on this called mental subtraction of positive events. It allows us to feel a greater sense of gratitude. It's also a way to reckon with regret. I give you an education regret of mine, which is that I regret having gone to law school in general and probably gone to law school when I did. That's not a cataclysmic regret.

Sure. That's another really good point. There's a technique, some good research on this called mental subtraction of positive events. It allows us to feel a greater sense of gratitude. It's also a way to reckon with regret. I give you an education regret of mine, which is that I regret having gone to law school in general and probably gone to law school when I did. That's not a cataclysmic regret.

Sure. That's another really good point. There's a technique, some good research on this called mental subtraction of positive events. It allows us to feel a greater sense of gratitude. It's also a way to reckon with regret. I give you an education regret of mine, which is that I regret having gone to law school in general and probably gone to law school when I did. That's not a cataclysmic regret.

Sure. That's another really good point. There's a technique, some good research on this called mental subtraction of positive events. It allows us to feel a greater sense of gratitude. It's also a way to reckon with regret. I give you an education regret of mine, which is that I regret having gone to law school in general and probably gone to law school when I did. That's not a cataclysmic regret.

What are its boundaries? How's it configured? You want to be an oceanographer. You want to get up like in a helicopter and go above there. And that's a better, often a better problem solving technique. We just know too much about ourselves. We're too caught up in the gory details where with other people, we see the big picture. We see what's really going on.

What are its boundaries? How's it configured? You want to be an oceanographer. You want to get up like in a helicopter and go above there. And that's a better, often a better problem solving technique. We just know too much about ourselves. We're too caught up in the gory details where with other people, we see the big picture. We see what's really going on.

What are its boundaries? How's it configured? You want to be an oceanographer. You want to get up like in a helicopter and go above there. And that's a better, often a better problem solving technique. We just know too much about ourselves. We're too caught up in the gory details where with other people, we see the big picture. We see what's really going on.

What are its boundaries? How's it configured? You want to be an oceanographer. You want to get up like in a helicopter and go above there. And that's a better, often a better problem solving technique. We just know too much about ourselves. We're too caught up in the gory details where with other people, we see the big picture. We see what's really going on.

What are its boundaries? How's it configured? You want to be an oceanographer. You want to get up like in a helicopter and go above there. And that's a better, often a better problem solving technique. We just know too much about ourselves. We're too caught up in the gory details where with other people, we see the big picture. We see what's really going on.

It's not my biggest regret, but it's illustrative here. But here's the thing. I met my wife in law school. So what I can do is I can say, well, let me mentally subtract that event. Imagine a world where I didn't go to law school. That's a world where I never would have met my wife. I don't want to live in that world. With action regrets, we can find the silver lining. We can at least them.

It's not my biggest regret, but it's illustrative here. But here's the thing. I met my wife in law school. So what I can do is I can say, well, let me mentally subtract that event. Imagine a world where I didn't go to law school. That's a world where I never would have met my wife. I don't want to live in that world. With action regrets, we can find the silver lining. We can at least them.

It's not my biggest regret, but it's illustrative here. But here's the thing. I met my wife in law school. So what I can do is I can say, well, let me mentally subtract that event. Imagine a world where I didn't go to law school. That's a world where I never would have met my wife. I don't want to live in that world. With action regrets, we can find the silver lining. We can at least them.

It's not my biggest regret, but it's illustrative here. But here's the thing. I met my wife in law school. So what I can do is I can say, well, let me mentally subtract that event. Imagine a world where I didn't go to law school. That's a world where I never would have met my wife. I don't want to live in that world. With action regrets, we can find the silver lining. We can at least them.

It's not my biggest regret, but it's illustrative here. But here's the thing. I met my wife in law school. So what I can do is I can say, well, let me mentally subtract that event. Imagine a world where I didn't go to law school. That's a world where I never would have met my wife. I don't want to live in that world. With action regrets, we can find the silver lining. We can at least them.

And I really think that's it. Now, we can bring those techniques to bear on our own problems, but we have to be deliberate and intentional about that by doing these kinds of sort of like Jedi mind tricks to self-distance. Again, talking to yourself in the third person, even that thing that I suggested before about talking to yourself 10 years from now, that's a form of self-distancing.

And I really think that's it. Now, we can bring those techniques to bear on our own problems, but we have to be deliberate and intentional about that by doing these kinds of sort of like Jedi mind tricks to self-distance. Again, talking to yourself in the third person, even that thing that I suggested before about talking to yourself 10 years from now, that's a form of self-distancing.