Dr. Rangan Chatterjee
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If I'm faced with that situation again, I can act differently and I will act differently because now I know better, I will do better. But I couldn't have done better back then. And in terms of your question before, Chris, why is it that at this stage of my life, I feel so good? One of the reasons, there's many, one of the reasons is because I no longer have any regrets.
If I'm faced with that situation again, I can act differently and I will act differently because now I know better, I will do better. But I couldn't have done better back then. And in terms of your question before, Chris, why is it that at this stage of my life, I feel so good? One of the reasons, there's many, one of the reasons is because I no longer have any regrets.
Every single one of my past experiences has led to me being the person that I am today. Without any of those experiences... I wouldn't have been the same person, right? I'm informed by all of those things. So I very much do look at my past, but I use it as a way of learning about myself. I think the other way, well, I'll come to the other way in a minute.
Every single one of my past experiences has led to me being the person that I am today. Without any of those experiences... I wouldn't have been the same person, right? I'm informed by all of those things. So I very much do look at my past, but I use it as a way of learning about myself. I think the other way, well, I'll come to the other way in a minute.
Every single one of my past experiences has led to me being the person that I am today. Without any of those experiences... I wouldn't have been the same person, right? I'm informed by all of those things. So I very much do look at my past, but I use it as a way of learning about myself. I think the other way, well, I'll come to the other way in a minute.
You said in that video that you think you have to choose your regrets. I'm presenting a slightly different perspective, I think. What's your take on that?
You said in that video that you think you have to choose your regrets. I'm presenting a slightly different perspective, I think. What's your take on that?
You said in that video that you think you have to choose your regrets. I'm presenting a slightly different perspective, I think. What's your take on that?
Yeah, no, I like that. I really like that. I think this is a really interesting topic. The other way of looking at it, Chris, is at 47 now, am I going to really regret things I did in my 20s in the sense that I was a different person then? I'm a different person today than I was 12 months ago. So am I going to now judge my 20-year-old self through the lens of hopefully,
Yeah, no, I like that. I really like that. I think this is a really interesting topic. The other way of looking at it, Chris, is at 47 now, am I going to really regret things I did in my 20s in the sense that I was a different person then? I'm a different person today than I was 12 months ago. So am I going to now judge my 20-year-old self through the lens of hopefully,
Yeah, no, I like that. I really like that. I think this is a really interesting topic. The other way of looking at it, Chris, is at 47 now, am I going to really regret things I did in my 20s in the sense that I was a different person then? I'm a different person today than I was 12 months ago. So am I going to now judge my 20-year-old self through the lens of hopefully,
A wiser man who's become a father, who has much more experience in the world. It seems a little unfair to judge the younger version of me through my current lens.
A wiser man who's become a father, who has much more experience in the world. It seems a little unfair to judge the younger version of me through my current lens.
A wiser man who's become a father, who has much more experience in the world. It seems a little unfair to judge the younger version of me through my current lens.
Exactly. So it's a choice. I love the thought that the way we believe, the beliefs we hold about the world, Chris... It is a choice, right? We can choose them. Something I've been really playing around with recently in my head is this idea that life is a set of experiences and it's the story we put onto those experiences that ultimately determines the quality of our life.
Exactly. So it's a choice. I love the thought that the way we believe, the beliefs we hold about the world, Chris... It is a choice, right? We can choose them. Something I've been really playing around with recently in my head is this idea that life is a set of experiences and it's the story we put onto those experiences that ultimately determines the quality of our life.
Exactly. So it's a choice. I love the thought that the way we believe, the beliefs we hold about the world, Chris... It is a choice, right? We can choose them. Something I've been really playing around with recently in my head is this idea that life is a set of experiences and it's the story we put onto those experiences that ultimately determines the quality of our life.
And what I didn't realise until a few years ago is that I get to choose that story. That narrative, that comes down to me. And that was taught to me on a very, very deep level by an Auschwitz survivor, Edith Eger, who I think I've spoken to you about before. This incredible lady who, when I spoke to her at 93 years old and then again at 97... She was announced when she was 16.
And what I didn't realise until a few years ago is that I get to choose that story. That narrative, that comes down to me. And that was taught to me on a very, very deep level by an Auschwitz survivor, Edith Eger, who I think I've spoken to you about before. This incredible lady who, when I spoke to her at 93 years old and then again at 97... She was announced when she was 16.
And what I didn't realise until a few years ago is that I get to choose that story. That narrative, that comes down to me. And that was taught to me on a very, very deep level by an Auschwitz survivor, Edith Eger, who I think I've spoken to you about before. This incredible lady who, when I spoke to her at 93 years old and then again at 97... She was announced when she was 16.