Jeffrey Lockwood

And regret is a sign that we should or could have done otherwise.

And that's part of learning.

You talk about quitting work and that's, you know, we had what are they called?

The great resignation, you know, following COVID where there was this unprecedented wave of resignation, something like 4 million jobs a month were being quit and people were doing it for all kinds of reasons.

Greater pay, greater flexibility, family time, benefits, plus burnout and health risks.

And all of those are going to be radically individualized.

You know, the

The Greeks talked about virtue, right?

And virtue was sort of leading a life that fulfilled the human potential.

But they realized, you know, even back then, that not all people have the same capacities.

And so the famous example is, you know, what is courageous for a man?

for a civilian might be cowardly for a soldier.

And so we have different capacities, different abilities, different tolerances.

How much stress can you take?

How much anxiety can you take?

How much does putting up with this position set you up to move to a better position within that company versus jumping ship?

And you start factoring in all of those considerations and you end up with some, I guess, giant spreadsheet filled with numbers that are incommensurable.

You can't add apples and oranges.

How much is a $20,000 cut in pay worth versus...

indigestion, sleepless nights, and an ulcer.