How many times have you thought about starting a company, taking a year out to write that novel, or launching a new project but ended up doing nothing about it? Fear of regret—which is a powerful driver of maintaining the status quo in our lives—may be to blame.
As research in psychology, neuroscience and behavioral science has unveiled, regret can have a huge impact on our lives. Money and relationships are arguably the two issues that consume most of our emotional and mental resources, and regret affects our behavior in both.
