Surprisingly good, given that several years ago, I grokked "To Sell is Human" on a library new books shelf, saw Pink's claim that "we're all in sales now" and immediately shut the book and put it back on the shelf.

The only reasons this isn't 5-starred is that it's relatively thin, and it is a bit on the "pop psychology" side. But, it gets more than a flat 4 here. That said?

Pink book notes

One basic distinction, and a biggie, is action regrets vs. inaction regrets. Not doing something we could have vs doing something we shouldn’t. Inaction regrets often nag the most.

Four types of regret:
1. Foundational (health, mental health, education, self-development)
2. Boldness (see above)
3. Moral
4. Connection and relationship

The last one-quarter of the book, with its summary of tools on how to harness regret, is the key.

Those tools include:
1. Writing a “failure resume”
2. Doing third-person self-talk
3. Self distance in other ways, including with reliving to relieving, kind of like with PTSD
4. Doing “old year regrets” along with new year’s resolutions
5. Anticipating possible future regrets
6. Working on self-compassion even more than self-esteem (would you treat another person this way?)
7. Adopting a “journey mindset”

With action regret, Pink says undo them if possible; if not, minimize with an “at least it wasn’t worst” framing.

Pink also quotes another psychologist, that life has two narrative flows:

The first is a contamination sequence, the second a redemption sequence. Things like childhood abuse definitely are the former.

Pink does note that we should remember what’s out of our control. That said, speaking of things like child abuse, he could have talked more about how this, even into adulthood, can narrow or constrain human volition, as part of self-compassion for people with such background.