2018 · 09. August 2018

In last week's Southern Star, I offered some advice on how to minimise painful feelings of regret. The column is reproduced below. It’s often said people regret the things they didn’t do in life rather than the things they did do. Is this true? How should you spend your life if you want to minimise painful feelings of regret? Cornell psychologist Prof Thomas Gilovich is something of an expert in this area, and he just doesn’t believe people who say they have no regrets. ‘To live is to...