World Regret Survey
Work in Social Sciences
World Regret Survey has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including The Mel Robbins Podcast. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Daniel PinkAmerican author who led a large study on regret
Pink reports that nearly a third of respondents left email addresses for follow-up, far exceeding his expected 5%.
“We had nearly a third of people leave their email address and say, yeah, it's like, not only do I want to tell you a complete stranger”
The Mel Robbins Podcast: What Makes a Good Life? This Study on 26,000 Regrets Will Guide You for the Rest of Your Life (May 25, 2026) · Listen from 15:52
Pink says the most surprising finding of the survey was how universal regrets are across places and genders.
“And so it's the universality of it that surprised me the most”
The Mel Robbins Podcast: What Makes a Good Life? This Study on 26,000 Regrets Will Guide You for the Rest of Your Life (May 25, 2026) · Listen from 15:13
Podcasts
- The Mel Robbins Podcast · 1 episode
Episodes
What Makes a Good Life? This Study on 26,000 Regrets Will Guide You for the Rest of Your LifeThe Mel Robbins Podcast · May 25, 2026 · 1 h 10 min
Mel Robbins and author Daniel Pink discuss the World Regret Survey, the four core types of regret, and a three-step method for learning from regret.