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Much can be learned about how to make good life decisions by finding out what people's biggest regrets are. The five biggest regrets are:

• I wish I'd dared to live a life true to myself, not what others expected of me.
• I wish I hadn't worked so hard.

Death and disease are unavoidable aspects of life. However, in the West, we've developed a delusional denial of this. We pour billions into prolonging life, most employed in our final years, but fail to value life. The most regrets of the dying are cited as follows:

• I wish I'd ha...

• "Holding: the absolute truth: We think that when we say something during a conflict, it is an absolute truth rather than a reflection of an experience. If I feel it, then it must be a fact.
• Using the words "always" and "never:" ...