Stop making mass shooters famous | Tom Teves

Stop making mass shooters famous | Tom Teves

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4 kinds of regret -- and what they teach you about yourself | Daniel H. Pink (re-release)

Regret is one of our most powerful emotions -- and also one of the most misunderstood. Over the past two years, author Daniel H. Pink has collected a trove of more than 16,000 regrets from people in 105 countries in an effort to better understand this mysterious emotion. He share ...  Show more

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