Regret Aversion

One concept. Four tiers of command. Which do you speak?

Category: Cognition

Foundational Lexiconavoiding regret
Executive Parlanceanticipated regret
Scholarly Discourseprospective regret minimization
Babel ZenithRegret Aversion
Origin: Behavioral Economics

Etymology & Meaning

Making decisions to avoid future regret.

In the Boardroom

Choosing based on what you'd regret not doing.

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