EP350 The power of regret: using hindsight as a tool for growth

Angela Watson's Truth for Teachers by Angela Watson

Jun 14, 202625:14Education

Teaching gives you a lot of opportunities to look back and wish you'd done it differently, and most of us carry those regrets way longer than we need to. In this episode, I'm sharing what I learned from Daniel Pink's boo...

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