Have You Ever Obsessed Over 'What If?' According to Scientists, You Don't Actually Know What Would Have Fixed Everything.
Counterfactual thinking is a natural impulse, but we're better off when we learn to counter it.

By Jason Feifer •
This story appears in the January 2023 issue of Entrepreneur. Subscribe »
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