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Mistakes Were Made Book Review

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Channel: Book Launchers · 2015 · Education

Author Julie Broad reviews Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me) book by Carol Tavris &‎ Elliot Aronson. Have you made a mistake? Did you admit it? If you didn't ... you're not alone.

Even when confronted with proof many people justify, rather than admit their mistake. But you could be missing a great opportunity if that's what you do. In this video learn what to do to make the most of every mistake you make.

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Video transcript:
If you make a massive mistake well first of all you're not alone and if you haven't admitted it you're not alone in that either.

A crazy study was published in 1932 from Edwin Bouchard a Yale professor in that study the study by the way it was called convicting the innocent sixty-five actual errors of criminal justice in that study he talked about eight murders or eight people who were convicted of murder where the victim actually turned out later to be alive.
So eight people convicted of murdering somebody who was not actually dead now despite the fact that there was actually a living breathing human being in front of them prosecutors and police refused to acknowledge that they had in fact made a mistake.

In fact, one of the prosecutors even told Bouchard innocent men are never convicted don't
worry about it it never happens.

The book by the way mistakes were made but not by me - great fascinating read on this
subject they lead their book on page two they actually say most people went directly confronted with proof that they were wrong do not change their point of view or course of action but justify it
even more tenaciously.

So, not only are we human beings and make mistakes but we self justify to protect ourselves we
don't want to feel bad we don't want to feel like we messed up and have done something wrong you you might have made a mistake and by self-justifying you're robbing yourself of a fantastic
opportunity to learn and grow but you're not going to get there you're not gonna get to the golden part of learning from the mistakes that you've made and eventually forgiving yourself for making those mistakes if you're not first aware that you're even making them because your brain is stepping in to protect you from feeling bad.

Because none of us want to feel bad, none of us want to feel like we messed up but we all do and you first need to realize when you might be justifying not taking responsibility because no matter what happens there's always a part you played in it there's something that you can take responsibility for and do differently in the future.

So, be aware, admit it and then learn from it and from all of this you'll gain some real gold
and by understanding the mistakes you made and why you made them and learning from them you'll actually become a more powerful influencer and have a greater impact on those around you and by the way if you're really nervous about admitting it one of the pieces that they talked about in the book mistakes were made very cool piece they talked about how President Kennedy in 1961 they say that he's the only president to ever admit he was wrong not sure if that is still true because the book was published a few years ago but he talked they talked about the Bay of Pigs incident so the Bay of Pigs disaster in Cuba.

Kennedy says the final responsibility for the failure of Bay of Pigs invasion was mine and mine alone big thing for a president to admit was mine and mine alone and you know he had
advisors all around but he took responsibility now you might think that people hated him for this, the opposite was in fact true his popularity soared.

Now think about it if somebody knows you made a mistake and you're not admitting it are you doing yourself any favors are you building your credibility?
Are you building trust no so people probably know you made a mistake so why not admit it be upfront and there might be fallback absolutely but there's also potentially a great opportunity to grow that relationship so you're going to get gold from learning you might get gold from admitting it and well you're opening up your mind to see possible areas where you might be able to improve by being more aware of when your brain is kicking in to self justify.

So I've made a mistake I've made many but now I'm trying are to be aware of it so I can admit it
and learn from it and I do hope you do too

Mistakes Were Made Book Review

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