Better by mistake
Subtitle: the unexpected benefits of being wrong
By: Alina Tugend
Publisher: Riverhead Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 291
ISBN-13: 9781594487859
Subjects: Errors; Fallibility; Failure (Psychology); Success; Psychological aspects
Other titles: Unexpected benefits of being wrong
Description: Outlines a provocative approach to improving one's life by embracing mistakes, citing cutting-edge behavioral studies and high-profile examples to reveal the importance of sincere apologies and taking responsibility.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-284) and index.
Table of contents: title: (Mis)understanding and (re)defining mistakes : what is a mistake?; title: It starts early : how our children learn from blunders; title: "Fail often, fast, and cheap" : mistakes in the workplace; title: It's not brain surgery; title: but what if it is? : learning from medicine; title: Lessons from the cockpit : aviation's approach to errors; title: Blaming you, blaming me : men, women, and mistakes; title: You say mistake, I say lesson : different cultures, different approaches; title: I want to apologize : saying "I'm sorry."