Better by Mistake The Unexpected Benefits of Being Wrong

Name: Better by Mistake The Unexpected Benefits of Being Wrong
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ISBN: 9781594487859

ISBN-10: 1594487855

ISBN-13: 9781594487859

Edition: 2011

Authors: Alina Tugend

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A New York Timescolumnist delivers an eye-opening big idea: Embracing mistakes can make us smarter, healthier, and happier in every facet of our lives. In this persuasive book, journalist Alina Tugend examines the delicate tension between what we're told-we must make mistakes in order to learn-and the reality-we often get punished for making mistakes, and therefore try to avoid them or cover them up. In Better by Mistake,Tugend shows that mistakes are everywhere, and suggests that when we acknowledge and identify them correctly, we can improve not only ourselves, but our families, our work, and the world around us. Through fascinating research, Tugend reveals how trying to avoid mistakes…

Book details

List price: $25.95
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 3/17/2011
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 304
Size: 9.75" wide x 6.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



Introduction



(Mis)Understanding and (Re)Defining Mistakes: What is a mistake?



It Starts Early: How our children learn from blunders



ï¿½Fail Often, Fast, and Cheapï¿½: Mistakes in the workplace



It's Not Brain Surgery … But What if it is?: Learning from medicine



Lessons From the Cockpit: Aviation's approach to errors



Blaming You, Blaming Me: Men, women, and mistakes



You Say Mistake, I Say Lesson: Different cultures, different approaches



I Want to Apologize: Saying ï¿½I'm sorryï¿½


Conclusion


Acknowledgments


Notes


Bibliography


Index