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Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me)

Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson

Recommended by 3 people on the record.

The bar next to each date shows how long ago it was said: 7d is days, 4yr is years.

Ronny Kohavi loved it
which I love sort of on the verge of psychology it's called mistakes were made but not by me

on a podcast · 27 Jul 2023 · Report

Adam Grant recommends it
Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me) is a favorite. I’m sure you know that, by Tavris and Aronson, a great book on why our egos get in the way of just about everything and how to overcome that.

on a podcast · 20 Dec 2019 · Report

Peter Attia recommends it
It was Mistakes Were Made (But Not By Me). Which is just an amazing book on the psychology of cognitive dissonance.

on a podcast · 20 Dec 2018 · Report

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That little bar

It says how long ago something was said, so you can tell last month from 2014 without doing the arithmetic. Full and green is recent; it drains and cools as the date gets older, and empties completely at about 6 years.

A striped bar means the date itself is an estimate — the source did not carry an exact one. An entry with no date at all gets no bar.