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Responding Well to Errors

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Business pages headline business mistakes. But just as noteworthy is how people recover from them. Pearl S. Buck once...

Learn from Mistakes

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Transcript On a recent tour for his book on George Washington, the author was both admiring and candid about the father...

The Failure That Results from Guarding Against Failure

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“We learn by our mistakes!” said my fourth-grade teacher with enthusiasm. I did not find this comforting at the time...

Overcoming Discouragement

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My hope for Jim's fruitful future at our church shriveled on the vine. I felt like a dismal failure as a boss. 

Ash Wednesday Do-Over

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I didn’t grow up observing Lent, and even now our family doesn’t attend a church that emphasizes the liturgical...

Four Things to Do When You Make a Mistake at Work

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Own it. Fix it. Embrace it. And don’t repeat it.

Gordon Gekko on My Mind

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I needed to see my work with a craftsman's eye if I was to turn the corner into the second half of my life.