4.5. Interesting book. I enjoyed learning more about self-justification, cognitive dissonance, & how these affect our choices and lives. Lots of good examples from a variety of areas. I listened to the audiobook (mine seemed to have some playback issues?), but also checked out a hard copy for reference.

Un análisis fascinante sobre nuestra extrema dificultad para aceptar nuestros errores, los motivos por los que nos cuesta tanto y las consecuencias que no hacerlo trae en prácticamente todos los ámbitos de la vida. Cargado de ejemplos y explicado de una manera simple y bien documentada, explora un montón de temas, desde guerras internacionales hasta problemas en el matrimonio, pasando por la condena judicial a personas inocentes y la mala praxis en la medicina.

Es un recordatorio muy efectivo de lo importante que es decir "me equivoqué" en vez de querer justificar cada mínimo error basados en la arrogancia y restarle responsabilidad a nuestros actos.

Mis únicos (pequeños) problemas: El uso de las notas me resultó un poco molesto, hay demasiadas y los autores incluyen información en ellas que podría estar en el texto principal sin interrumpir la lectura. Además, hay ciertas ideas que se repiten un par de veces con distintos ejemplos, pero en su mayoría su inclusión es bastante enriquecedora, y al no ser un libro demasiado largo, nunca se volvió tedioso.

Muy recomendado.

This book was written during the end of the Bush Administration when mistakes were definitely made with the Iraq war. But I couldn’t help feel the parallels to the current Trump Administration. Trump totally colluded with Russia... and intentionally. Not even apologizing for his son taking a meeting with Russians, saying anyone would take that meeting and nothing came from it. I actually had nightmares over this book. I called my friend that recommended this book and said, “Oh god, when the Mueller report shows Trump did collide, his supporters won’t believe it.” No.. the cognitive dissonance is too high and the need to justify their vote. This is an important book about our biases and the myths we tell ourselves so we can keep going. I will want to read this again.

Highly recommend. This is one of the most interesting books I’ve read in a long time. It made me think critically about myself, my actions, the world, and what happens in it. I was familiar with cognitive dissonance before reading this, but the examples and commentary here really brought home how it plays out in many different areas of life.

i reallie enjoyed this. I reference all the time now, much to the irritation of everyone i know. but it reallie clarifies a lot of things. why we do things we know we shouldn't and how we fail to feel abd about it when we do.

Short review: This is one of the most fascinating books I have read in a while. A popularly focused leadership/psychology book that has some real practical suggestions as well as a lot of negative examples. I wrote one of the longest reviews I have ever written on my blog because I was captured by the idea that not only do we often self-justify our actions in spite of the fact that it usually makes us look worse in the long term, but we really can make changes to our behavior. Really recommend this book to anyone with any sort of leadership position. Learning how to really look at a situation and not just prejudge it and learning how to admit mistakes and learn from them are probably two of the most important leadership traits any leader can learn. Both are discussed extensively in this book.

Full review on my blog at http://bookwi.se/mistakes-were-made-but-not-by-me-why-we-justify-foolish-beliefs-bad-decisions-and-hurtful-acts/

A really great book that has shown me many misconceptions that I had about human nature and mistakes that I do but thought did not consider them to be mine. I especially enjoyed the last chapter of the book were the author talked about the importance of mistakes in learning, something I personally believe to be missing from many cultures and most definitely missing in mine.

Always kept seeing this book get referenced in everything I was reading, so it was nice to finally open it up. Very informative read and it felt like all the good studies weren't mentioned in the other books! Cognitive dissonance is something we're all guilty of, and the authors show in detail as to why that is. If you want to become more honest with yourself and with the world, definitely read this book. If you think you're already honest with yourself, then you ESPECIALLY should read this book