Admitting You Are Wrong

First, it’s the best way to show that you are aware that you are often wrong, and that you want to hear about it when you are; you want to be challenged.

When we fail, we often conceal it, distort it, or deny it. We make the facts fit our self-serving theory rather than adjust the theory to fit the facts. We attribute our failure to factors beyond our control. In our own failures, we overestimate the role of bad luck (“Better luck next time”). We blame the failure on someone else (“She got the job b

Take The Blame. It is your fault if something goes wrong or doesn’t work or there is a communication failure. That’s both internal and external. Do Right. Be more concerned about doing the right thing than about being right.

You may learn that what you really seek is understanding and acknowledgment. What you want the other person to say isn’t “It was my fault,” but rather “I understand that I hurt you and I’m sorry.” The first statement is about judgment, the second about understanding.