Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me)

This book by Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson came up once on Diary of a CEO in the episodes we index. That mention was a genuine on-air recommendation, not just a passing reference. The people who brought it up: Robert Greene. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.

Two distinguished psychologists look at the role of self-justification in human life, explaining how and why we create fictions that absolve us of responsibility and restore our belief in our intelligence, moral rectitude, and correctness; assess the potential repercussions of such a course of action; and reveal how it can be overcome.