You Aren't a Failure Until You Start to Blame

Some people try to repair their self-esteem after a failure by assigning blame or making excuses. John Wooden, the legendary basketball coach, says you can still be in the process of learning from your mistakes until you deny them. When Enron, the energy giant, failed, toppled by a culture of arrogance, whose fault was it? Not mine, insisted Jeffrey Skilling, the CEO and resident genius.