Mistakes Were Made (but not by me) is a fantastic book by Carol Tavris and Eliot Aronson. It explores the world of excuses, self-justification, false memories and much more. The book summary write up can be found on - https://wisewords.blog/book-summaries/mistakes-were-made/

A lot of the time, we tend to act in ways that are incongruent with how we see ourselves, however, in order to make ourselves feel better about it we create reasons that justify our behaviour. For example, an individual may see themselves as honest, meaning that when they do lie they are more inclined to justify their actions as it goes against their core identity. They may come up with an excuse such as "I didn't lie, I just slightly exaggerated". This allows them to keep their previously held beliefs intact while also committing actions that go against them.

This book really is fascinating and I would strongly recommend it to everyone. We all make mistakes and excuses now and then, but hopefully from this podcast, you will be in a better place to tackle them and put them right.

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