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What if You Could Manage Mistakes Before Making Them?

An exploration of personal precognition and risk

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Amy L Bernstein
Nov 14, 2023
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Famed organizational psychologist Adam Grant recently published a listicle on CNBC’s website outlining the “life changes” practiced by successful people.

One item in particular caught my eye. Grant suggests that we “set a mistake budget.” The point of that, he writes, is to “encourage trial and error, set a goal for the…

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