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Carol Tavris

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Carol Tavris

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Birthday: September 17, 1944

Educated At: University Of Michigan

Nationality: United States Of America

Occupations: Psychologist

Total quotes: 1

“We want to hear, we long to hear, ‘I screwed up. I will do my best to ensure that it will not happen again.’ Most of us are not impressed when a leader offers the form of Kennedy’s admission without its essence, as in Ronald Reagan’s response to the Iran-Contra scandal, which may be summarized as ‘I didn’t do anything wrong myself, but it happened on my watch, so, well, I guess I’ll take responsibility.’ That doesn’t cut it.”

— Carol Tavris, Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts

Tagged: Mistakes, Psychologists, Responsibility, Awareness

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