When you make a mistake at work, tell your boss immediately, own it completely, and come prepared with a solution—not just an apology. Dave had been in his first marketing role for six months when he ...

There’s an old children’s book where a little piggy says, “When I make a mistake, I pick myself up.” Like the piggy, this is how we want to view mistakes: Mistakes are part of life, and they can be ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A few years ago, Alex Levin said he misspent $800,000 on an ad campaign for a former employer. Now a startup CEO, he credits the ...

Thirty years ago at The Plain Dealer, when reporters made mistakes in stories, they appeared only in print and we’d publish short corrections in the next day’s editions. How things have changed. We ...

Below, co-authors Joshua Steiner and Michael Lynton share five key insights from their new book, From Mistakes to Meaning: Owning Your Past So It Doesn’t Own You. Joshua has worked in government, ...

Small mistakes can boost likability, humanize competence and deepen connection. Here’s the psychology behind why imperfection can be magnetic. Most of us spend enormous amounts of energy trying to ...

When it comes to making decisions about whether or not to convert pretax IRA or 401(k) savings to Roth — paying the tax now ...