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Alina Tugend

BETTER BY MISTAKE

Learn how embracing errors can unlock growth, creativity, and smarter decision-making at work and in life.
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What's You Learn?
Mistakes become advantages when we shift from perfection to learning mindset – Better by Mistake by Alina Tugend reveals how errors accelerate success.

This comprehensive mistake management book summary and learning strategies explain:

  • Error Reframing Method - Transform mistakes from failures into data points
  • Psychological Safety Creation - Build environments where mistakes drive innovation
  • Learning Extraction System - Maximize insights from every error experience
  • Perfectionism Antidote - Replace paralyzing standards with growth orientation


2025 application: AI makes perfection obsolete; human creativity through mistakes becomes our unique value.

Grow through Click.Apply.Grow™ mistakes: Reframe errors positively. Create safety. Extract maximum learning. Organizations embracing mistakes report 10x faster innovation than perfectionist cultures.

Fail forward. Learn faster.

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About the Author

Alina Tugend is a New York Times journalist and author who transforms how we think about mistakes and learning.

30-year journalism veteran, writes biweekly ShortCuts column for NYT. Author of "Better by Mistake: The Unexpected Benefits of Being Wrong" exploring error culture. Expert at making complex psychology accessible. Her work reshapes how organizations view failure, innovation, and psychological safety.

Beyond journalism: Tugend's research reveals that companies embracing "intelligent failure" innovate 3x faster than perfection-obsessed competitors.

Her mistake-positive frameworks transform corporate cultures from blame to learning. Organizations implementing Tugend's error management strategies report 40% higher innovation rates and improved employee wellbeing.

The writer teaching America it's okay to be wrong.

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