Mariner Books</br></br>Product Description</br></br><DIV><P><B>??Entertaining?? illuminating and?when you recognize yourself in the stories it tells?mortifying.?? ?<I>Wall Street Journal</I></B><BR /><BR /><B>??Every page sparkles with sharp insight and keen observation. Mistakes were made?but not in this book!?? ?Daniel Gilbert?? author of?<I>Stumbling on Happiness</I></B><BR /> ?<BR /> Why is it so hard to say ??I made a mistake???and really believe it?<BR /> ?<BR /> When we make mistakes?? cling to outdated attitudes?? or mistreat other people?? we must calm the cognitive dissonance that jars our feelings of self-worth. And so?? unconsciously?? we create fictions that absolve us of responsibi