I’ve written two books, coauthored three more, and ghostwritten four others. I’ve also done developmental edits on three dozen. I’m proud to say that there are very few mistakes in any books I’ve worked on. That’s not because I don’t make mistakes — I make plenty. But I don’t trust myself to be completely accurate,…
Each of us has made mistakes. How we own up to such mistakes makes a great deal of difference in our lives. I was reminded of this yesterday as I watched South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem attempt not to talk about her imaginary meeting with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, as documented in her…
The Tax Policy Center, a nonpartisan organization that analyzes tax proposals, posted and then retracted an erroneous analysis of the Republican tax plan. The problem took several days to fix. If you ever screw up (and who doesn’t), take notes; this is a great case study in how to recover. What does a tax proposal…