"Making Mistakes," Welcoming Them, Revealing Them & Getting Over Shame (TED)

Making Mistakes

In this episode, TED speakers consider why sometimes we need to make mistakes and face them head-on.

http://www.npr.org/programs/ted-radio-hour/?showDate=2014-08-22

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Alan: This is an unusually good collection of TED Talks.

1.) A Canadian physician admits his deadly mistake.

http://www.npr.org/2013/08/23/174031359/what-can-doctors-learn-by-admitting-their-mistakes

2.) A woman who came to terms with shame as the only way to overcome spiritual paralysis.

http://www.npr.org/2013/08/23/174033560/can-we-gain-strength-from-shame

3.) Are there mistakes in jazz?

http://www.npr.org/2013/08/23/174035745/are-there-mistakes-in-jazz

4.) A woman scientist seeks the best possible opponents. 

Only if proven wrong can she re-chart the course toward Truth.  

http://www.npr.org/2013/08/23/174037793/is-conflict-good-for-progress