It is unusual for George W. Bush to identify a mistake he has made as president, yet it is welcome news that he now regrets using tough-guy language, "bring it on," to taunt Iraqi insurgents.
One, in October 2005, asked test takers to identify a mistake in this sentence: Every spring in rural Vermont, the (A) sound of sap (B) dripping into galvanized metal buckets (C) signal the beginning of the traditional season (D) for gathering maple syrup.
When something bad happens to someone, the people around him or her often try to identify a "mistake" so that they can reassure themselves that they're safe, because they would never have made that mistake.
What Christensen did was identify a fundamental mistake or issue that dominant companies face when challenged.
Sequoia investors put on their hair shirts in 2011 and tried to identify a fixable mistake in their Twitter analysis.
We asked 12 coaches of Forbes Coaches Council to identify a common mistake CEOs make around strategic planning and how to avoid it.
Conversely, research by Breines and Chen found that people who were compassionate towards themselves after making a mistake or identifying a personal weakness had increased motivation with regards to self-improvement.
None of the commissioners asked Mr. Giuliani about the placement of the city's multimillion-dollar emergency command center in 7 World Trade Center, an established terrorist target that the commission staff has identified as a mistake.
Comparing the AMT labels to the pilot study labels, we found that the young students in the pilot study made many more mistakes in identifying an old-style phone dialling sound.
Richmond balked at identifying any mistakes in firefighters' response.
He likes to trace each problem he identifies to a mistaken law or principle: judges' deference to juries inspires irresponsible lawsuits, civil service regulations lock up bureaucrats, antidiscrimination laws encourage employees to sue their managers.
