{"id":18332,"date":"2025-11-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomilli.com\/en\/admit-your-mistakes\/"},"modified":"2026-02-08T19:41:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T00:41:06","slug":"admit-your-mistakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomilli.com\/en\/admit-your-mistakes\/","title":{"rendered":"Admit Your Mistakes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">There I was in Edinburgh, researching a book about the advertising man David Ogilvy, who went to the Fettes school, \u201cthe Eton of Scotland.\u201d Known by Brits as Tony Blair\u2019s school, its main building was the architectural model for Harry Potter\u2019s Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Witchery. J.K. Rowling lives in Edinburgh.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">After several days of interviews, I was ready to enroll. I soaked it up. One of the masters suggested that I return the next morning for the daily ten-minute chapel service. He\u00a0didn\u2019t\u00a0have to persuade me.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em lang=\"EN-US\">First, a great organ.<\/em><br \/>\n<span lang=\"EN-US\">I\u2019m a sucker for organs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em lang=\"EN-US\">Then a hymn.<\/em><br \/>\n<span lang=\"EN-US\">The girls marched in, wearing plaid skirts. The boys followed, in their striped chocolate and magenta (really!) blazers. Young voices rang out.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em lang=\"EN-US\">Finally, the Scottish chaplain.<\/em><br \/>\n<span lang=\"EN-US\">\u201cToday\u2019s sermon is based on a\u00a0<\/span><em lang=\"EN-US\">business<\/em><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0book.\u00a0<\/span><em lang=\"EN-US\">What They\u00a0Don\u2019t\u00a0Teach You at the Harvard Business School.<\/em><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u201d That got my attention, since I knew the book and the author, Mark McCormick, the professional sports agent who founded the International Management Group with golfer Arnold Palmer as his first client. IMG signed top golfers, tennis players, and political luminaries like Margaret Thatcher. He and my boss Bill Phillips became\u00a0pals\u00a0and tennis opponents.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">The chaplain said the book, which was on\u00a0<\/span><em lang=\"EN-US\">The New York Times<\/em><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0best-seller list for\u00a021 weeks, makes many helpful points. But it has three big lessons.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em lang=\"EN-US\">\u201cFirst, admit your mistakes.\u201d<\/em><br \/>\n<span lang=\"EN-US\">He told a short anecdote to illustrate that point.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em lang=\"EN-US\">\u201cSay you\u2019re sorry.\u201d<\/em><br \/>\n<span lang=\"EN-US\">Another relevant example.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em lang=\"EN-US\">\u201cAsk for help.\u201d<\/em><br \/>\n<span lang=\"EN-US\">One more example, and he was done. The organ sounded, and the fresh-faced kids marched out. Ten minutes!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">I made my way to the chaplain and told him how much I enjoyed the service. I said that my boss gave McCormick the\u00a0book\u2019s\u00a0title \u2014 originally as \u201cWhat I don\u2019t want the Harvard Business School to Teach My Daughter,\u201d which McCormick adapted for his best-seller.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">Great lessons \u2026from the pulpit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Taken from: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ogilvy.com\/ideas\/admit-your-mistakes\">https:\/\/www.ogilvy.com\/ideas\/admit-your-mistakes<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There I was in Edinburgh, researching a book about the advertising man David Ogilvy, who went to the Fettes school, \u201cthe Eton of Scotland.\u201d Known by Brits as Tony Blair\u2019s school, its main building was the architectural model for Harry Potter\u2019s Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Witchery. J.K. Rowling lives in Edinburgh. 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