When a person makes a mistake it is fascinating to see how they respond. Based on the situation and nature of the person who makes the mistake there are various ways one can react. I tried to broadly divide the reactions into following 7 categories: No I didn't make a mistake – I never do any! This is the kind of response we give when we don’t want to agrees to the mistakes we do. Even the mistakes of worst nature i.e. blunders would not deter us from self-protection. This behaviour could be because the person really believes that it isn't their mistake or it could be that the person knows it but isn't brave enough to accept the mistake. The problem with this behaviour is that the person doesn't learn from the mistakes and keep making them again and again. It’s not my mistake, I did it because... Most of us use this in scenarios where we try to find excuses for our short comings. The hard core section of this group of people try to find a reason and believe