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How do I apologize without saying sorry?

I remember when I started at my first time, any time when I made a mistake, I would apologize profusely. My manager told me to stop apologizing so much during my first performance review. I really learned as I progressed through my career about the professional way of taking ownership. I found this great article about how to apologize without saying sorry. How do you usually address your apology?

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It sort of reflect your confidence level. I usually say "thanks for letting me know".

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Sara Jones
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It's a tough lesson for me too! Now I say more things like "I got it now" or "I'll make sure this won't happen again".

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David Epstein
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Avoid the apology, and focus on correcting the concern.

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Mei Haenze
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If you're in the wrong, say, I do apologize. It says the same thing without the abjectness of I'm sorry. Nowadays, people take I'm sorry to mean I'm at fault. It's sort of like that gif above, without the sarcasm. Also apologizing profusely is a bad habit to get into. Despite what we teach kids, saying Sorry doesn't fix the problem, saying it multiple times just makes it worse.

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Apologize only if it’s 100% necessary. Otherwise, move forward because sometimes a mistake is just that, a mistake. Sometimes when you apologize too much it can blow up in your face.

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Cordelia Opara
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Probably you author a kind word to a person she complained about it you will let her understand you properly you never wish to offend her with it you simple said that you render an apology.sorry is a kind word that most people's used every day speeches in order to portal pardon it could be a condion of contact.

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Lisa Carver
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If I'm wrong I own it one and done plain and simple

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We have a difference of opinion,I respect yours and take full measure of what you believe. I hope you give me the same. We don't apologize, we grow from our listening to each other! Women are always right anyway.

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I believe that you fix the error first and then your manager understands that you are a good and reliable person

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Frank Mckissick
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Usually you say that you are sorry when you really are! You don't have to say you are sorry when you did nothing wrong! Just saying it does not make you any better or worse! My comment is this: Once is good enough not 50 times!

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