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4th March 2016
Huffington Post: 6 Things To Stop Apologizing For Immediately
For most of my life, the word "sorry" was a knee-jerk reaction; it was my verbal hiccup whenever I asked for something I wanted, didn't know what I was doing, or simply took up space. If someone walked down the street and bumped into me, I would apologize. If I arrived a minute late to meet a friend, I would apologize. If I had an opinion to voice at work, it would be bookended with phrases like, "Sorry, this is probably dumb," or, "That's just what I think -- sorry!" Phrases that were not only