The 5 Apology Styles
I’ve been meaning to cover this topic on the blog for a while. As some of you know, I write essays fairly frequently that deal… Read More »The 5 Apology Styles
I’ve been meaning to cover this topic on the blog for a while. As some of you know, I write essays fairly frequently that deal… Read More »The 5 Apology Styles
I’ve been in a lot of relationships at this point. Some of them were marked by good conflict resolution and others… well, they really, really… Read More »An Effective Apology Can Be About Establishing a Shared Reality
Although it’s been said that sorry is the hardest word, I’ve also heard the following many times: “It’s easy enough to say you’re sorry. Doesn’t mean you mean it.”… Read More »What Makes for a Genuine Public Apology & Will It Lead to People Being More Forgiving?
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In the past, I’ve caught some heat — and more than my share of confused expressions — by my refusal to go scorched earth on… Read More »Not Scorching Earth