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Owning your mistakes at work

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Tiffany Philippou
Jul 29, 2020
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‘Sorry for taking so long to get back to you!’

‘Sorry I didn’t have time this week to finish it.’

‘SO sorry about that, I’ll double-check next time.’

‘Sorry, it won’t happen again.’

In one of the earliest days of my career, my boss stood over me, peered down at my laptop screen and said: “Never say sorry in an email.” 

Like Tarzan in the jungle, in my format…

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