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Creating a productive schedule
Avoiding procrastination
Prioritizing tasks effectively
Resentments Build
Timeliness is crucial for workplace apologies. Tensions can easily escalate to the point of making work unbearable for one or more parties.
Once you recognize that you owe an apology, do your best to make it as soon as possible, and try to turn the interaction into a constructive conversation.
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Consider Legal Entanglements
In some situations, an apology can equate to an admission of guilt. If there are any concerns about the repercussions of an apology, you may want to consult with your legal department before making it.
However, if you messed up and the results are...
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Don't Assume Fault that Isn't Yours
If you are wrongly blamed for a mistake, make your case and speak up for yourself.
You may be tempted to cover for others, and while helping someone else out of a tough spot may seem noble, this could eventually evolve into someone using you as a doormat, or esc...
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Don't Compromise Personal Values
Some business people employ underhanded or downright illegal tactics in their work. If you are pressured to do the same and refuse, there is no need to apologize. Your personal integrity is more important than smoothing over a stressful situation.
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- If you're trying to build new habits and skills, making every step of the way an easily achievable 2-minute chunk, will make you more likely to do it over and over again.
- The 2–Minute Rule works for big goals as well as small goals because of the inertia of life. Once y...
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- Keep an ongoing donation box easily accessible:.
- Instead of keeping things you don’t use or love, get rid of them as soon as you find them.
- Try decluttering as quickly and efficiently as you can for just 10 minutes a day.
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Making Reversible Or Fixable Decisions Fast
You don't need to make the perfect decision all the time, and if you want to preserve your decision-making energy for the things that actually matter, then try to make decisions that are not critical (e. g. deciding what toilet paper to buy or which Airbnb to rent)
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