Silversmith – Donna Moriarty

Workplace voodoo: when wrong, try apologizing

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You’ve screwed up at work. What do you do?

1. Hide it.

2. Lose sleep.

3. Worry constantly about being found out.

4. Think up a plausible excuse in case someone rats you out.

5. Avoid blame at all costs.

6. Tell your supervisor what you did and offer to make it right.

Anyone circle number six?

A woman looking up at a man who is pointing at her computer screen and looking at her like he's correcting her, and she has a look of "really?" with an annoyed face.

If you’re like most people, you apologize only under duress. But apologizing to a boss, co-worker or client? There’s just no way. Saying you’re sorry is a sign of weakness or an admission of guilt, right?

Wrong. The courage to recognize and apologize for causing distress is an exercise in strength and a sign of good character—qualities you really need in the workplace. In fact, some research suggests that admitting a mistake and expressing remorse can help you improve your performance.

In Defense of Dawdling

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On my way into the gym for my weekly swim, I watched as a local school bus pulled up to the drop-off and pick-up spot, where parents can leave their kids to play until their school bus comes to ferry them to nearby schools.

The back of a little girl in a pink dress running away from the camera in the grass

The gym doors opened and a crowd of children burst through the entrance, heading for the bus. A small girl of about four or five, lugging a backpack half her size, carefully picked her way down the steps through pockets of slush and granola bar wrappers toward the bus, which sat by curb, its motor growling.

The child’s small face was furrowed with determination as she grasped the railing, almost higher than her head, while her free hand gripped the backpack strap that had slipped off her shoulder. Her gaze shifted repeatedly from the waiting bus to the concrete steps and back again as she navigated to her destination.

You don’t have to be Jewish to love Yom Kippur

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It’s Yom Kippur, people. How’s your Day of Atonement going?

Standing the test of time, with roots reaching back centuries, atoning for harms done continues to thrive in the modern world in religion and philosophy, the social and psychological sciences, law and medicine, and even works of art.

painting, titled "The Remorse of Orestes, by William Adolphe Bougeureau" was created by William-Adolphe Bouguereau in 1862. It portrays a scene from Greek mythology where Orestes, after avenging his father by killing his mother, is tormented by the Furies, spirits of vengeance

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Jews have so got it going on with the good apology. I’m talking Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, baby–an entire day devoted to the contemplation of wrongs committed, for which a person apologizes, seeks forgiveness, both human and divine, and tries to set things right.

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