Seek forgiveness, not permission is kinda a lateral move from shame to guilt. Slight progress at least, if Brene Brown is right.
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. yup. No please, no sorry, do what you like, accept the consequences w/o whines. Saying sorry doesn't really help 99.9% of time
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Explanation and reflection are what give apologies significance. "I'm sorry" says nothing.
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"sorry" when superfluous increase likeability. Best strategy might be to only apologize when it is seemingly unecessary


