Erscheint: September 2026
Buch (Softcover): Sachbuch
The Apology Instinct
Why You Say Sorry for Things That Aren't Your Fault
Verlag:
Readers First Publishing Unsere-Artikel-Nr.: P36876917
EAN: 9781804281710
Erscheint: September 2026
Versand: Kostenlos
CHF 35.50
Beschreibung
In The Apology Instinct, Jordan Ellis explores the automatic reflex that makes people say "sorry" for things that. aren't offenses at all-apologizing to coworkers for asking questions they're paid to ask, to strangers for simply. walking into a room, even to machines that can't hear them. Rather than addressing apologies made during. conflict or genuine remorse, this book uncovers the pre-emptive safety signal. fired the instant you register. being noticed, whether or not anything has actually gone wrong. Based on behavioral research and workplace communication studies, Jordan Ellis reveals how reflexive. apologizing operates primarily through frequency, not content-a pattern so automatic that in one Stanford. study of 15,000 workplace requests, 68% opened with some version of "sorry to bother you" before the bother. had technically occurred. The word arrives before the sentence, the apology before the offense, shrinking you. down faster than conscious thought. -. Why you flatten yourself against hallway walls even when there's room for both of you. -. The "ask apology" that turns every professional request into a pre-negotiated burden. -. How occupying ordinary space. begins to feel like something you owe an explanation for. -. The difference between genuine remorse and the reflex fired when you're simply noticed. -. Why the apology arrives first, attached to nothing more than taking up room in a conversation or a. schedule. The Apology Instinct identifies the pattern in real time-the moment before you shrink, the instant the word. queues up for no earned reason. By recognizing the reflex for what it actually is-a safety signal, not an. admission-you can reclaim the silence. that belongs where the apology isn't owed.
Spezifikationen
Sprache
- Englisch
Autor
- Jordan Ellis
Erscheinungsjahr
- 2026
Format
- Buch (Softcover)
Anzahl Seiten
- 186