"Sorry I'm trying" is one of the most verbally disempowering statements you can say. In it, you find two of the most misused words in the Entire english language: Try and Sorry.
"If you try to feed the dog it will die"
The word "try" puts up a red flag to the listener that the speaker does not believe they will succeed at whatever it is they are "trying"to do. Just imagine that you ask someone to meet you at a specific time. They respond back to you with "Sounds great I'll try"
Are you thinking what I'm thinking? I'm not feeling very confident that they're gonna be there on time. As a matter of I'd put money on it that they won't.
Everytime you say that you will "try" to do something you are in fact telling yourself not to succeed. That's just how the subconscious mind works. Aha! Look at this way which of the two statements do you believe:
a) This year I'm going to lose 10 pounds
b) This year I'm going to try and lose 10 pounds
Why not have a little fun with this, and make a small effort to become aware of just how much "trying" is going on in your office, and how much is actually being accomplished. I think you may just surprise yourself.
Webster's ll defines "sorry" as follows 1. feeling or showing sympathy, pity or regret. 2. Worthless, wretched 3. Sad, dismal, pathetic.
So unless of course you're at a funeral, where using the word "sorry" would be appropriate as you are probably 1. showing sympathy, or even 3. sad, would you otherwise just stop being worthless, wretched, sad, dismal and pathetic, and simply just Apologize instead?
The fact is that "sorry" does not mean, "I apologize". Somehow along the way we have adapted it to mean this. Saying sorry has become a habit, an automatic response that does not require any thought whatsoever. So many of you can affirm for yourselves how often you actually say sorry, before you can even stop yourself ... Blah there it is just plopped out of your mouth like some useless debris. For the most part thats what it is ... when we say something we don't really mean.
You see, when we apologize (if that is our intention when using the word sorry) we take responsibility for whatever it is we are apologizing about and therefore make ourselves accountable to correct the problem. It seems to me that many of us are taking responsibilitiy for a whole bunch of stuff that isn't ours to be responsible for.
The bottom line is but, sorry and try are three perfectly useable words that will and can serve you very well. Keep yourself out of trouble and create a new habit of using these words appropriately, and you can move yourself from sounding like a powerless victim... to a brilliant professional instantly.
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jackey
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