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Why You Cannot Stop Over-Explaining Yourself

I spent forty minutes today explaining why I was late instead of just saying sorry and I watched myself do it but could not stop.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Compulsive justification reveals underlying shame and the desperate need for approval overriding simple authentic communication.

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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Logic and argumentation traditions?”

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