From lost faith in the legal system to way too many dead grandmothers, employers share the strangest and most unbelievable ...

Chronic lateness doesn’t always come with an apology. People who are late to everything often develop a mental catalog of excuses to justify their behavior to themselves and others. These aren’t ...

I am an introvert through and through. I am good at masking extroverted behaviors when I’m out and about, but I am always seeking alone time to recharge. Like most introverts, I’ve perfected subtly ...

Recent research indicates that the degree of our cognitive dissonance relates to what kind of tactic we choose to reduce the dissonance discomfort. The rank ordering of our strategies and excuses is ...

“Maybe he wouldn’t act like this if I hadn’t made him angry,” Maliah said. “He’s had a lot of trauma in his childhood. I should have known this would upset him.” “You’re making the same excuses that ...