Never put yourself in the position where you will have to apologize for not being ready.

A pathology professor told a left-handed girl in primary school: never apologize for not being ready. She carried that advice into adulthood as a personal mantra about preparation and self-respect.
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Never put yourself in a position where you will have to apologize for not being ready. I don't know why he would say that to me.
Thinking about my life.
Oh my God. When I was in primary school, I was like up to Edgal, maybe primary 4 or something, because I went from primary 4 to GS1. So that particular day, I went to the headmaster's office to drop something.
Yeah.
And then I met a man there. He's— he passed on a few weeks back, uh, Professor Anjorin. He's a professor of, um, I think morbid anatomy or pathology. And he saw me writing, feeling something, and then he said, oh, you're left-handed. Like, yes, I was young, I said. And then he said, you know, left-handed people are very brilliant.
Like, maybe.
And then the headmaster says, oh yeah, she's really good. And oh, and then I don't know why he said what he said, but he said, never apologize for not being ready at any time in your life. And I don't know why I never forgot that. It was always in my subconscious. Never put yourself in a position where you will have to apologize. For not being ready. I don't know why he would say that to me. Thinking about my life. Oh my God, no way, no way, no way.
Never put yourself in the position that you'll apologize for not being ready. This is a very serious one.
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