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When You Need To Admit A Delay messages in a Confident tone

Here are 8+ curated message examples for when you need to admit a delay in a confident tone.

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Confidentgeneral

This is taking me longer than expected, and that’s on me.

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I wanted to flag that I’m not going to have this done as soon as I hoped.

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Confidentgeneral

I’m not going to meet the original timing on this.

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Confidentgeneral

I wanted to communicate that I’m behind rather than stay quiet.

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Confidentgeneral

I should’ve flagged this sooner, but I’m delayed here.

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I’m still working through this and not done yet.

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This didn’t move as fast as I expected.

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This is not ready yet and I wanted to be upfront.

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