Your last line is instructive. Often the biggest failing of people who abuse this adage is they fail to complete the process -- they don't actually ask for forg

Your last line is instructive. Often the biggest failing of people who abuse this adage is they fail to complete the process -- they don't actually ask for forgiveness and reconcile an urgent action with the needs of the people around them they stomped on. Without that, it turns into one long "I do what I want" temper tantrum, which is just awful in a team context.