Adam Grant
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Or could you cut to the chase?
Which obviously would be a little rude.
And I watched that happen.
I realized I have been this guy my whole life.
I am constantly in conversations that I don't know how to get out of.
I avoid, I avoid phone calls.
Sometimes I just don't even answer because I'm afraid if I pick up, I won't be able to exit the conversation.
It just, it feels rude to cut someone off.
And the contrast between that and what I saw you do in the middle of conversations, just say like, excuse me for a
okay, this is a skill that you have that I want to learn.
How do you leave a conversation without making somebody else feel bad?
It was... That was... Yeah, it was shocking.
And he was not reading the room at all.
Okay.
Love it.
It's, it's both validating and enlightening at the same time.
I feel seen and also now I can talk about it.
Not yet.
Oh, wait.
Is this Master Yanni and Gilbert?