Adam Grant
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Should I just be more direct?
I don't want to hurt their feelings.
Exactly right.
And so it feels abrupt and impersonal and just instrumental, task-focused.
So there's no collaborative closing.
Yeah, you're a means to an end for me.
Ready.
Okay.
So, hmm.
No, I'm just, I'm just thinking, I'm actually, I'm connecting it to the Master Yanni and Gilbert paper.
For sure.
Okay.
So that, that study of nearly a thousand conversations, the thing I remember so vividly from it is that of all those conversations, only 2% ended when both people wanted them to.
That's right.
98% of the time, at least one person is not happy with how long the conversation went.
And I think their takeaway, which is resonant for introverts, is it's better to leave too soon than too late.
Leave people wanting more, not less.
I think it's Mastroianni.
Right.
Yes.