Raele Altano shares three ways to politely end a conversation: say you need to leave soon, mention a task you have to do, or thank them and suggest catching up later. Brief, honest exits rarely offend anyone.
Okay. Do you know that feeling when you're talking to someone and you know the conversation's done? They know the conversation's done, but you have no idea how to wrap it up without being rude or seeming dismissive and you're just itching to talk to someone else or grab some food or just go to the bathroom? Yup, we have all been there. Okay, so what do we do? Luckily, there are ways to exit a conversation without making it super weird, and that's with time based exits. Task based exits, or gratitude based exits. Time based. Looks like I need to head out soon, but it was great catching up with you. Task based. Looks like I need to go make a quick call. It was great speaking to you or I need to go check on something in the kitchen. Communicate a task or something that you have to do. And gratitude based. One of my favorites. Looks like this was so nice. Let's catch up again soon. Or thanks for the chat. I'm gonna go make my rounds before I head out of here. A bunch of women that I've coached have struggled with this because they're afraid they're gonna come off rude when that's simply not the case. You keep it short and you sound sincere. I promise the other person's not gonna be offended. Actually, they're probably gonna be relieved too. So I hope this is helpful during a very social season when you have to keep things moving. Let me know if you try one of these and let me know how it goes.
