🫶🏼 Be kind to over-explainers. Gently let them know it’s ok to be brief with you. ✔️“Feel free to just give me the summary!” ✔️“Got it, so what’s the exact request here?” ✔️“Sorry for interrupting—are you asking me to send X by the end of today?” ✔️“Thanks for recapping all that! In the future, save yourself some time and just shoot me an email!” ✔️ “Excuse me, sorry to interrupt, I have to run to another meeting—can you let me know exactly what you need?” And over-explainers: give people what they need to know and nothing else—it’s the kindest way to be! Respect their time and always think “Does this have to be a meeting?” “Do they already know this?” “Does this email have to be this long?” You got this! 👏
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