You are often leaving an event later than you should because you don’t want to disappoint family, friends, and/or co-workers. What do you think you can do to get out sooner? Article provides tips.

Tired of getting tied up on the phone and leaving events later than you would like? What could you be doing or not doing to keep people talking while you are ready to go walking? Consider the following points:

First, plan to do something else afterward. If you know that you have some other things to do after you get off the phone or leave an event that will give you the motivation and a good excuse to tell everyone, “Sorry but I have to leave.”

Second, don’t assume that people really care that much about what you say at an event or over the phone. If you have to leave, you have to leave. Most people do not get off the phone wondering about whether you are telling the truth usually they may think briefly, “Oh I wish we could have stayed on the phone longer.” People who usually think like this have nothing better to do but use you to pass the time away anyway. When people are looking for a good way to waste time, they aren’t that interested about everything you say especially if it has nothing to do with them, so listen more and do less talking at these events and over the phone. If you spend more time listening, you won’t have to worry over finishing up your thought and wording everything you say in such a way as not to offend. If you are not the one engaging everyone in a long conversation or striking up a debate, you can get off the phone sooner, leave an event quicker, and even wrap up an online chat faster.

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Third, befriend someone who thinks like you do and take them along with you to the event. It is very easy to say, “I have to take my neighbor home.” Then to say, “I need to leave I have better things to do than talk to you boring people all night.”

Fourth, don’t ever promise to volunteer if you know that you don’t like to stay at events for long. Too many people pressure themselves into helping out when they don’t really want to and attendees can pick up on a bad attitude coming from the help.

Fifth, don’t plan to talk to someone you know who likes to chat nearing time for you to go; instead, speak to those who love to talk first. This way you won’t have to bother with them when you are ready to go.

Lastly, don’t get into the habit of having long conversations with everyone you encounter at an event. If you do, you will find that they will hold you up when you least expect it and then because they have taken up your time when you didn’t want them to, you may leave quickly. This may offend someone particularly those who you may be trying to impress. They may think, “I made time to listen to him (her) and now she is in a rush to leave.” So strategize your time better when planning to talk to the more significant people at these gatherings, and those that wish they were important and you know from past experience couldn’t help you even a little bit — keep it moving!