What is the best way you've come across to say "no" to something (anything ranging from getting coffee to joining a company) while still making the other person feel as OK/non-rejected as possible?
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Elaborations on: "Thanks, I'm sure I'd enjoy meeting, but I need to concentrate on [my main thing] right now". This is the truth, framed in terms that are pretty obviously the right way to live.
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In particular, I don't think in terms of "getting out of" something. My primary obligations in life aren't to getting coffee with others; I need to serve those primary obligations, and often that means turning down (entirely reasonable) requests.
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seems like this, in more direct terms:https://twitter.com/eriktorenberg/status/1081787533699080192 …
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