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15 Jan 2026 Lenny's Podcast How to show up in any room with a low heart rate: Silicon Valley’s missing etiquette playbook | Sam Lessin
“You want to basically let people feel respected as much as anything else. So if you're too overt about it, even if everyone kind of knows what's going on, the key is to give them plausible deniability to themselves and the community effectively that we've wound down this conversation.”
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- 15 Jan 2026
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…I use that one all the time. Is there any other ways you find useful to wind down in conversation just to get out of a conversation? Well, I think the other thing people do frequently, which again is totally fine if done respectfully, is bring someone else into the conversation. In some ways, give them their next partner and be like, "Oh, I've enjoyed this conversation. It's super cool. By the way, have you met Steve? Let's go meet Steve. Go talk to Steve for a bit and I'll pick you back on it." And like, "Okay, I'm going to go say hi to my wife." There's ways to handle it. Again, the key though is subtlety on these things, I think in all things. You want to basically let people feel respected as much as anything else. So if you're too overt about it, even if everyone kind of knows what's going on, the key is to give them plausible deniability to themselves and the community effectively that we've wound down this conversation. So you have to look for the signs. Awesome. Okay. There's four more sections. The next one is scheduling etiquette. Give us some advice.…
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