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Exit strategy

I was thinking of one of the past principals that I’ve worked under and thought about how I recognized something in her the last few times I’ve seen her – she obviously has a very well built in exit strategy about most everything. Even a simple conversation at a party – I can see the end coming, almost like ending a letter or an essay, she is summarizing and getting ready to say the equivalent of “sincerely yours.” I don’t fault her for this – I actually admire it. I think that exit strategies should be taught/learned before an entry or getting involved. It seems a lot easier to start or to get involved than it is to get out. I think the Iraq war is a perfect example, but we encounter it in everyday life, with every conversation, meeting, relationship, event, etc, that we are involved in. How to end a phone conversation? A meeting? And god forbid if you have to end a relationship. Death – the ultimate exit – is there a strategy for that?