It’s been said that great people talk about ideas, average people talk about themselves and small people talk about others. That’s waht gossip does. It makes people small. There really is no upside to gossip. It diminishes the person being talked about. It diminishes the person who is saying unkind things about the others, and it even diminishes the listener. That’s why you should avoid not only spreading gossip from unloading gossip on you, it will make you fell better about the person who’s being talked about, as well as about yourself. Besides, whoever gossips to you will gossip about you.
British prime minister Winston Churchill said, “When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jobber.” Good leaders are like eagles: they soar; they inspire; they fly high. And they don’t vent about someone to others to make themselves feel better. If they have a problem with a person, they go to that individual and address the issue directly — never criticize privately. And they never say anything about others that they wouldn’t want to hear — because they probably will.
- The 360 Degree Leader
Do not engage in gossip or allow anyone to draw you into it.
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