My pet peeve as of late is to watch out for gossip. Not just in other people but with myself as well. For some reason it has become very apparent around me.
It seems to creep up and before you know it, in an unsuspecting manner you find yourself in the middle of it.
Lets face it, its a multi million dollar industry. Turn the TV on and all the "drama " shows are based on people gossiping about one another causing crisis. Walk into the grocery store, the newspaper racks are full of tabloid papers and high end magazines that like to pass them selves off as informative reading. The internet posts and blogs can influence a company stock just by starting a rumor, etc. etc.
Seems something so trivial can become so harmful.
Maybe its my age, but I 'm tired of it. So what can you do about it. The obvious answer is not to partake but I think a person has to start to recognize when a normal conversation turns into a gossip session. So step one is to Recognize.
Once you realize the conversation is no longer constructive change the course its heading in. If you are merely a bystander and do nothing I would have to say you are guilty by association. Change that, speak up.
So step two is to React. (hmmm...where have I heard this before?)
I'm not sure why we gossip. Is it a way of boosting our Ego by criticizing someone else so we don't feel as bad about our own short comings? A method of gaining an advantage on a peer or colleague in an underhanded way?
Whatever the reason, just like we all would benefit from an Anger Management course so too in my opinion, we would benefit from a Gossip Management course. Is there such a thing?
"Great minds get together and discuss ideas, Average minds get together and discuss events, Small minds get together and discuss other people."
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