Wednesday, May 28, 2008

In Strict Confidence, Please! Do not tell Anybody….

"Don't tell to anybody else. I am telling you in strict confidence." someone close to you confides in you. You then confide to someone else close to you. The chain is complete when the same statement is repeated at each link till it reaches the originator back. Great going!!

No need to feel guilty to be a party to the proliferation of the rumours! They are the symptoms of the group or the family or the organization of which you are a part being unstable and in a state of flux characterized by some sudden changes. Such rumours are not bad as the symptoms put you on alert for remedial action in time. Use them as tools in your hands to correct the distortions that had set in – whatever the Institution!

Just keep in mind that the gossip is directly proportional to the product of importance and ambiguity of the topic and inversely proportional to the critical sense of the Recipient.

1 comments:

caerberu said...

This is totally true! It reminds me of a novel series, the Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan, where they use rumors to an extent to respond to dire circumstances.

Yet really, people trust more people, so eventually, secrets will come out. It's rare to find people that can really hide your most important secrets, and such people are a gift!