Rumors are information of dubious origin, distributed through interpersonal communication or the media. The power of this information is often very great. Rumors can damage a person’s civil or business reputation, can provoke a quarrel between people, and some types of rumors (for example, about upcoming shocks) can serve as an impetus to popular unrest.
Instruction manual
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The first way to deal with various rumors (a kind of preventive) is to create a reputation based on integrity and responsibility. If ill-wishers begin to spread rumors about such a person, then most of those around will simply not believe them, knowing you as a reliable and worthy person.
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But if people around you still believed in dubious stories about you, then use the "intelligence" method. Find out from loved ones what exactly they say about you, who disseminates this information.
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Having received the necessary data, analyze the situation. Rumors rarely arise from scratch. The gossip distributor most often uses the following conviction formula: “a well-known reliable fact + its perverse interpretation”. Most likely, you yourself, without suspecting it, provoked the appearance of rumors by some imprudent or misinterpreted action.
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Having calculated the very well-known fact on which the rumors are based, reveal to the public its true meaning. It is not worth arranging a public speech in front of employees or friends (although many celebrities have successfully used this effective method of dealing with rumors). But you, being unprepared for social actions of this kind, may look like a person making excuses. And this will further strengthen the rumors.
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Just tell the true state of affairs to a person who does not know how to keep secrets for more than five minutes. And very soon everyone will know your story. Properly formulated and plausible information will immediately replace absurd gossip.
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But if your adversary takes retaliatory steps and launches new gossip, resort to extreme measures. The most effective way to stop gossip is to discredit the slanderer in the eyes of others. Unobtrusively remind people that the person whom they so selflessly trust has been involved more than once in a series of unseemly incidents (here, recall to him old sins). Use only reliable information, do not embellish or add anything from yourself, otherwise you will go down to its level. But to regret such people is also not worth it, because with their dirty tricks, they ruined the lives of many people and deserve a fair condemnation.
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Notify the public that today you are the victim of the heinous lies of this schemer, and tomorrow any of them may be in your place.
