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Podcast: Tiny Bites of Wagaliciousness
Episode: Wellbeing Wisdom Tiny Bites - The Sharp Knife of a Gossip's Tongue
Description: Do you work with a gossip? At some point nearly everyone will, and while that person is generally very entertaining, they’re also very dangerous.
Maybe you’ve heard the saying, “if someone will gossip TO you, they’ll gossip ABOUT you” and that’s true. While some people gossip to inflict pain, most people gossip because they enjoy the attention it brings them, plus they get a sense of relief that it’s the “other person” who is bad or wrong or stinky, not them.
The negative information they’re spreading serves to factionalize the workplace and po...