Rumors are information of dubious origin, disseminated 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 impending shocks) can serve as an impetus for popular unrest.
Instructions
Step 1
The first way to deal with various rumors (a kind of preventive) is to build a reputation based on integrity and responsibility. If ill-wishers start spreading rumors about such a person, then most of those around them simply will not believe them, knowing you as a reliable and worthy person.
Step 2
But if those around you still believe in dubious stories about you, then use the "reconnaissance" method. Find out from close people what exactly they say about you, who disseminates this information.
Step 3
Having received the necessary data, analyze the situation. Rumors rarely arise from scratch. The gossip spreader most often uses the following persuasion formula “a well-known reliable fact + its perverse interpretation”. Most likely, you yourself, without knowing it, provoked the appearance of rumors by some imprudent or misinterpreted action.
Step 4
After calculating the very well-known fact on which rumors are held, reveal to the public its true meaning. Avoid making public appearances in front of coworkers or friends (although many celebrities have successfully used this effective rumor-fighting method). But you, being unprepared for social actions of this kind, may look like a person making excuses. And this will further strengthen the rumors.
Step 5
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. Well-formulated and believable information will immediately replace ridiculous gossip.
Step 6
But if your opponent retaliates and starts more gossip, take 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 they trust so selflessly has been involved in a number of unseemly incidents more than once (remember his old sins here). Use only reliable information, do not embellish or add anything from yourself, otherwise you will sink to his level. But you shouldn't feel sorry for such people either. they have ruined the lives of many people with their dirty tricks and deserve just condemnation.
Step 7
Pay attention to the public that today you have become a victim of the heinous lies of this intriguer, and tomorrow any of them may be in your place.
