In the face of gossip, some people will remain calm, carefully listen to the comments and find their own shortcomings, using their actions to shut the mouths of others. Others, when faced with gossip, may exhibit a very unfriendly attitude, become extremely angry, and even affect interpersonal relationships. Beijing Outward Bound Training Company strictly requires everyone in outdoor team-building activities, prohibiting gossip about teammates' mistakes during project challenges. The company also advises that when facing others' gossip, one should know how to handle it correctly.
There is a story that profoundly illustrates this issue. One day, several hunters went out hunting together. They entered an uninhabited mountain, chasing all the animals they saw. Everyone hunted a lot of animals and had a great harvest. At this time, Jack saw a wild boar not far from him. He slowly moved behind the wild boar and suddenly pounced on it. Unexpectedly, the alert wild boar slipped away and ran forward frantically. Jack was undaunted and chased after it.
Unexpectedly, misfortune struck. As Jack was chasing the wild boar like flying, he fell into a deep pit dug by a hunter. This hunting pit was so deep that it could kill a person. Fortunately, Jack did not die, but he broke both his legs and his left hand. Since it was getting dark and the companions did not have the necessary rescue tools, everyone anxiously watched from the edge of the pit. Jack saw that his friends couldn't help him, so he had to rely on himself to escape from the deep pit. Fortunately, he used his only intact right hand to stand up with difficulty, bit the small grass on the wall of the pit with his mouth, and climbed upward step by step. After climbing for a long time, he finally reached halfway up the deep pit.
At this moment, the companions lying at the edge of the pit noticed Jack's actions and began to comment loudly. Could he climb out of such a high pit by biting the small grass? If the grass couldn't bear his weight and he fell down again, he would surely die. What about all the money he left behind if he died? And wouldn't his beautiful wife become a widow? Can he make it? While everyone was discussing, Jack finally lost his temper and shouted loudly, "Shut up!" Before he finished speaking, he fell down again and couldn't climb back up.
Jack paid a bloody price for such gossip and could never recover. If he hadn't told his partners to shut up at that time, perhaps his chances of survival would have been much higher. When we face gossip behind our backs in work and life, what do we do? When facing others' gossip, we might as well think of Jack's story as a warning to ourselves.
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