Rumors

        Now this is a subject most of us know about...in our own way of course. Most are first exposed to it during school time.

            And rumors abound both in good times and hard times.

            This article focuses on hard times, but the ideas are appropriate for about any times and situations.

            Bottom line, I wouldn't believe much of what I initially hear or is repeated or reported. First reports are notoriously incorrect. So time is usually best, like a day or more, to let things sort out in a more accurate way. For example during 9/11/2001 there were public reports of a plane crashing into the Mall in Washington, D.C., which it turns out were completely inaccurate.

            And rumors can be at your abode, in the local community, or even on a larger scale assuming radio reception is working. And the best rumors are usually those that have adverse effects on us, following by forecasts, like in future improvements. Of course the sky is the limit when it comes to rumors. And rumors will be spread by about all imaginable means. Like what's new?

            So my advice for leaders of all stripes is to be careful about rumors. Often they are inaccurate, at best partly accurate. Don't over react initially, at least.

            And a good way to work with rumors, which we all know will probably happen, is to have good practices already in place that address the rumors about adverse things, followed by the rumors about our future.  Said another way, and whether a rumor turns out either way, is to have a routine that is already in place. Examples are good health routines, having good food and water expectations,  good waste water methods, or good security means.