Things You'll Need:
- Will Power
- Accountability for your mistakes
- Bias for positive action
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Step 1
Don't do it! Say what you mean and mean what you say. Catch yourself when you are about to engage in double-talk.
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Step 2
Understand that to continue to use double-talk will negatively impact your character, integrity and reputation in the end.
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Step 3
When you hear double-talk, try to discover motives, hidden agendas, intentions and reasons by listening with an objective filter.
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Step 4
Hold yourself accountable for your own mistakes and failures instead of making excuses and blaming others.
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Step 5
Bosses & OrchardsRequest that co-workers and bosses refrain from using double-talk when communicating with you. Do this in a loving but firm manner.













Comments
Elizabethknows said
on 6/15/2008 sounds like gossip to me great article on how to stay away from it. :)
Tippy said
on 6/13/2008 All good ideas. The best we can do - is to control ourselves and not take part when double-talk occurs. But, dang, sometimes it's really hard.
Limowreck said
on 6/12/2008 Great advice. Keep these articles coming.