I noticed if I kept track of how many times I was involved in gossiping, I actually was less likely to even get started. That is a good thing. That is another one of the tricks that can actually help you break a bad habit. Read more

How many times a day do you have to talk about someone behind their back to be officially labeled a gossiper?

Today I decided to see how many times I got involved in gossiping. Read more

As I sat in my train to go to work this morning, a lady in front of me opened her newspaper to read. The page facing me was none other than the “GOSSIP COLUMN”. That’s law of attraction at work! Then I shook my head and looked around and I saw another newspaper with an ad “We pay BIG$$ for Celebrity Gossip!” Read more

Now I know that gossip is looked upon as an evil thing even though most people succumb to it. There has to be a reason why. When I started digging for the truth I actually found several advantages of gossiping.
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Obviously everyone has a different reason for gossiping. I have found that people gossip for one of the following reasons:

To fill in the void in conversation

People in general do not like silence. It seems everyone is afraid of silence. That is why sometimes meditation, or quieting of the mind is so challenging for a lot of people. Whenever there is a silence in a conversation, people tend to get nervous and often try to fill in the void by gossiping. Read more

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