Discretion means being tactful and prudent in one’s conduct and speech. I express it by honoring others’ privacy and handling delicate situations with prudence and diplomacy. The opposite is indiscretion.§
Comparing the actions of one who is discreet to one who is indiscreet§ |
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Situation§ |
Discretion§ |
Indiscretion§ |
When discussing a friend’s delicate, personal matters, you…§ |
do so in private to ensure no one will overhear.§ |
speak with others present, not considering the consequences.§ |
Knowing that a certain matter is to be kept confidential, you…§ |
do not share it with anyone.§ |
might be tempted to share it with others through social media.§ |
Knowing about a friend’s drug abuse, you…§ |
restrain the urge to include it in your autobiography and blog.§ |
add it to a chapter on the subject of drugs, thinking it may help someone.§ |
Gurudeva explained: “[Confidentiality is] keeping confidences, or information told in trust, secret; not divulging private or secret matters.”§
“[You] cultivate confidence by not prying or seeking to know information, by keeping records, notes and other material entrusted to you securely protected, by not reading material or listening to conversations known to be private.”§
ASSIGNMENT: During these two weeks, in sharing sensitive situations, be extra careful to choose your words thoughtfully and to respect confidences entrusted to you.§
Date you began this assignment ____________________§
MY THOUGHTS ON THE BENEFITS OF DISCRETION: 
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