Shakespeare, as we all know, was an amazing talent. His ability to mix laughter and sorrow, to find truth in the human experience and deliver it with a timeless ability and manipulation of our language is paramount. He could see his point in prose through the deepest fog and find ways of creating it in such clarity to stand the test of time. He is certainly a gift to mankind.
Can we all learn from this? Can we learn to see through the fog as he did? Taken literally, the title implies that a great fuss (“much ado”) is made of something which is insignificant (“nothing”), such as the unfounded claims of the character, Hero, and her infidelity. However, the title could also be understood as “Much Ado about Noting.” Another motif occurring throughout the work is the play on the words nothing and noting, which, in Shakespeare’s day, were homophones (that is, they are pronounced the same way). Indeed, much of the action of the play revolves around interest in and critique of others, written messages, misinformation, spying, and eavesdropping.
Acquiring information that is not verified and making decisions to that information is extremely detrimental to any cause. Heresay is not information. This is misinformation. Simply because one, or a group might say something is true, without a validation and proof to exemplify their statements, it should remain untrue. It should be just what it is, a point of view without validation. Rumor, misinformation, and disinformation is very dangerous in today's world.
There is a book I recently finished entitled "Mobs, Messiahs, and Markets". This book explains the dilemma with mob mentality and what it can do in any given situation. When information of any kind is spread across the world in seconds the validity of this information or its necessity for validation is extremely important. The manipulation of the means to spread mis or disinformation is near criminal. We must take action upon ourselves to weed through the mass of information given us and not simply take something at its word as we find that this type of action could lead to destruction on many levels.
It is our responsibility in business to learn all we can about all angles of a situation before acting on it. Although, analysis begets paralysis, means that we must reach a point to act based on the deluge of information we have. The information we have that is validated and verified. We must act without emotion to the true and validated information. Information and business holds no emotion. This arena is best done without emotional content. By adding emotion to business you may end up with much ado about nothing.
Friday, January 18, 2008
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Ahh...you know how relevant this article is for me right now in my life. Hearsay is just that and until there is proof, I would ratther not talk about the subject at hand. Unfortunately, so many people argue over much ado about nothing and when the storm clears and proof is in the pudding so to speak, many are left feeling embarrassed and looking like fools. I have learned a lot these past few days and I intend to file it in my brain: This is too good of a lesson to forget!
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