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Good morning. This is Laura.

Welcome to the Before Breakfast Podcast.

Today's tip is that bad news rarely improves with age.

If you need to share news that you know will disappoint or anger someone or will require a big shift in plans, don't delay.

It is rarely helpful and it is sometimes harmful to hold bad news.

Deliver it soon and everyone can begin to move on.

If you have ever been the recipient of bad news, you know that in general the hardest moments come right afterwards.

There might be grief or anger or worry, but those arrive on the scene pretty fast.

If it's clear you're going to need to change plans that will likely be obvious too.

And these emotions are hard.

But after the initial flood or sense of new responsibility, you start processing all of that.

You start making a plan for the steps you need to take.

As you do that, the shape of the problem starts to become clear and you start marshalling the resources to deal with it.

Doing that can start making the situation better.

The problem with delaying information is that the grief and anger are inevitable, as is the moving forward.

But waiting raises the specter of you being perceived as untrustworthy or people making decisions that they wouldn't have otherwise.

The bad news isn't going to get better with time, but the situation itself could get more complicated, as can your relationship with anyone who needs to know.

So for example, if you have lost your job, it is best to tell your spouse right away.

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