Sometimes playing the devil’s advocate can help us define our business or an idea in a more concrete way. When we purposefully play devil’s advocate, we can learn a lot about who we are as a company. We can break an idea apart and see if it’s a legitimately good idea to run with so we don’t take unnecessary risks. However, there are those who play this game far too much and ruin your chances of ever getting your business off the ground. Read on to find out more.
Those Who Play Devil's Advocate
People who play the devil's advocate for fun are rarely good for anything other than a opposing point of view that boosts their ego when they get the chance to say it. Perspective, as they call it, is often just bragging in disguise. The voice of reason they sometimes claim to have is just the voice of a person who thinks that, because they failed, that no one else should really succeed either. They rarely boost people up who have the same goals that they failed at.
Who You Should Keep Instead
Keep the people who ask intelligent questions and those who share valuable lessons that can and will help you if a problem pops up. Push those away who try to say that everything you do will end in failure because they didn't succeed where you're trying to. Because you aren't that person, your results will vary completely from theirs. And you simply don't need them to tell you that you aren't going to make it – you need them to tell you that even though the road will be challenging, there is light at the end of it, and something good will happen with effort and time.
