It really sounds like the world’s shittiest job.
Unless you were serving out some awful court-offered sentence of Biblical proportions, why would anyone volunteer to devote their time and energy on focusing on negative thoughts and potential negative outcomes?
Besides the completely worthless exercise of being able to say “I told you so” when things don’t go well, what are the other possible job perks of being in the Devil’s Advocate mindset?
There is a HUGE difference between studying a list of potential pros and cons and acting as the Devil’s Advocate.
One is an unbiased review of a situation. The other is a passionate champion of negativity.
An advocate works tirelessly to crusade in support of something.
The Devil’s Advocate is a promoter, backer and spokesperson devoted to bad outcomes.
Given the choice of living in the mindset of positivity and love and abundance or serving time as an advocate of negativity and fear and lack, why would anyone chose such a hellish existence?
Would love to hear your thoughts.
