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Fair enough, but also don’t play devil’s advocate if there’s no reason to. Just being contrarian is a trap of it’s own.

I think the point was more that if you wander into a discussion where you already agree with everything being said, your contribution is comparatively less valuable than if you're in a discussion where you disagree.

> Likewise, one of the biggest pests in business is the carbon copy—the fellow who always says: “Yes, Mr. Wrigley, you’re absolutely right.”
Perhaps meaning: “Have it your own way, you old buzzard, what do I care!”

Business is built by men who care—care enough to disagree, fight it out to a finish, get facts. When two men always agree, one of them is unnecessary.

- William Wrigley Jr., 1931

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