Todays proverb is found in Proverbs 18:17
“The first to state his case seems right
until another comes and cross-examines him.”
I admit that I love the Amazon review. I often take my phone with me when I go to a store to buy a product. I don’t ask the salespeople for their opinion because they often give only one side of the story, and it is what they have been told to say. While standing in the store, I look up the product on Amazon because the reviews there will have hundreds or thousands of opinions. Of course, I never believe the first opinion. I read others before I buy the product. Unfortunately, companies sometimes post fake reviews, and even some real legitimate reviews are wrong, with both pros and cons.
If they might be fake or wrong, why do I do this? Because getting MANY other views is helpful.No one believes this is not so.
The idea of listening to only one opinion is so powerful in marketing that most of you have been offered free stuff, hotel nights, money, passes or whatever, if you will just come and listen to a sales presentation for a few hours. It works!
If you understand today’s proverb, you will not be trapped in this way.
By the way, if I look up a product and it has only one review, I consider the one opinion to be unhelpful in making a decision.
After all, that is the meaning of today’s proverb.
“The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.”
I’m Lonnie Davis
And these are thoughts worth thinking.