Never Give Negative People A Platform

I learnt a lot of lessons in my leadership role. Sometimes these lessons I have learnt through my mistakes. In one of my earlier churches there was a negative person, often critical of the way the church was led and the various decision that were made. I thought to myself that I would get them involved in a leadership position and that would shut them up. How quickly I learnt how wrong this is. Dad since taught me to never give negative people a platform. By giving such people a platform gives them permission to voice their critical views to a listening audience.