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But Do You Want Their Outcomes?

How to know whose advice to take—and whose to throw out.

Hey there, human,

When you’re not sure which direction to go, any advice at all can seem like good advice.

But, speaking from experience, just taking any old advice is not a great plan.

It doesn’t matter if it sounds like good advice, because it may not be the right advice for you.

So what can we do?

Well, I ask myself one simple question:

But Do You Want Their Outcomes?

Story time!

When I was building my first business, Katari Creative, I took advice from all angles.

Business advice, productivity advice, networking advice—all of it.

I took so much advice from so many sources that, eventually, I forgot what it was I even wanted.

While I don’t attribute my burnout to anybody but myself, I know that this advice-taking had a part to play in it.

As an extreme example, I spent $1,000 to join a local networking group that ultimately led me to making NO money in return.

This was due to many factors, but the most important one was I simply wasn’t a good fit for that networking group.

So not only was this a…

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