Oct 15, 2026 · 14 min · 5 segments
In this mini-episode of 'Good Ideas + Bad Decisions,' Kat and Ellen tackle the week’s question: what business advice do they choose to ignore? Ellen shares why she tunes out people whose businesses…
All right.
So question this week is if there is any business advice out there that we don't follow, that we choose blatantly not to follow, it is not for us.
I mean,
You're like, where do I start? Always? I think it depends on the context for sure.
But I tend to ignore advice from people who don't have similar businesses, who run like a brick and mortar or like a, you know, multi, multimillion dollar company, like just different like businesses.
completely different types of businesses who don't understand sort of the like small solopreneur service-based business um because they're so so so different um you know there are some things to translate but it kind of depends and I also tend to and maybe this is really sexist to avoid taking
advice from men.
It just like, you know, Kat and I are both like small solopreneur service-based businesses, but we also have uniquely different views, like not views, but like outlooks on how our lives are.
I have two kids and that completely shifts my business strategy because I know that I need to be available for X, Y, Z.
If you're a man who doesn't have kids or spends no time with their kids, I'm not going to take advice for you on how to run my business.
When it's like, oh yeah, my wife was at home taking care of the kids all the time.
do I get one of those? Right.
Can I have a wife too, please? Yeah.
Relatable.
There's what's that famous quote of like, don't take, what is it? Cat, you're going to butcher this.
Like don't, don't take advice from people outside the ring or something.
Right.
Right.
Right.
All right.
So question this week is if there is any business advice out there that we don't follow, that we choose blatantly not to follow, it is not for us.
I mean,
You're like, where do I start? Always? I think it depends on the context for sure.
But I tend to ignore advice from people who don't have similar businesses, who run like a brick and mortar or like a, you know, multi, multimillion dollar company, like just different like businesses.
completely different types of businesses who don't understand sort of the like small solopreneur service-based business um because they're so so so different um you know there are some things to translate but it kind of depends and I also tend to and maybe this is really sexist to avoid taking
advice from men.
It just like, you know, Kat and I are both like small solopreneur service-based businesses, but we also have uniquely different views, like not views, but like outlooks on how our lives are.
I have two kids and that completely shifts my business strategy because I know that I need to be available for X, Y, Z.
If you're a man who doesn't have kids or spends no time with their kids, I'm not going to take advice for you on how to run my business.
When it's like, oh yeah, my wife was at home taking care of the kids all the time.
do I get one of those? Right.
Can I have a wife too, please? Yeah.
Relatable.
There's what's that famous quote of like, don't take, what is it? Cat, you're going to butcher this.
Like don't, don't take advice from people outside the ring or something.
Right.
Right.
Right.
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