“It’s all in your head” isn’t helpful advice. It’s dismissive. It takes a real struggle and turns it into a personal failure: if nothing’s physically wrong, why can’t you just get over...

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In this conversation, Kirk explains why he believes entrepreneurial success comes from adaptability, salesmanship, coachability, and frontline experience, not spreadsheets and analysis paralysis. He...

Actor and musician Johnny Sneed (Fever Pitch, Love & Mercy, Outer Range, Painkiller, Parks and Recreation) is joining us on The Worst Advice I Ever Got to talk about the worst advice he’s ever...

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She was told to lead from the back. It sounded thoughtful. Humble. Empowering. It didn’t work. In this episode of The Worst Advice I Ever Got, Manya Whitaker shares how that advice led to...

Early in her career, Hala Moddelmog was told something that stopped a lot of people before they even start. Women can’t have it all. She heard it at the exact moment she had the chance to step into...

Early in his career, Jamie Mantzouridis was told something that actually made sense. If you want to be taken seriously as a trainer, you need to look the part. So he went all in. He transformed his...

Early in her career, one comment from a CEO changed how Kacie Lett Gordon showed up at work. And like a lot of bad advice, it worked. She climbed fast, became a senior leader, and checked all the...

What happens when a single test score starts shaping your entire life?This week’s guest, Tyler Zachem, grew up hearing that he should avoid anything involving numbers. Bad math grades. Low SAT...

Sean and JB reflect on the past year and talk about New Years resolutions, and specfically why they are chock full of the worst advice you ever got. 

It’s the first ever holiday panel on The Worst Advice I Ever Got. Sean and JB sit down with four members of the Smith + Howard family of companies to talk through the bad holiday advice that shaped...

Actor, comedian, filmmaker, and college-football-internet legend Josh Mancuso joins us to unpack the classic piece of bad advice: “A jack of all trades is a master of none.” Josh breaks down why...

On the surface, it sounds perfect. Work hard and you will be successful. How could that possibly be bad advice? That is exactly what Ovie Mughelli believed. He carried that idea through high school,...

Roy Keely grew up being told that college was the only path that mattered. The worst advice he ever got was to chase the traditional route at all costs, even when it didn’t fit. He tried to follow...

When Ripley Rader was told to trust consultants and experts instead of her own instincts, she almost lost sight of what made her brand special. Instead, she doubled down on her vision—building her...

Mehrnush Saadat grew up with one message: to be somebody, you had to be a doctor, lawyer, or engineer. She followed that path into real estate law, even merging her firm with a larger one, but found...