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What is the worst advice you received that you followed anyway?

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Bozoma Saint John Marketing executive; former chief marketing officer of Netflix
But it was really – it came across sinister. And for me, I really did listen to it. I accepted it. I tried to implement that. The reason why I say it’s the worst advice I ever received was that it was damaging to me because she was totally wrong. ... And so, when somebody who is successful tells you to do something, you try to do it, even when it damages you.
Recorded Tim Ferriss, The Tim Ferriss Show podcast, 4 February 2018 source ↗

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