We asked folks we admire to share one piece of conventional advice that they disagree with.

Avai D’amico | Filmmaker

If I’d listened to everyone who told me I needed a million dollar budget to make my movie the “right” way, I’d have completed zero movies, because I’d still be waiting for the right investors. My latest movie, A Question of Guilt, just released on Amazon Prime streaming. I also have other movies streaming on multiple platforms. There isn’t only one way to get a movie made. Read more>>

Lisa Schnebly Heidinger | author (ten books published, one coming out now, two in the pipeline)

That there is a best way to do just about anything. We are as individual as our fingerprints, and one size rarely fits all. (That said, my dad always remarked, “You’ll get something out of it you don’t exepct,” and most of the best advice books survive because there are lots of broadly applicable tips.) I say in speeches that if Hemingway and Fitzgerald would have edited one another’s work, neither would have sold a single copy. By doing what draws us, calls us, excites us, we are acting in our best arena. We bring authenticity to what we love, and to me, authenticity is the secret sauce, where the magic happens. Anyone can do what you do, but no one can do it the way you do. No one brings your experiences, perspectives, reflections, impressions to it. Writing is, at best, telling the stories only you have been given. Read more>>

Lauren Lattanza Nmd | Functional Cardiology

The “standard of care”. This one size fits all approach to conventional medicine is a completely inadequate response to the complexity of human nature. Any given disease state is so much more than just a diagnosis. These symptoms are our bodies way of telling us that something is misaligned. It is up to us as physicians to understand the cause and identify the best recourse for each individual patient. Read more>>