Train Ai to Challenge You...Avoid Confirmation Bias in Your Pet Sitting Biz

In this episode of Bella In Your Business, Bella Vasta uncovers a crucial topic: confirmation bias with AI for pet sitting business. As AI tools like ChatGPT become everyday business assistants, it’s easy to fall into the trap of asking for help—but only receiving validation. Bella explains how confirmation bias with AI happens when we subconsciously train our tools to agree with us, rather than challenge us.

For pet business owners, this can lead to recycled ideas, weak strategies, and stagnant growth. The episode explores how to detect confirmation bias with AI, with five clear warning signs every entrepreneur should know. Bella shares how to reset your relationship with AI by prompting it to act like a coach or devil’s advocate—not a digital yes-man.

Listeners will walk away with real-world prompts and tools to stop confirmation bias with AI from creeping into their content, pricing, or marketing plans. Bella also shares how to use mid-conversation checkpoints to keep your AI from slipping into echo chamber mode.

Whether you're building a new service, planning growth, or brainstorming content, understanding confirmation bias with AI is essential to success. Bella empowers pet sitters to turn AI into a strategic ally that encourages true growth and deeper thinking—not just surface-level reassurance.

If you want to get the most out of AI and avoid the pitfall of confirmation bias with AI, this is a must-listen.

Get ready for tough love, bold reframes, and tangible tools that will make your next AI convo actually valuable.

In this episode, you’ll discover:

How confirmation bias creeps into AI use and decision-making

Five telltale signs you're stuck in an AI echo chamber

Real prompts to make your AI act more like a strategist than a cheerleader

How to set AI "ground rules" and use mid-chat checks to recalibrate

How to turn AI into a powerful, strategic ally for your pet sitting business

Timestamps

00:00 – Bella opens with a fire-starting question about AI agreement01:00 – What confirmation bias has to do with ChatGPT03:00 – Why feeling validated isn’t always progress05:00 – 5 red flags you’re in an echo chamber07:00 – The prompts that reprogram your AI for challenge09:00 – Mid-chat checkpoints to shake things up11:00 – Real examples across business, content, and personal growth13:00 – How to set up your default AI to think like a coach or consultant15:00 – Bella’s final challenge: Revisit your past chats and rip them apart

Notable Quotes

"True growth in your business, in leadership, in life—it comes from friction, not reassurance."

"You're not just asking AI to agree with you. You're asking it to challenge you. That's where the magic happens."

"The only thing worse than bad advice is advice that tells you exactly what you already believe."

 Resources & Links

Bella’s AI Bot Class: How to Create Your Own GPTs

Email Bella: bella @jumpconsulting.net

Connect on IG: @bellavasta

Did You Love This Episode?

Screenshot this episode and tag @bellavasta with your biggest takeaway!Or better yet—take on Bella’s challenge:Open ChatGPT right now and type: “Tell me why this idea sucks.”Then come back and tell Bella what you discovered. She's dying to know.

 

Transcript

Bella Vasta:Welcome to another episode of Bella In Your Business.

I have a question: When was the last time you told ChatGPT or AI not to agree with you?

If you're like most business owners I work with, the answer is probably never.

And I get it. We're all wired to seek validation—to hear those sweet, sweet words of agreement—and not really be challenged. If we were challenged, we might not use it all the time. But it could be costing you big time. Today I want to talk about that, because a lot of people are starting to use AI. I'm going to say AI and ChatGPT,