I did a teleclass back in March with a friend and colleague, Jacqueline Sinfield of UntappedBrilliance.com, an ADHD expert and coach, who is also participating in Connie Green’s 30-Day Blogging Challenge with me. Jacqui and I got a terrific response to the call, which was titled “The Surprising Similarities Between Entrepreneurs and Adults with ADHD.”
(You can sign up for the BizTips Teleclass Series and get access to the recording of that call.)
What Jacqui and I found is that there are many entrepreneurs with ADHD as well as many with ADHD tendencies, and lots of similarities between the two groups. We think we know why, and we think our combined expertise can help people in these groups to build stronger businesses. So we’re joining forces again.
Is this you?
If you’re an entrepreneur, you’re probably very creative. In fact, you probably have a note pad by your bed to write down the ideas that come to you as you fall asleep and the ones that wake you up in the middle of the night — you just can’t stop them from coming! And that’s probably also the main reason you started your own business, because you’re so full of ideas that a regular 9 to 5 job can’t contain you. Guess what? Ditto for adults with ADHD.
If you’re an entrepreneur, you’ve probably got “bright, shiny object syndrome” — meaning, of course, that every new and exciting thing that comes down the pike grabs your attention and can take you miles away from your current projects, sometimes causing you to abandon important projects altogether. It seems like nothing ever gets finished. Guess what? Ditto for adults with ADHD.
Many famous business people have ADHD.
Did you know that Richard Branson, founder of Virgin Airlines and several other mega-successful companies, is an adult with ADHD, as well as a fabulously accomplished entrepreneur? In his autobiography, Branson talks about never being able to master the art of reading and understanding contracts — and can you imagine the number of contracts that guy has to negotiate, with all of his business dealings? He, like many other idea-crazy business people, worked around that by ignoring the mumbo jumbo contract language and learning to read the body language of the people he made deals with, figuring he’d get a good take on who was sincere and trustworthy that way. Pretty creative, huh? And it seems to be working for him.
There are a lot more interesting similarities between entrepreneurs, like you, and adults with ADHD, and Jacqui and I want to share more about them. It’s so fascinating, and so helpful, too, because as an expert on ADHD (you can buy Jacqui’s book, Untapped Brilliance, How to Reach Your Full Potential as an Adult with ADHD, at Jacqui’s site or at Amazon.com), Jacqui brings practical, easy, and useful tips to the discussion. And I know lots about entrepreneurialism (take a look around this site) and how to build a strong company. Together, our goal is to help you, whether you have ADHD or just ADHD tendencies, to focus on the positive aspects of the way your brain works and to unload the negative — so you can be the best you can be for your business.
Sooooo, stay tuned for more information about our free teleclass at 2:00 pm Eastern on May 27. We don’t have a sign-up page even up yet, but if you want to make sure you’re on the advance list to be notified, sign up for the BizTips Teleclass list and you’ll be the first to get an invitation.
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Sounds like a WINNER, Marcia!
Until I read your post, I never considered such a correlation before. Should be a fascinating and enlightening (not to mention fun!) topic to explore.
As always, wishing you the BEST,
Melanie
Oh, Melanie, it’s amazing how much we all have in common! I’ve been paying attention for awhile now and find it so fascinating. Hope you’ll join in with Jacqui and me on May 27th.
Marcia
Would really LOVE to join you and Jacqui, but I’ll be at the workplace at 11 AM Pacific. If you ever do any calls around that same time on Mondays or Wednesdays, I’ll be there with bells on!
Okay, I see to the right of me here that I’ve got a couple of your posts to catch up on.
Be back in the comment box soon!
Melanie