Everything you need to know to have a successful business when you have ADHD
We live in a society that prizes independence and autonomy. However, humans weren’t designed to forge ahead as lone wolves. We are pack animals. We work better, live longer and are healthier (physically and emotionally) when we are [Read more...]
Do your clients truly value your work, allowing you to charge what you’re worth, and trusting you to do more for them?
You may think you’re describing your work’s true value in conversations with clients and prospective clients, when you’re really not. Your clients may not be getting it.
If you’re not able to charge what you’d like to, it may be because you’re not communicating well enough — and if that’s the case, you can’t blame them for not knowing.
This takes digging and thinking and putting some meat on the bones of how you talk to clients. It may be more you, than them.
Take a look at these five ways you may be talking about your work that stop clients from seeing how valuable you are:
If you’re not well placed in your work or if you’ve chosen the wrong niche — if you really want to be a dog trainer instead of the copywriter you are (but you became a copywriter because it seemed more sensible, or your parents wanted you to be a copywriter) — it’s going to [Read more...]
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Did you see the movie“Up!” where Dug the dog keeps getting distracted . . . by squirrels?
That’s the story of our lives.
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So there you are, another morning with brain fog. There’s that important project you know you should be working on, but you can’t get through to your brain about actually working on it.
Yes, you know what you should do. And you know how to do it. But you just can’t get your brain to go along with you.
Here is one of my favorite ways to work with your ADHD (instead of fighting against it) to get your brain to pay attention:
Step 1. When you notice that you’re drifting or have that “mired in mud” feeling and just cannot do the thing you know you should be doing, or, you watch yourself getting involved in something else you can “get out of the way quickly,” which of course is just procrastination -- the very moment you notice it, STAND UP. If you’re already standing up, take a step back, shake your arms, and stand at attention.
Step 2. From there, give yourself marching orders. Whatever it is you should be doing, say it out loud, as if placing an order with [Read more...]
It can be so frustrating. You’ve worked so hard to get your business to the point it’s at now. You’ve invested time, money, blood, sweat, and tears. Your business idea is sound, your experience is solid, and there is no doubt in your mind that the work you do gets results and helps people a great deal.
Yet often, without warning, you’re spinning out of control.
You’re overwhelmed. Or stuck, anxious, unable to focus or really do anything productive. Or you just feel like you’re in nowhere land.
You procrastinate because you don’t know how or where to start, or what to fix. You know you need to find a way to stop this crazy cycle and focus on your work.
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In our call last week about executive functions, we shared lots of tips on how to improve yours. In today’s article, I wanted to go into more detail about a strategy I shared that helps with the executive functions such as motivation, activation, and starting, giving attention to, and finishing a task.
This tip comes from comedian Jerry Seinfeld! Jerry realized he came up with his best jokes when he spent time writing every day. However, he found that difficult, so he created a simple system that would motivate him to spend one hour every day writing.
On the days he wrote, he put red cross on a “year at a glance” wall calendar. After a few crosses, he became motivated to see the calendar fill with red. He didn’t want [Read more...]
When you have ADHD, you may be used to people trying to light a fire under you – and you may sometimes have to find ways to get yourself moving, too.
But, there are times when it’s better to do nothing when you have ADHD, especially when you also run a business. Do nothing for at least the time being, that is.
Even though you want to respond right then and there, this is the time to stop. Sit down. Take a deep breath. And do nothing.
Your ADHD may be causing you to jump to conclusions, and read things into the email that aren’t really there. ADHD triggers emotions more quickly than it does for non-ADHDers, and emotions sometimes make it difficult to think clearly. It’s much better to let your emotional reaction pass and go back to the email later – you may see it in an entirely different light. Or you may choose to [Read more...]
Hope you are safe following Hurricane Sandy. We were following the storm and sending positive thoughts and prayers to both friends and people we didn’t know who were hit. Neither Marcia nor I were badly affected by the storm — just a bit of extra wind and rain. However, we know we’re fortunate and hope you and your loved ones are safe and well.
Take care
Warmly,
When you have your own business, email is almost certainly a huge part of your life. However, for ADDers, email is also one of the biggest problems. It causes overwhelm, anxiety, worry, procrastination, and even lack of sleep.
If this is you, don’t worry! There is a brilliant solution, and it’s so fun, email becomes like a game. It’s completely free and is called “The Email Game.” I have been using it for the last week and I LOVE it.
The only catch is, it only works with Gmail. But if you don’t have a Gmail account, don’t let that stop you. Opening a Gmail account only takes a few minutes. Then simply get your email from other accounts forwarded to the Gmail account.
It’s very easy to learn how to play. It takes a couple of minutes, and using it saves hours of time! If the frustration of getting caught up in email every day has been an ongoing challenge for you, you’ll want to check out The Email Game – and be sure to let us know how it works for you.
Happy Emailing!!!
One of the biggest challenges you face as a business owner — especially when you have ADHD — is spending your time well. Time is a non-renewable resource: once you use it up, it’s gone.
This is a big problem, because how you spend that time definitely impacts the success of your business and how much money you make. It can also make you feel awful if you aren’t productive.
This isn’t new — you know this stuff. Then how come you spend so much time doing stupid stuff? I do it too, we all do. We start our weeks and days with good intentions and then somehow get off course . . .
. . . and things don’t get done.
Maybe you, like a lot of entrepreneurs, need a good pinch every now and then to wake yourself up and get back to what you should be doing — things that will help move your business along.
Let today’s article be that wake-up pinch. (And it won’t even hurt!)
Put a note where you’ll see it throughout the day. It can say, “Pay attention,” or “Why are you doing that?” or “Hey! Get back to work!” or whatever you think will wake you up and get you out of that bright-shiny-object daze whenever you start to drift. For years I had [Read more...]
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