Why Celebrating is Vital as an ADHD Biz Owner

March 25, 2013 by Leave a Comment
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Why Celebrating is Vital as an ADHD Biz Owner : success self talk Marcia Hoeck Jacqueline Sinfield celebrating success ADHD ADD Jill Bolte Taylor, a Harvard brain scientist, was just 37 years old when she suffered a stroke. It took her 8 years to make a full recovery and she documented the process in the book,  My Stroke of Insight. Jill had to learn all the basics again, like how to sit up, walk, talk, and feed herself.

This inspirational book has some amazing pearls of wisdom. One is to celebrate EVERY achievement, no matter what the size. I would love all business owners with ADHD to  adopt this principle.

Jill didn’t say, “Oh, I can sit up on my own now, big deal, I could do that when I was one year old.” That would have been discouraging after all the mental and [Read more...]

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When It’s Okay to Do Nothing — (When You Have ADHD and a Business)

November 27, 2012 by Leave a Comment
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When Its Okay to Do Nothing — (When You Have ADHD and a Business): stop and pause stop and listen Marcia Hoeck jump to conclusions Jacqueline Sinfield doing nothing ADHD and emotions ADHD 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.

Here are some of those times when it’s better to do nothing:

A.) If you get an email from a client or customer that immediately gets under your skin, and you have an emotional reaction to it

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...]

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Gratitude, ADHD, & Airports

June 25, 2012 by Leave a Comment
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Gratitude, ADHD, & Airports: The Magic Rhonda Byrne Marcia Hoeck Jacqueline Sinfield gratitude ADHD Marcia and I have had very different weekends. Here in Montreal, Quebec, it was a big holiday weekend to celebrate Saint Jean Baptiste, and everyone takes today off from work. On Friday, the sun was shining brightly and all my clients were in a happy mood because it was a long weekend. I finished work early and headed to my boyfriend’s where we blended strawberries and rum for cocktails and cooked up a storm on the barbecue.

Meanwhile in the U.S., Marcia was having a horrible time. She had been in Boston to a conference where she was speaking (of course she was a total success). On the last day, she had to leave early to catch her plane. There were storms, flights were cancelled, and Marcia was stranded at her connection airport. She had blisters from standing in line and never-ending airport walking. She had to sleep in her clothes because she couldn’t get to her luggage, and then only fitfully. Finally after 24 hours of airports and delays, she made it back home. Phew.

I really hope your weekend was more like mine than Marcia’s! But if it wasn’t, having unexpected unpleasant experiences really makes you appreciate the good things in your life, doesn’t it?

When Marcia got home she had hot bath, drank a yummy protein smoothie, and took a long nap in her comfy bed with her dogs. Doesn’t that sound like heaven?

I am reading a great book called The Magic by Rhonda Byrne. She explains how practicing gratitude for what is in your life can be transformational, [Read more...]

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It’s Okay to Be Uncomfortable

May 8, 2012 by 3 Comments
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Its Okay to Be Uncomfortable: Patrick McKenna owning a business Marcia Hoeck Jacqueline Sinfield feel the fear and do it anyway CHADD business mindset ADHD ADD and work Often it’s the simple things we master that make the difference in our businesses and lives.

Decide to really “get” one one simple new thing today. You won’t be overwhelmed, and these things will definitely add up!

So here’s your “one thing” for today:

It’s okay to be uncomfortable.

Did you ever hear the phrase, “Feel the fear and do it anyway”? Feeling uncomfortable is part of the process of running a business, even for people without ADHD.

It’s not just you.

I’m by nature an introvert, and I’m uncomfortable putting myself out there — but I do it all the time. The photo in this article is of me last November at the CHADD Conference with well-known Canadian actor [Read more...]

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Dr. Brene Brown on The Power of Vulnerability

January 25, 2011 by Leave a Comment
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Jacqui and I talked about this video on our call on January 24th in response to a listener’s question. The listener wanted advice on how to manage keeping his ADHD from his employees, and the fear he had of losing their respect if they found out.

Listen to the call in the January 24th post below for our response to his question, and watch this powerful video from Dr. Brene Brown. Dr. Brown led an extensive study into human connection with surprising results. Here’s the Readers’ Digest version:

In her research, Dr. Brown found that connection can’t be studied without bringing in love and belonging and worthiness. It just comes up.

Here’s what she found: There are two types of people — [Read more...]

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Get Out of the Weeds!

December 9, 2010 by Leave a Comment
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Get Out of the Weeds!: working with ADHD Marcia Hoeck Jacqueline Sinfield ADHD adults

Entrepreneurs with ADHD need to stay out of the weeds!

The entrepreneur’s path — whether you’re an entrepreneur with ADHD or not — is rarely a straight line: we go off on detours, get sidetracked, bump into obstacles, and sometimes even back up a little as we move towards the goals for our businesses. But it’s really important not to get “stuck in the weeds.”

Because of the traits we have that enable us to be entrepreneurs in the first place — a high degree of creativity, the ability to take risks, chutzpah, and the sheer number of ideas we generate — it’s so easy to follow every bright shiny object that crosses our path. [Read more...]

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