Archive for Entrepreneurial ADD

Lost Productivity with ADHD? It Doesn’t Have to be That Way

May 28, 2008 2 Comments

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A new study by the World Health Organization (WHO) found that adults with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADHD) lose approximately 22 work days a year! Imagine! That’s more than a month of productive time less than other people get to do their work, build their businesses, achieve their goals.
Of course, the study only focused [...]

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Managing Communication at Work with ADHD

Mar 28, 2008 No Comments

Here’s what one ADHD adult wrote about managing her communication skills at work: 
I have a hard time communicating at work.  Most people don’t understand me.  I process information differently than most people do, I get bored with repetition.  I have trouble communicating even though I know what I want to say but when I begin speaking [...]

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ADHD Adults Shouldn’t Be Entrepreneurs?

Mar 16, 2008 2 Comments

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Opening the brand new premier issue of Success Magazine and reading up on Richard Branson, the poster child for ADHD entrepreneurs, I was reminded of a conversation I recently had with a client of mine. She’s an entrepreneur with ADHD whose psychologist told her that becoming an entrepreneur is one of the worse careers [...]

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Determination: an ADHD Advantage

Oct 30, 2007 No Comments

Every entrepreneur will say perserverence and determination are key to success. Perhaps that’s why such a high percentage of entrepreneurs, diagnosed or not, fit the ADHD profile. One entrepreneur described his hyperfocusing as an advantage saying, “When I’m wrapped up in a new business, I can’t let go. I can’t think of anything else, and [...]

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Love the Game?

Oct 02, 2007 No Comments

We often hear that success in sports starts with “a love of the game.” I don’t think that’s true.
Why? It’s easy to love the game. The game is exciting. Not everything that’s easy is bad (work smarter, not harder… right?), but in sports most people love the game. That’s why they play. But do they [...]

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