Posts Tagged ‘entrepreneur’

When Improving Inhibition is a Good Thing!

Posted in Living with ADHD, Strategies for success on 11/19/2009 02:19 pm by Kathy Baur

When people read about Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), most folks conjure up pictures of an overly active, impulsive boy who can’t sit down or stop talking. The reality is that the ADHD picture varies dramatically, runs across gender, extending into adulthood. Read the rest of this entry »

 

Does Your Fear Cause You To Freeze?

Posted in Strategies for success on 11/07/2009 06:22 pm by Kathy Baur
Does your fear cause you to freeze?
It’s been an interesting week.  There has been a recurring theme in the folks I work with and it revolves around fear.  Fear of failure, fear of success, fear of you name it; but the bottom line is that fear has lead to a lot of very smart people to stop dead in their tracks.  Does your fear cause you to freeze?
The fact is fear performs a very important function in the human species.  It’s what alerts us to danger and helps us stay alive.   If it wasn’t for fear, we wouldn’t be able to bolt out of the way when a car is getting too close or fight an attacker if we’re being mugged.   Fear is great when there is an external threat, which is signaling that we need to do something quickly.
But when the threat is your internal thinking, it’s a whole other situation.  Being an entrepreneur takes a lot of guts, determination, and downright chutzpa.  At times it can be exhilarating to be forging where no man (or woman) has gone before.  And then there are those times when our mind starts its seemingly silent siren’s song; the moments of doubt, the thoughts of “what if”.
Those times your fear is not so helpful.  It causes you to turn a pause into a full halt or to pull back just when you should push forward.  And ignoring the sibilant saboteur or pushing it away doesn’t do the trick, because it will come back with full vengeance.
So what are you suppose to do? How do you win this internal fight?
There is a great Cherokee tale about the internal battles that every person must face.  A grandfather sits around the fire with his grandchildren telling about two wolves that struggle inside him.
The first wolf is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, pride, and superiority.  The other wolf is joy, peace, love, hope, sharing, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, friendship, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion, and faith.  He tells the children these wolves war in each of us.
The children were quiet and then one child asked “Which wolf wins?”
The grandfather replies, “The one I feed.”
It’s the same thing with fear.  If you feed your fear, it will only get bigger.  But it’s not about waiting until the fear goes away.  If you do that, you will be waiting forever.  It’s about accepting that fear is present and then turning your focus to what really matters; you, your life, your business.
What has your fear stopped you from doing today and how did you get back on track?

It’s been an interesting week.  There has been a recurring theme in the folks I work with and it revolves around fear.  Fear of failure, fear of success, fear of you name it; but the bottom line is that fear has lead to a lot of very smart people to stop dead in their tracks.  Does your fear cause you to freeze? Read the rest of this entry »

 

4 Great Reasons for Starting a Blog!

Posted in ADHD and growing your business, Strategies for success on 08/28/2009 10:51 am by Kathy Baur

You can’t be a virtual entrepreneur without a website, right?  Wrong!  Websites have been the mainstay of online business for decades, but they no longer can give you a big enough bang for your buck.  Blogging is no longer the sole domain of the terminally hip or stay at home folks.  Blogs are an incredible business tool that done right can catapult your business.

Here are 4 of many incredibility good reasons to think about starting a blog. Read the rest of this entry »

 

Multiply Your Passion for More Profit!

Posted in ADHD and growing your business, Strategies for success on 08/03/2009 08:00 am by Kathy Baur

You have a great idea. Your product is sexy, timely, cutting edge; it’s saving everybody gobs of time, money, you name it. The feedback from your “ideal” customer is fantastic so you know the market is hot. Now what? Before you get caught up in the high of success, this is the perfect time to leverage your success to the next level.  Read the rest of this entry »

 

ADHD and the Multi-tasking Myth

Posted in Living with ADHD on 07/13/2009 08:00 am by Kathy Baur

As a person with ADHD, you probably take for granted that multi-tasking is the norm. With ADHD, the brain is working on overdrive, jumping from one thing to the next (whether it gets finished or not is a topic for another day). Add to it we live in a society, which as a whole, seems to demand that we engage in more than one activity at a time; reading emails while on the phone, preparing the mailings while giving instructions to an employee, working on two projects at seemingly one time. Yet, most people with ADHD find that multi-tasking just isn’t helpful.

There’s now a lot of data to back up this up.The published work of Drs. Rubinstein, Meyer, and Evans (2001), (http://www.apa.org/releases/multitasking.html) indicates that humans, in general, are actually less productive when we multi-task and here’s why. Read the rest of this entry »

 

Get a Better Carrot!

Posted in Organizing ADHD-style, Strategies for success on 07/06/2009 07:00 am by Kathy Baur

One of the challenges of ADHD is the pull to do many things at one time so that by the end of the day it sometimes feels like nothing has been accomplished.  In our personal lives that can be discouraging, in our businesses it can be disastrous.

Add to that a virtual business and now the ante is really upped.  In a virtual business responsibility for the structure is all yours and that can be a daunting task. Of course organizational skills that address the realities of ADHD are important, but for me the first step is to get a better carrot. Read the rest of this entry »