Buying Time
ADHD Entrepreneurs often go long periods of time before asking for the help we need in our businesses and in our lives.
ADHD Entrepreneurs can be conflicted about the label entrepreneur. So, we don't ask for help on how to be entrepreneurs, even if we know we need it.
The pressure to monetize whatever we, as everyday people, can churn out, glosses over the fact that EVERY entrepreneur must be a salesperson.
ADHD Entrepreneurs need targeted skills development in marketing and sales, especially if we've always worked for someone else.
The DIY-supporting industries want us to see ourselves as makers and creators only. Emphasis on the production part (the making and the creating) of the sales pathway helps sell platform subscriptions and raw materials to makers and creators (no shade), but it can distract from our core need to attract clients, build relationships and grow revenue.
If you are an ADHD Entrepreneur, it's important to think about what ADHD and entrepreneur mean when put together.
It may be more interesting or fun to think about the creative skills an ADHD Maker or Creator has or needs. Yes. Your creative skills position you one way. Your entrepreneurial skills position you other, very necessary ways.
If you are dependent on your business for income, activating your entrepreneurial saavy is required. It is necessary if you want to buy out your time; for you to make and create as you please.