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The ADHD Skills Lab

Skye Waterson

Things are starting to fall through the cracks.

Not because you're not trying, but because the systems everyone recommends weren't built for a brain like yours.

The ADHD Skills Lab is for business owners with ADHD whose responsibilities have grown past simple solutions. Each week, Skye Waterson and guests share research-backed strategies and real-world systems to help you reduce the chaos, make consistent progress, and stop reinventing the wheel every time life gets complex.

No "just use a planner." No productivity hacks that last a week. Just honest, practical support from someone who has spent years researching, testing, and refining what actually works for adult ADHD.

Skye is the founder of Unconventional Organisation, a former academic diagnosed with ADHD during her PhD, and the author of over 50 articles read by more than 250,000 people worldwide. She has worked with senior leaders, business owners, academics, and professionals navigating ADHD in high-responsibility roles, and was invited to share her research with both the Australian and New Zealand Government.

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Yesterday · 46 min
How to Sell a $50K Offer Over DM With ADHD
Want sales in seven weeks? Check out our new program below! https://www.unconventionalorganisation.com/sales-in-seven-weeks You have a great call. They love the offer. Then they say “I need to think about it,” and you say “No problem, I’ll send it over.” Two days later, you’re wondering if the leads are bad, the offer is wrong, or you’re just not cut out for sales. Jay Foster, a high-ticket closer on Dan Martell’s team with over $10M in closed sales, joins Skye to break down what selling with ADHD actually takes. He shares the real outreach numbers behind a brand like Dan’s and the two daily habits that keep him from spiraling after a slow week. He also explains why the close is usually won or lost long before you ask. The close doesn’t need you to be nice. It needs you to lead. In this episode: How to manage the dopamine highs and lows of sales so a slow week doesn’t become a spiral What outreach looked like in the early days (100 to 500 DMs a day) and how it changes as a business grows What changes when you sell a $50K offer, and why brand quality matters more than follower count The five roles you play on every sales call, and why people pleasing costs you the close If “I’ll send you the details” is your go-to when a prospect hesitates, this one’s for you. Find Jay Instagram and all socials: @itsjayfoster Want to grow your business with ADHD? You can use my free focus filter to manage overwhelm and organize yourself and your team: https://tinyurl.com/focus-filter Looking for an ADHD business mentor who's also an operator who'll turn your business into a finely-tuned profit and peace machine designed for your brain? Book a call and let's assess you're business to see if you're a fit: https://tinyurl.com/book-a-call-uo
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Wednesday · 47 min
ADHD Decision Paralysis? Set Your Margin of Error First
How much time should you spend making a decision? Two minutes? Four hours? Three weeks? When you have ADHD, it's not always obvious which decisions deserve your attention and which ones you should just make and move on from. In Wednesday's episode, Skye and Robbie explored the research behind ADHD, maximizing, and regret. Today, they're getting practical. Skye shares a decision-making method she's taught for five years: **decide how wrong you can afford to be before deciding how much time to spend.** A dinner choice might allow a 50% margin of error. A software investment might allow 25%. A major career decision might need 10%. Each gets a different amount of time, so you're not treating every choice like it could change your life. What We Cover: - How to decide whether a choice deserves minutes, hours, or weeks - The margin of error method: 50%, 25%, and 10% decisions - Why blocking time for decisions works better than thinking about them whenever you get a spare minute - How to stop comparing options endlessly and test them instead - Why a deadline matters just as much as the time you allow - How to make the call with the information you have and stop second-guessing yourself Want to grow your business with ADHD? You can use my free focus filter to manage overwhelm and organize yourself and your team: https://tinyurl.com/focus-filter Looking for an ADHD business mentor who's also an operator who'll turn your business into a finely-tuned profit and peace machine designed for your brain? Book a call and let's assess you're business to see if you're a fit: https://tinyurl.com/book-a-call-uo
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November 2 · 32 min
Toxic Boss or Bullying? ADHD at Work with Brooke Schnittman
Someone says "we need to talk" and your ADHD brain immediately assumes you're in trouble. Even when you've done nothing wrong. Maybe you've dealt with a boss who constantly singled you out, colleagues who excluded you, or feedback that felt more like a personal attack than a conversation about your work. You probably called it a toxic workplace. But what if there was more going on? Brooke Schnittman is the founder of Coaching With Brooke, a bestselling author, and an ADHD coach with more than 20 years of experience. After experiencing bullying herself, she conducted an international survey to explore how adults with ADHD experience bullying at work, in relationships, and within their families. In the first round of her Adult ADHD Bullying Survey, 63% of respondents reported experiencing workplace bullying. Brooke explains how ADHD traits can be treated as character flaws, why some adults struggle to recognize bullying when it happens, and how years of being told they're too sensitive can affect their confidence and willingness to speak up. She also shares her own experience of being shouted at by a boss in front of colleagues, what she said the following morning, and why you don't have to find the perfect words in the moment to stand up for yourself. What We Cover - How to recognize workplace bullying when it looks like ordinary criticism or a difficult boss - What Brooke's survey revealed about bullying among adults with ADHD - Why ADHD traits can be mistaken for character flaws or unprofessional behavior - How past experiences affect confidence, boundaries, and speaking up - Four practical steps for responding without having to confront someone on the spot Connect With Brooke Schnittman - Website: coachingwithbrooke.com - Book: Activate Your ADHD Potential https://www.coachingwithbrooke.com/activatebook - Podcast: SuccessFULL With ADHD - 3C Activation coach training http://3cactivation.com/ Want to grow your business with ADHD? You can use my free focus filter to manage overwhelm and organize yourself and your team: https://tinyurl.com/focus-filter Looking for an ADHD business mentor who's also an operator who'll turn your business into a finely-tuned profit and peace machine designed for your brain? Book a call and let's assess you're business to see if you're a fit: https://tinyurl.com/book-a-call-uo
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October 28 · 26 min
ADHD Impulse Control Is About Friction, Not Trying Harder
With ADHD, "just wait until later" can feel impossible. Buy it now. Switch to the fun thing now. Say it now. And when you give in to the impulse, it's easy to blame yourself for not trying harder. In this special episode of the ADHD Skills Lab, Skye Waterson shares a conversation from the ADHD Channel for Women by Understood.org. Host Cate Osborn speaks with Dr. Polaris Koi, an assistant professor of practical philosophy at the University of Turku who researches ADHD, self-control, and decision-making, and has ADHD themselves. Together, they explore why impulse control isn't just about willpower. Polaris explains how adding friction, removing temptations, and changing your environment can make impulsive actions easier to manage. They also challenge the idea that self-control works like a muscle and discuss how anxiety and self-blame can make things harder. Cate shares her experience with compulsive shopping, while Skye reflects on the urgency of wanting something right now, even when you know waiting might be better. No "just wait." No trying harder for the sake of it. No silver bullet. What We Cover Why waiting can be so difficult with ADHD How adding friction can help with impulsive decisions What the marshmallow experiments reveal about temptation Why willpower isn't simply a muscle you can strengthen How self-blame and anxiety affect impulse control Listen to more episodes of the ADHD Channel for Women from Understood.org: https://lnk.to/adhdchannelforwomenFD!theadhdskillslab Want to grow your business with ADHD? You can use my free focus filter to manage overwhelm and organize yourself and your team: https://tinyurl.com/focus-filter Looking for an ADHD business mentor who's also an operator who'll turn your business into a finely-tuned profit and peace machine designed for your brain? Book a call and let's assess you're business to see if you're a fit: https://tinyurl.com/book-a-call-uo
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October 27 · 1 hr 1 min
Why ADHD Makes You Overthink Every Decision
With ADHD, you can spend three days researching a $50 purchase, finally make the decision, and still wonder if you chose wrong. Meanwhile, the important stuff isn't getting done. Skye and Robbie Waterson unpack a 2012 study from the Journal of Attention Disorders on ADHD, decision making, and regret. The research found that higher ADHD symptom scores were linked to more maximizing, the drive to find the best possible option, and more regret afterward. They explore why trying to avoid the wrong decision can leave you feeling worse even when you make a good one, and how that same pattern can quietly stall progress in your business. What We Cover: Why ADHD can turn a simple purchase into days of research and second-guessing How maximizers can get better outcomes but feel less satisfied with their decisions Why trying to avoid regret can actually create more of it How overthinking small decisions steals time from the work that moves your business forward Why setting limits on time, money, and acceptable mistakes can make decisions easier What the research can and cannot tell us about ADHD and decision making Want to grow your business with ADHD? You can use my free focus filter to manage overwhelm and organize yourself and your team: https://tinyurl.com/focus-filter Looking for an ADHD business mentor who's also an operator who'll turn your business into a finely-tuned profit and peace machine designed for your brain? Book a call and let's assess you're business to see if you're a fit: https://tinyurl.com/book-a-call-uo
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October 26 · 41 min
Why Pushing Through Stops Working for ADHD Adults (Dr. Tracey Marks)
If you have ADHD (and especially if you run your own business), you probably know this cycle: push hard to hit a deadline, get it done, then do the same thing next week. It works often enough that you keep relying on it, until the week it doesn’t and you’re running on nothing. Dr. Tracey Marks is a board-certified psychiatrist with more than 25 years of clinical experience. Skye and Tracey talk about why pushing through is so hard to give up and what it costs your attention and energy over time. Tracey’s main point: recovery only works when it matches what drained you in the first place. In this episode: Why pressure you put on yourself as a business owner hits differently than pressure from a boss How to tell whether you’re socially or cognitively drained, and what helps each one Tracey’s baseline for sleep, food, and movement (including her own bedtime routine) How to build a small set of anxiety tools that work for you and keep them within reach Listen in if you’ve been running low for a while and keep telling yourself it’s just a busy season. Find Tracey Website: https://markspsychiatry.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@drtraceymarks Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drtraceymarks Want to grow your business with ADHD? You can use my free focus filter to manage overwhelm and organize yourself and your team: https://tinyurl.com/focus-filter Looking for an ADHD business mentor who's also an operator who'll turn your business into a finely-tuned profit and peace machine designed for your brain? Book a call and let's assess you're business to see if you're a fit: https://tinyurl.com/book-a-call-uo
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October 21 · 30 min
Why a Big Audience Doesn't Buy | ADHD, Kyrus Keenan Westcott
You're posting consistently, growing your audience, and putting hours into marketing your business. People are watching, liking, and following. But they're not buying. Kyrus Keenan Westcott, known as The Vibe With Ky, has built an audience of more than two million across Facebook and TikTok while working full time as a director of paid media. Diagnosed with ADHD at 35, he's learned how to turn content into a business without making every post a sales pitch. In this conversation, Ky and Skye unpack why a bigger audience doesn't automatically mean more revenue, why selling before building trust can backfire, and how Ky turns engaged followers into paying customers. He shares what he gives away for free, what he charges for, and why he refuses to rely entirely on brand deals or platform income. They also explore how he manages a full-time job alongside his growing business, the systems that help him work with his ADHD, and why he's still cautious about giving up a stable income. You'll learn what actually moves people from following to buying, and how to build income that doesn't depend entirely on someone else's platform. What We Cover Why a bigger audience doesn't automatically mean more paying customers How Ky builds trust before selling, and what he gives away for free Turning engaged followers into customers without constant sales pitches Why relying on brand deals and platform revenue puts your income at risk How Ky manages ADHD, a full-time job, and a business with millions of followers Connect With Kyrus Keenan Westcott Ky (Kyrus Keenan Westcott) is a mental health advocate and host of The Vibe With Ky Podcast, which reaches nearly three million followers. Diagnosed with ADHD at 35, he uses humor and honesty to simplify conversations around mental health. He was named one of JCI USA's Ten Outstanding Young Americans in 2023 and keynoted Neuro Diversion 2026. Website: thevibewithky.com Social: @thevibewithky on all major platforms Patreon: patreon.com/thevibewithky Digital guidebooks: store.thevibewithky.com Want to grow your business with ADHD? You can use my free focus filter to manage overwhelm and organize yourself and your team: https://tinyurl.com/focus-filter Looking for an ADHD business mentor who's also an operator who'll turn your business into a finely-tuned profit and peace machine designed for your brain? Book a call and let's assess you're business to see if you're a fit: https://tinyurl.com/book-a-call-uo
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October 20 · 51 min
How To Avoid Task Overwhelm With ADHD
You hired people so you wouldn't have to do everything yourself. So why are you still the one remembering every deadline, chasing every handoff, and checking whether things actually got done? Skye Waterson and Robbie Waterson explain why delegating tasks doesn't always mean delegating the mental load, especially when you have ADHD. Research shows that working memory challenges can make tracking tasks, priorities, and deadlines harder. And when everything lives in your head or gets buried in Slack, your team ends up guessing what matters most. Skye and Robbie share the prioritisation filter they've developed and tested over five years. It puts tasks, real deadlines, and priorities into one shared system so everyone can see what needs to happen next. They also explain why teams resist new systems, how outdated tasks keep wasting time, and how to spot when a delegation problem is actually a training or process problem. The goal isn't another complicated productivity system. It's a business where work keeps moving without you having to remember and chase everything. What We Cover: Why delegating tasks doesn't automatically remove the mental load Why even a great assistant needs a shared system to work from How Slack handoffs lose priority and turn into constant follow-ups Why teams resist new task systems and how shared visibility helps How one prioritised list shows everyone what needs to happen next How to spot outdated tasks, training gaps, and work that's taking too long Want to grow your business with ADHD? You can use my free focus filter to manage overwhelm and organize yourself and your team: https://tinyurl.com/focus-filter Looking for an ADHD business mentor who's also an operator who'll turn your business into a finely-tuned profit and peace machine designed for your brain? Book a call and let's assess you're business to see if you're a fit: https://tinyurl.com/book-a-call-uo
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October 14 · 28 min
When Losing Interest Isn't Failure: ADHD and Creativity
With ADHD, creative ideas are often the easy part. Starting one is harder. So is the project you were sure about, set down just short of finished, and the shame that follows. In this special episode of the ADHD Skills Lab, Skye Waterson shares a conversation from the ADHD Channel for Women, created by Understood.org. Host Cate Osborn talks with Adam Reid, an Emmy Award-winning writer, director, filmmaker, and producer, in front of a live studio audience. Adam didn't know he had ADHD until he was around 45. Their conversation explores ADHD and creativity, and what happens between having an idea and finishing it. Adam explains how he gives himself permission to start, to be bad at something, and to let an idea become nothing. He describes getting close to the end of a first draft and losing all interest in looking at it again. He talks about putting work away to age instead of automatically calling it a failure, and how pieces of old projects have sometimes found their way back into his creative life years later. Cate brings the harder questions. The frustration of choosing one interest while others wait. The difference between creative potential and finished work. The reality of responsibilities, and the fact that making room for creativity is easier for some people than others. Adam also talks about understanding his strengths, finding people and environments that support how he works, and learning that his worth isn't determined by what he creates. Skye also shares how Adam's experience reminded her of stepping away from academia after her master's degree, spending a year making art and working in a bakery, before returning to complete her PhD. No hustle. No pressure to turn every idea into an achievement. No need to prove your worth through what you produce. What We Cover Why starting can be the hardest part, and how Adam gives himself permission to begin Why Adam thinks of ideas as seeds rather than children to protect What happens when interest fades before a project is finished How strengths, supportive people, and the right environments influence creativity Late ADHD diagnosis, masking, and separating self-worth from creative output Want to hear more? Listen to more episodes of the ADHD Channel for Women from Understood.org: https://lnk.to/adhdchannelforwomenFD!theadhdskillslab Want to grow your business with ADHD? You can use my free focus filter to manage overwhelm and organize yourself and your team: https://tinyurl.com/focus-filter Looking for an ADHD business mentor who's also an operator who'll turn your business into a finely-tuned profit and peace machine designed for your brain? Book a call and let's assess you're business to see if you're a fit: https://tinyurl.com/book-a-call-uo
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October 12 · 44 min
Why ADHD Brains Excel at Starting Businesses (And Collapse at Scaling Them)
With ADHD, a quick client callback runs long, you lose track of time, and the work you meant to do is still sitting there. Dr. Jessica McCarthy stopped taking those calls. Dr. McCarthy is a licensed clinical psychologist and clinical neuropsychologist, and the founder and clinical director of Elements Psychological Services, a two-location assessment and therapy practice in New Jersey. She has ADHD and runs the practice around it. She walks Skye through what she handed off, what she kept, and the one test she applies to every task. She also shares the automated billing mistake that told her whole practice she had changed her name before she was ready to say why. What We Cover Her test for any task: if it takes too much time, it gets handed off or it does not get done Why call backs were one of the first things to go Why digital records are harder on ADHD working memory than a stack of paper What went wrong when an automated system ran exactly as designed The part of her marketing she is still not willing to hand over Connect With Dr. Jessica McCarthy @dr.jessica.mccarthy @elements_psych Dr. McCarthy is a licensed clinical psychologist and neuropsychologist, specializing in neuropsychological and psychoeducational assessments and cognitive-behavioral therapy for children through adults. She focuses on neurodivergent populations, including ADHD, autism, and learning differences, and conducts medically-driven assessments for conditions like TBI, stroke, and dementia. Dr. McCarthy uses evidence-based behavior therapies such as ACT and CBT, and enjoys working with young adults and women of all ages navigating life transitions. Her approach emphasizes understanding the brain-behavior relationship and providing actionable recommendations for patients and families. She has worked in schools, medical settings, and private practice, offering a wide range of specialty care. Dr. McCarthy is also a recognized speaker and media contributor on topics related to neuropsychology and mental health. Want to grow your business with ADHD? You can use my free focus filter to manage overwhelm and organize yourself and your team: https://tinyurl.com/focus-filter Looking for an ADHD business mentor who's also an operator who'll turn your business into a finely-tuned profit and peace machine designed for your brain? Book a call and let's assess you're business to see if you're a fit: https://tinyurl.com/book-a-call-uo
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October 7 · 21 min
Why Your ADHD Gets Worse When You Start Managing a Team & How To Fix It
You finally hire people to get some time back. Then somehow you have even more to keep track of. What did you delegate? Is it getting done? What did you tell them was most important? Where is everyone actually spending their time? For ADHD business owners, growing a team can make it feel like the systems you spent years building for yourself suddenly stop working. Skye Waterson and Robert Waterson look at why. Working memory was already carrying too much when you were managing your own tasks. Now you're trying to keep track of other people's work too, and hiring one highly organized person or adding more AI doesn't necessarily solve the problem. This episode is about why getting tasks out of your head becomes even more important once you're leading a team, and why your personal productivity system eventually needs to become a shared one. Next episode, Skye and Robert get into exactly how to build that shared system. What We Cover: Why the systems that worked when it was just you can break down once you have a team Why ADHD leaders can lose track of tasks after they've delegated them How hiring an organized person can help without solving the underlying problem Why AI and automation can become more things you have to remember and monitor Why one shared system lets you see priorities without constantly chasing your team Want to grow your business with ADHD? You can use my free focus filter to manage overwhelm and organize yourself and your team: https://tinyurl.com/focus-filter Looking for an ADHD business mentor who's also an operator who'll turn your business into a finely-tuned profit and peace machine designed for your brain? Book a call and let's assess you're business to see if you're a fit: https://tinyurl.com/book-a-call-uo
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October 5 · 41 min
Why ADHD Hustle Never Scales | Amy Marie Hann
You are working every spare minute, and the business still is not growing the way it should. Amy Marie Hann spent 10 years hustling in a sales business that never really scaled. She worked constantly, burned out, and eventually realized that more effort was not going to fix the way the business was built. Amy is the creator of Master the Mundane, a book and membership community for mothers with ADHD. In this conversation, she explains why people with ADHD can stay with the wrong thing for too long, how slowing down brought back her clarity, and why she built her next business around the life she actually wanted to live. She also shares why she grew her team and then deliberately made it smaller, how she uses numbers to keep new ideas and emotions from driving business decisions, and where AI genuinely helps her without replacing her own thinking. You will hear what changed when Amy stopped measuring progress by how hard she was working and started building a business she could actually sustain. What We Cover Why ADHD hustle can create a lot of activity without creating growth Why sticking with the wrong thing too long can be a bigger problem than quitting too soon How slowing down gave Amy more clarity and creativity Why Amy grew her team, then deliberately went lean again How tracking numbers helps separate good decisions from rejection sensitivity and new ideas Connect With Amy Marie Hann Website: https://www.amymariehann.com/ Instagram: @amymariehann Want to grow your business with ADHD? You can use my free focus filter to manage overwhelm and organize yourself and your team: https://tinyurl.com/focus-filter Looking for an ADHD business mentor who's also an operator who'll turn your business into a finely-tuned profit and peace machine designed for your brain? Book a call and let's assess you're business to see if you're a fit: https://tinyurl.com/book-a-call-uo
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September 29 · 31 min
You Won’t Outgrow ADHD Working Memory, So Build Systems Instead
You start an email, remember a purchase, open another tab, and suddenly five tasks are each 20 percent done. For adults with ADHD, working memory problems don't necessarily disappear with age. Skye Waterson and Robert Waterson unpack a 2013 meta-analysis of 38 studies on working memory in adults with ADHD. The researchers expected older adults to perform better. Instead, the review found adults with ADHD performed moderately worse on both verbal and visual working memory tasks, with age not changing the overall picture. Then Skye and Robert get practical: how to stop relying on your head to hold everything. They cover one central place for tasks, low-friction capture, redundant reminders, recording tools, and physical cues you can't ignore. The goal isn't to remember harder. It's to build a system that means you don't have to. Want Skye's prioritization filter? DM me “prioritize” and she'll send it to you for free. What We Cover: What 38 studies reveal about working memory in adults with ADHD, and why age didn't change the picture Why every task needs one central, ranked location instead of scattered notes How redundant reminders and physical cues help when working memory fails Why a five-minute post-meeting dictation can catch what AI summaries miss Want to grow your business with ADHD? You can use my free focus filter to manage overwhelm and organize yourself and your team: https://tinyurl.com/focus-filter Looking for an ADHD business mentor who's also an operator who'll turn your business into a finely-tuned profit and peace machine designed for your brain? Book a call and let's assess you're business to see if you're a fit: https://tinyurl.com/book-a-call-uo
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September 23 · 11 min
Does RSD Cause Physical Stress?
Rejection sensitive dysphoria gets talked about constantly in ADHD spaces, but there isn't much research behind it yet. In this Research Recap, Skye and Will unpack a small study that tried to measure what happens when people with ADHD symptoms experience social exclusion. Using a deliberately unfair ball-tossing game, researchers compared how rejected participants said they felt with changes in their heart rate and blood pressure. The results didn't line up the way researchers expected. This isn't proof that RSD is or isn't real. It's a look at what one study found, where the results got messy, and why measuring rejection sensitivity is more complicated than it sounds. Want more of Will's work? Visit HackingYourADHD.com or subscribe on YouTube. What We Cover: How the Cyberball task was used to create social exclusion in a lab setting Why participants reported feeling excluded while the physiological data didn't show the expected response The unexpected drop in blood pressure and what researchers thought might explain it Why self-reported rejection sensitivity didn't line up neatly with ADHD measures How the study's small, self-selected sample limits what we can conclude Why this paper raises useful questions without settling whether RSD is real Want to grow your business with ADHD? You can use my free focus filter to manage overwhelm and organize yourself and your team: https://tinyurl.com/focus-filter Looking for an ADHD business mentor who's also an operator who'll turn your business into a finely-tuned profit and peace machine designed for your brain? Book a call and let's assess you're business to see if you're a fit: https://tinyurl.com/book-a-call-uo
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September 21 · 32 min
Psychotherapist Shares How Smart Delegation Saves Neurodivergent Entrepreneurs
You hired help. You still find yourself taking things back on. Kara Kushnir built A Work of Heart Counseling and Wellness from a part-time practice into a fifteen-provider team. But growing the team meant learning that she couldn't keep doing everything herself. In this episode, Kara talks about the temptation to say yes to everything, the burnout that follows, and how she learned to delegate, ask for help, and build a team she trusts enough to tell her no. What We Cover Why trying to do everything yourself is a direct route to burnout Why Kara still catches herself taking on work she should delegate How saying yes to too much led to overwhelm and depletion Why asking for help and knowing who to ask are skills you can build How transparency about her weaknesses changed the relationship with her team Why knowing what you're not good at is part of building a healthier business Connect with Kara: A Work of Heart Counseling Instagram: A Work of Art Counseling Instagram: Taking Cara Want to grow your business with ADHD? You can use my free focus filter to manage overwhelm and organize yourself and your team: https://tinyurl.com/focus-filter Looking for an ADHD business mentor who's also an operator who'll turn your business into a finely-tuned profit and peace machine designed for your brain? Book a call and let's assess you're business to see if you're a fit: https://tinyurl.com/book-a-call-uo
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September 18 · 24 min
The Truth About Masking Your ADHD & How To Fix It
ADHD treatment works. But does it keep working the same way eight years later? In this Research Recap, Skye and Will dig into the MTA study, one of the largest and most influential ADHD treatment studies ever conducted, and what researchers found when they followed the same kids over eight years. They unpack why the strong early treatment gains had disappeared by year eight, why medication use dropped dramatically over time, and the surprising finding that even the group still taking medication didn't maintain the same early advantage. They also look at what happens as kids move into middle school, when organizational demands increase and strategies that worked before may no longer be enough. Importantly, they separate what the research actually tells us from what it still can't explain. Want more of Will's work? Visit HackingYourADHD.com or subscribe on YouTube. What We Cover: Why the MTA study's early treatment gains had disappeared by year eight Why only about a third of participants were still using medication What the research does and doesn't tell us about stopping medication Why changing life demands can require changing ADHD strategies What the middle school research suggests about symptoms at home versus school Why "pills don't teach skills" matters when thinking about long-term ADHD management Want to grow your business with ADHD? You can use my free focus filter to manage overwhelm and organize yourself and your team: https://tinyurl.com/focus-filter Looking for an ADHD business mentor who's also an operator who'll turn your business into a finely-tuned profit and peace machine designed for your brain? Book a call and let's assess you're business to see if you're a fit: https://tinyurl.com/book-a-call-uo
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September 16 · 22 min
ADHD and the Daily Habit That Makes Goals Inevitable
You know what you want in the future. You still can't make yourself do the boring task today. Skye and Robbie break down the goal setting system Skye actually uses, adapted from Dan Martell's framework. It works backward from a 25-year vision to one specific goal this year, then down to one daily non-negotiable that makes that goal inevitable. They also get into what happens when you miss a day, why trying to focus on five goals at once backfires, and how immediate rewards can make the thing you keep avoiding easier to actually do. What We Cover: The full process from a 25-year vision to a daily non-negotiable Why your yearly goal needs to be specific and measurable How to choose the one priority that matters most right now Why five new non-negotiables at once can become zero How immediate rewards and recovering from missed days keep goals alive Want to grow your business with ADHD? You can use my free focus filter to manage overwhelm and organize yourself and your team: https://tinyurl.com/focus-filter Looking for an ADHD business mentor who's also an operator who'll turn your business into a finely-tuned profit and peace machine designed for your brain? Book a call and let's assess you're business to see if you're a fit: https://tinyurl.com/book-a-call-uo
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September 14 · 38 min
The ADHD Task Manager That Actually Works (Jason Chatfield)
You know what needs doing. You have the ideas. So why is actually finishing the thing so hard? Jason Chatfield has written and drawn the syndicated comic strip Ginger Meggs for sixteen years, writes for The New Yorker, and built a career across cartooning, comedy, and writing. But he learned he cannot rely on his brain to generate ideas and execute them at the same time. Instead, Jason built physical systems that separate thinking from doing: external deadlines, index cards, a wall calendar, batching, and pairing difficult tasks with things he actually enjoys. In this episode, Jason breaks down the practical systems he uses to turn ideas into finished work without relying on willpower. What We Cover: Why Jason stopped planning and executing in the same block The index card system that makes finished work visible How external deadlines give his ADHD brain structure Why his wall calendar beats another productivity app How he pairs difficult tasks with things he enjoys The first-thing, last-thing routine that separates planning from doing Why it took three ADHD diagnoses before he believed it Connect With Jason Chatfield https://www.jasonchatfield.com/ https://www.instagram.com/newyorkcartoons/ Want to grow your business with ADHD? You can use my free focus filter to manage overwhelm and organize yourself and your team: https://tinyurl.com/focus-filter Looking for an ADHD business mentor who's also an operator who'll turn your business into a finely-tuned profit and peace machine designed for your brain? Book a call and let's assess you're business to see if you're a fit: https://tinyurl.com/book-a-call-uo
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September 9 · 25 min
Why ADHD Business Owners Struggle With Social Media More Than Money
You built the business because you were good at the work. Nobody warned you that promoting it might be harder than doing it. New research on neurodivergent entrepreneurs found that maintaining a social media profile was the most commonly reported self-employment challenge. Ahead of work-life balance, unpredictability, and financial pressures. In this episode, Skye and Robert unpack why social media has become such a difficult part of running a business, what else neurodivergent entrepreneurs say they struggle with, and the support and habits they find most helpful. What We Cover: Why maintaining a social media profile topped the list of challenges How work-life balance, unpredictability, and marketing compared Why peer support, professional networks, and mentorship matter What entrepreneurs said helped their wellbeing, from movement and sleep to boundaries Want to grow your business with ADHD? You can use my free focus filter to manage overwhelm and organize yourself and your team: https://tinyurl.com/focus-filter Looking for an ADHD business mentor who's also an operator who'll turn your business into a finely-tuned profit and peace machine designed for your brain? Book a call and let's assess you're business to see if you're a fit: https://tinyurl.com/book-a-call-uo
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September 7 · 30 min
$17.5 Billion CEO Explains The Unfair Advantage ADHD Gives Your Business (Carlos Gutierrez)
Carlos Gutierrez spent 25 years rising from sales representative to CEO of Kellogg, then served as U.S. Commerce Secretary. He did it all without knowing he had ADHD. When he was diagnosed later in life, Carlos began looking back at his career differently. The disorganization, procrastination and impulsivity he had treated as personal flaws finally had a name. So did some of the traits that helped him succeed, including intense hyperfocus, intuition and an ability to connect with people. In this conversation, Carlos and Skye unpack the role ADHD played at the highest levels of his career, from the projects he could not stop thinking about to the support that helped him perform at his best. They also talk honestly about the cost of that drive, particularly the work that followed him home and the family time he lost along the way. It is a fascinating look at what ADHD can actually look like at the top, and what Carlos understands about himself now that he wishes he had known earlier. What We Cover Why Carlos saw his ADHD traits as personal flaws for decades How hyperfocus became one of his biggest career advantages Why the right support and structure changed how he performed The impact his intense focus on work had on his family life How ADHD shaped his intuition, empathy and leadership style What changed when Carlos finally learned he had ADHD Want to grow your business with ADHD? You can use my free focus filter to manage overwhelm and organize yourself and your team: https://tinyurl.com/focus-filter Looking for an ADHD business mentor who's also an operator who'll turn your business into a finely-tuned profit and peace machine designed for your brain? Book a call and let's assess you're business to see if you're a fit: https://tinyurl.com/book-a-call-uo
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