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Do you have a business or an ADHD hyperfixation? "Your business can evolve with you. But there are some things to do on the front end. If you want to avoid it being a huge waste of money, if you're concerned that you might not stick with it...." - Katie McManus, Brave Business Coaching If you're feeling overwhelmed and defeated because your ADHD is hindering your ability to start a successful busi...

Unlocking ADHD-Friendly Processes for Business Growth "Whenever you see an ADHD entrepreneur that you're either supporting or that you are spinning in this way, I want you to have them focus in on what would benefit them most." - Katie McManus, Brave Business Coaching Are you tired of being told to simply focus harder or work harder to improve your productivity as an ADHD entrepreneur? Does it fee...

Outgrowing your team: knowing when it's the right time to fire! "Ask yourself, does having them in my business create more work for me than not having them in my business?" - Katie McManus, Brave Business Coaching  Do you want to fire employees with empathy and integrity? As a small business owner, achieving humane and compassionate terminations may seem like an impossible feat. But fear not,...

Avoid Business Chaos: Create a Smooth Client Onboarding Process "Personal development is really hard for so many people, so these clients who are going through a really tough phase of working with you when it comes to paying you for the next month. That is an opportunity for them to decide, you know what? I don't wanna do this anymore. Which is sh*%ty for  you because it means that you've lost a c...

Why one-size-fits-all doesn't always work: customizing your business approach "I had no idea that my encounter with the famous Barry Bonds would be a life-changing lesson in the power of customizing business strategies to suit individual goals - but it was! What I learnt that day has revolutionized the way I advise aspiring entrepreneurs, but I never expected the unexpected twist that would come.....

Have you identified your ADHD entrepreneur values?  "You hire a bunch of people, you create an offer, you market it, you do all this stuff, and then you realize... holy shit, this is not what I want at all. This doesn't reflect me as a human.." - Katie McManus, Brave Business Coaching When you're travelling at a million miles per hour in your business, it can be really easy to lose track of w...

What's your strategy for boosting your mojo when you're being a 'weenie'? "Learning a new thing is a great way to infuse more excitement and motivation into your business." - Katie McManus, Brave Business Coaching Get your business mojo back! In this episode, we explore what to do when you've lost your mojo in your business. From starting a business to paying the bills, it can be hard to stay insp...

Are you using ADHD entrepreneur networking events tactics? Pssst!! This week only! Want to join me in New York City for an epic networking for entrepreneurs on April 27th at 4pm EST?  Click this link - weeniecast.com/nyc See you there! Now back to the episode... "You can spark curiosity. By sharing random things about yourself. You can also spark empathy. When you share about your life, when you s...

Related must-listen episodes ADHD entrepreneurs finding balance between darkness and light. Celebration or shame? Researching ADHD jobs to avoid? Forget that! Start your own business! 37 Weenie! Cuz 75 Hard Challenge rules and ADHD don't mix! (If you want to kick the booze and get healthier in mind and body!) Also useful to check out:  The Weenie Entrepreneur community Let's count through the five...

Can you be more brave as an ADHD entrepreneur? "It was the most mortifying experience of my life. And I'm saying that as a person whose skirt has flown up over her head in front of a bus full of tourists in San Francisco, I would do that every day for the rest of my life before I relived this one experience...." - Katie McManus, Brave Business Coaching In this episode, I, Katie McManus, share my e...

Do you know the 5 ways you can get your ADHD brain back to full creativity? "They don't train this sh*t in school. No one knows this stuff. And really the only thing that you're doing by expecting yourself to know the answers to these questions is just being a d*ck to yourself. .." - Katie McManus, Brave Business Coaching If you're struggling to come up with creative content for your business, you...

Do you know your ADHD superpower? "And so literally, I had to find different creative ways for me to learn this stupid information so that I wouldn't fail it. I'll never forget buying all these like multicoloured neon index cards..." - Katie McManus, Brave Business Coaching In this episode we explore the positive aspects of ADHD and how to leverage them to your advantage so they become ADHD superp...

The power of parallel work - sharing an office with others. Should you? "So I tried to work by myself, I tried to set up a little corner in my apartment, and get work done that way. And it just didn't work. What helped me was..." - Katie McManus, Brave Business Coaching This is the episode for ADHD entrepreneurs who are currently working remotely, from home.  It contains advice on how to leverage...

How to be kind to yourself when you miss those dopamine moments "When we forgive ourselves, and we just add it to the list fresh, and it becomes a new task for us, we actually do give ourselves that dopamine when we get it accomplished..." - Katie McManus, Brave Business Coaching   This is the episode for ADHD entrepreneurs who don't show themselves any self compassion!   Accessibility:...

ADHD areas of focus for avoiding executive dysfunction "Today we are going to be talking about self-care and not that namby pamby bubble bath, spa day kind of self-care. We are talking about the ADHD requisites for you to function like a proper human.." -  Katie McManus, Brave Business Coaching   This is the episode for ADHD entrepreneurs who struggle on the bad days! Watch a promo video for the e...

ADHD past lives and how they can affect your current life! "As I change jobs, as I go through life, I'm just collecting different ingredients and at some point I'm gonna look at the ingredients that I have collected and it's gonna click and I'm gonna know 'Oh, cool. I'm making a double chocolate German cake." - Katie McManus, Brave Business Coaching   This is the episode for you if you're an ADHD...

ADHD and social media can play well together. We're going to tell you how. "People with ADHD who own their businesses really struggle with remembering to talk about their services. Now, the reason for this is that we have this natural drive for variety. And so if we are told that we have to post about the same thing over and over and over and over and over again, we are going to get so bored with...

A product launch failure can be absolutely brutal. So let's deal with it.  "The success that you experience in your business is not just measured by how much money you bring in. It's also measured by how many failed launches, failed services, failed products that you've put out there. That is also a measure of your success, and I want you to celebrate every failure that you have." - Katie McM...

Listen to learn how you can grow from solopreneur to running a large scale business! With a Doris! "Back in the old days, when you had an office and hired people and they'd come into the office, and you'd get stuck or realise at some point, this isn't what you want to be doing with your time. And you'd look over and you see Doris, sitting at her desk working away.  And you'd remember, "hey, t...

Being visible on social media every day is important for business owners! But it can be a grind for ADHD entrepreneurs! "And it's also super challenging for us when we're trying to build a consistent visibility calendar on social media because talking about our businesses is super exciting in the beginning, and then it gets old and stale!" - Katie McManus, Brave Business Coaching   Look, we a...

If you have ADHD then you'll probably find the 75 Hard challenge rules too restrictive! "In knowing that we can be consistent for short periods of time and not long periods of time like we set that expectation for, it actually opens the door for us to make this really super fun!" - Katie McManus, Brave Business Coaching This is a seriously difficult time of year for people like us, who have ADHD. ...

ADHD? Never compare yourself to others! Here's how to escape that mindf*ck.  "We go through our lives being told what our potential is, how smart we are, if we just applied ourselves a little bit more and if we were better organized, how we could really put that into use and really change the world!" - Katie McManus, Brave Business Coaching If you're tired of constantly comparing yourself to an id...

ADHD tax and how you can stop paying it!  "How do we go about stopping paying the ADHD tax?  Because unlike actual taxes, it doesn't fund schools. It doesn't ensure the fire department has equipment to save your house if it burns down, it literally just throws money out the window. And who wants to do that?!" - Katie McManus, Brave Business Coaching So I apologize in advance if this epis...

ADHD entrepreneur - time for a much needed time out!  "I really want to talk about what is your energetic care kit that you can employ whenever you need to switch gears or to reset yourself when you have had a completely ADHD moment, hour day, whatever, and need to return to factory settings." - Katie McManus, Brave Business Coaching Accessibility: click to read a written-to-be-read transcrip...

ADHD entrepreneur - let's fix your pricing!  "So here's a problem that a lot of ADHD-preneurs and neurotypical entrepreneurs also struggle with. They fear raising their rates because they're worried that it'll set expectations even higher for their performance to which I say, what's the problem with that? " - Katie McManus, Brave Business Coaching I get it. You're scared of raising your price...