I have built three separate six-figure companies, and sold one of them for $350k. I've been a solopreneur for over a decade. (Till this year, when I partnered up with the dope-ass human that is @Rex Loyer ) All the while, I've dealt with my ADHD constantly bombarding me with shiny objects, rejection sensitivity, overwhelm, procrastination, perfectionism... you name it, I've probably faced it. Here's are the best ways I've found to stay focused as an ADHD entrepreneur: 1️⃣ Having a clear vision and goal that excites me and lights me up. Never have I been more successful in my life than when I knew exactly what I wanted and was obsessed with getting it. If you don't know what you want, start with what you DON'T want. Go from there. 2️⃣ Utilizing body-doubling and accountability. The most consistent and sure-fire way I've found to getting something done when I'm really struggling to focus, is to have someone work with me and hold me accountable. This is why we have our virtual eat the frog sessions every single weekday morning. Working on something together—even if you're working on entirely different things and aren't even in the same room—is a cheat code to getting an ADHD brain to focus on the task at hand. 3️⃣ Coming from a place of "get to" rather than "have to". My ADHD brain HATES doing things I "have to" do but don't WANT to do. Especially if that task is boring or tedious, or I don't see the WHY behind doing it. The secret I've found here is to change the narrative; I don't HAVE to do anything. I get to—that is, I choose to—do this thing because it supports me in my vision (point #1). If it is truly a "have to" or "should do" thing, I GET to re-assess whether this task is actually in greatest service of my vision for my life. If it is, I GET to either CHOOSE this task (turn it into a choice and a get to) or remove this task by delegating, automating, or choosing not to complete it.

I listened to mainstream fitness advice and did everything ‘right’. I used to workout at the gym almost religiously for close to 2 years. 5 days per week and working out for 60-75 mins each session. Plus 1 hour of kickboxing per week. I worked out hard, putting in tons of effort. Going to failure for almost every set. Hitting every muscle group minimum twice per week. And for what? Almost 2 years of working out hard, and I was still skinny-fat. I had improved my strength, sure. But I didn’t look much different. Maybe a little less fat, and a little more muscle. But nothing impressive. Eventually when I started getting ill a few times within the space of 2 or 3 months I finally put the pieces together. This way of working out wasn’t sustainable for me. And it led to fatigue, burnout, and low energy. I wasn’t giving my body a chance to recover from my workouts. So I started to ask myself if the gym was actually serving me. What did I actually want to achieve with my workouts? I knew I didn’t want to be a huge bodybuilder. I just want a healthy and strong body that moves well, looks good, with functional strength, to be pain free, stay fit as I get older, and actually enjoy my workouts without being a slave to the gym. I realised that I could achieve all of those things working out in the comfort of my own home. That’s when I decided to change things up completely. I quit the gym and started doing purely bodyweight workouts at home. I quickly found this fit my lifestyle better as I was saving around 2.5 hours per week (30 mins daily) from no longer travelling to/from the gym. I could now do my workouts whenever I wanted throughout the day while working from home. This meant I didn’t have to commit to a 1 hour block of time to do my workout, which further saved me time. All in all I was saving between 5-6 hours per week. Time that I could now spend on other things I enjoy, or working on my business, and progressing in other areas of my life. It became a no brainer to me working out this way long term. So I invested in a pull-up station, a weighted vest, and a kettlebell.

I used to struggle with my sleep for years. I spent the whole night gaming and finally went to bed at 12 or 1am, when I had to wake up at 5:30am for work. Not because I felt tired, but because I felt I had to at least get a little bit of sleep. And when I got into bed I struggled to sleep, I tried forcing it and it never worked. I just laid there with thoughts racing through my head for hours, occasionally checking how many hours I had left until I needed to wake up. On lots of nights it was 3 or 4am before I eventually managed to fall asleep and only 1-2 hours until I had to wake up for work. The only time I managed to sleep easily was when it was time to get out of bed. During this time I also barely exercised. I was spending 16+ hours per day sat at my desk constantly getting dopamine from gaming, social media, and junk food. My diet consisted of cereals, crisps, chocolate, microwave ready meals, and sugary drinks. And these all contributed to getting poor sleep. Reading this you might have noticed a problem with my lifestyle and that it could be the cause of my terrible sleep. And it wasn’t just my sleep that suffered. I had no confidence, self conscious because of my acne, no social skills, skinny fat, no goals or direction in life, and I didn’t want to do anything except play RuneScape and League of Legends. I lived like this for years and thought I had insomnia. I felt like I had no energy during the day, so I never wanted to exercise or be outside. Little did I know at the time that it was my lifestyle that was the cause of my poor sleep. Not a medical condition. I was trying to force myself to sleep, which just made actually getting to sleep worse. It was only after I started to take responsibility and improve my lifestyle and other behaviours when my sleep finally started to improve. I forced myself to stop gaming at certain times so I would prioritise things that actually matter instead. I joined a gym and I worked out 4-5 days per week at 7am.