I'm gonna real with you guys...
Being an entrepreneur with ADHD is fucking hard sometimes.
Iβm constantly second-guessing my ideas, tweaking my systems, questioning my offer, wondering if I should pivotβ¦ or start a whole new business altogether.
Just last week, I almost convinced we needed to create another offer. But then I remembered...
Success doesn't come from having the perfect idea or constant tweaking.
It comes from staying with something long enough to let it work.
Because every change has a fixed cost in focused energy.
Switch your CRM? You lose hours (or days) learning the new one.
Switch your offer? You lose 20% of the momentum youβd already built.
Think of it this way:
Youβre pushing a massive boulder up a hill. Itβs heavy. Itβs slow. Your muscles ache.
Then you spot another boulder off to the side that looks a little smaller, maybe smoother, maybe more colorful. You think, βMaybe that one will be easier to push."
"If I could just find the right boulder, I can get to the top of this hill and push it down the other side.β
So you drop the boulder youβve been pushing and walk over to the new one.
But guess what?
Itβs just as heavy.
Sometimes even heavier.
And the worst part?
All that effort you spent pushing the first oneβ¦is gone. If you didn't maintain it, it starts rolling back down the hill.
And now youβre back at the bottom of a new hill, starting from zero again. This time with more fatigue.
Here's my point...
Entrepreneurship isn't about the big glamorous "I made $1 million overnight" moves. For 99% of people, it doesn't work like that.
It's a slow, painful grind over months and years. Without letting shiny object pull you in.
I get it - it's pulled me in many times. I've switched businesses a TON.
That's why I have people in my corner holding me accountable to sticking to one thing long enough to see it through. Because left to my own devices, my ADHD will pull me in another direction.
What I've found works:
- Have a big dream that excites you
- Work on it every day
- Have someone to hold you accountable
- Hire someone to tell you the right things to do so you always know the next step
- When you get bored, find a way to make the business fun again WITHOUT pivoting it
- Rinse and repeat for months and years
That's actually it. There's no magic bullet, other than accountability and following someone who's done it already.
Does this resonate?