Hello whatzthat:

The ADHD mind is a beautiful thing: always probing, imagining, creating something! The trick is, of course, turning those dreams into reality - a process that takes much patience, coordination, organization, and planning. (Not always the strongest attributes of people with ADHD.)

ADDitude has a few good articles about ADHD entrepreneurs that you should read:

ADHD Career Advice from Top Executives with Attention Deficit

CEO Pete Kight on Family, Work, Life

Finally, It Dawned on Me

Also, I would highly recommend researching and writing a full business plan before you move forward with any idea. If you have the stamina and drive to finish the business plan (which can get tedious), then you are far more likely to stick with the business launch. If you can't even get yourself to sit down and research competitors, costs, and marketing strategies, then you need to reassess your entrepreneurial intentions...

I hope this helps!

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Thanks, this is helpful. I have thought about the business plan, now to actually do it! :) I'll read those articles you mentioned too. Thanks again!

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i am self employed as a remodeler, handyman, general contractor. starting your own business is tough for anyone, in this economy of uncertainity, tougher, and for those of us with ADD, a bigger challenge still.

a business plan is a great idea. I did not write one for me, but should If i want to better manage my growth.

Undiagnosed, I would bid a project with a lump sum, based on on hourly rate. 4 trips to the hardware store and 3 hours later, I would find that i would have left a small but essential hand tool home, go get one, come back, and find it in my toolbox. buy the wrong parts, not buy all the parts, etc. I have 8 saws to cut drywall with, 6 coping saws, about 10 caulk guns, and the list goes on.

I once took these, i thought, little corner guards off a shower door that i thought i completely installed. once that glass hit the tub and cracked, well, I now own a $1000 cracked shower door. Understand that we can visualize, conceptualize, turn it around spatially in our heads so we can see all the angles to it, but if we do not follow the basic rules governing what we do, and how we do it, we will always end up owning our mistakes.

it is cruicially important when the creativity is flowing to immediately take a voice recorder and talk it out, before that train leaves the station. you do not want to get distracted, and lose that key componet that allows you to build your unique and better mousetrap.

that is our gift and our curse.

If you know what you are good at, you can get / hire help for the rest.. I am a very knowledgeable and profecient builder, and I am great at sales, I sell my skill set and that of my carpenters daily, but i rely on the skill sets of my guys to turn a profit. I run like a butterfly appointment to appointment and let the worker bees stay put and complete the tasks that I struggle with.

Good luck.and much success in your endeavors.

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i am self employed as a remodeler, handyman, general contractor. starting your own business is tough for anyone, in this economy of uncertainity, tougher, and for those of us with ADD, a bigger challenge still.

a business plan is a great idea. I did not write one for me, but should If i want to better manage my growth.

Undiagnosed, I would bid a project with a lump sum, based on on hourly rate. 4 trips to the hardware store and 3 hours later, I would find that i would have left a small but essential hand tool home, go get one, come back, and find it in my toolbox. buy the wrong parts, not buy all the parts, etc. I have 8 saws to cut drywall with, 6 coping saws, about 10 caulk guns, and the list goes on.

I once took these, i thought, little corner guards off a shower door that i thought i completely installed. once that glass hit the tub and cracked, well, I now own a $1000 cracked shower door. Understand that we can visualize, conceptualize, turn it around spatially in our heads so we can see all the angles to it, but if we do not follow the basic rules governing what we do, and how we do it, we will always end up owning our mistakes.

it is cruicially important when the creativity is flowing to immediately take a voice recorder and talk it out, before that train leaves the station. you do not want to get distracted, and lose that key componet that allows you to build your unique and better mousetrap.

that is our gift and our curse.

If you know what you are good at, you can get / hire help for the rest.. I am a very knowledgeable and profecient builder, and I am great at sales, I sell my skill set and that of my carpenters daily, but i rely on the skill sets of my guys to turn a profit. I run like a butterfly appointment to appointment and let the worker bees stay put and complete the tasks that I struggle with.

Good luck.and much success in your endeavors.

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