People with ADHD often fail in traditional jobs but thrive as entrepreneurs. About 30% of entrepreneurs have ADHD versus 5% of the general population. The traits that make offices miserable—creativity, risk tolerance, love of novelty—are exactly what startups need.
How ADHD can be a blessing. One of the main ways it's a blessing is entrepreneurship. We generally are not really great employees, and we have a lot of mental pain being neurodivergent in neurotypical working systems where we're being asked to do things in ways that are just not the natural way for us to do them. The good news about this is that we can be fantastic entrepreneurs. When you have ADHD, you're very creative, you're very innovative, You have a high tolerance for risk, and you get excited by new and different things. These are fantastic characteristics to be a great entrepreneur. And statistically, it's estimated that 30% of entrepreneurs have ADHD, whereas it's only 5% of the general population.
ADHD Coaching, Career Coaching, Leadership Coaching for Tech Professionals & Founders
