ADHD entrepreneurs often use excuses like ADHD itself, kids, a day job, or lack of money to avoid taking action. The speaker argues these beliefs become self-fulfilling prophecies that tank your business results.
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And I know that I've had sales calls lately with people and, and some of our sales team sales calls. Well, I can't afford that because XYZ, whatever the excuse is. It all comes back to that self-sabotage piece. Every belief, when not a positive belief, or every belief does become a result in your life and in your business. When your belief is that you can't, or it's impossible, or it's too hard, or I have an excuse for not being able to do it, whether that's your ADHD, my, your children. That's a popular one we hear all the time. I can't do that because my kids take too much time, or I can't do that because I have a day job, or I can't do that because I can't afford it, or I can't do that because I don't have my website done yet, or my email set up right, or a portfolio that's big enough, or an email list that's big enough. When you believe, when that is your belief, your action, your results are mostly nonexistent or not where you want them to be.