5 Qualities You Need In Others as an ADHD entrepreneur

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Let's talk about the five qualities you need to look for in others as an ADHD entrepreneur. Hi, I'm Katie McManus, business strategist and money mindset coach, and welcome to the Weeniecast Squirrel. Sitting here, recording this podcast and thinking back, and my business is the longest job I've ever had in my life. It is my longest tenure anywhere, and I am nowhere near close to thinking about switching, to thinking about jumping ship and finding something else. I'm expanding it and I'm changing it and I'm evolving it, but it's still my business and it's still a thing that I want to do every single damn day. Again, that would not be possible if I were surrounded by people who constantly harped on how hard it is. So here are the five qualities you want to seek out in your business. Owner on purpose, Comrades in arms. Number one, they love what they do, and this has to be heartfelt. This can't be like, oh my God, I love what I do, blah, blah, blah, blah, as part of their marketing scheme. This has to be a genuine thing, that this is the work that lights them up and it's the reason they get out of bed every single morning. I mean, their loved ones and their dog and their children and all that stuff might also be a good reason why they get out of bed in the morning. But this is a big one. This is a big part of that pie. Okay? We don't want to discount other parts of people's lives. Number two, they're not just in it for the money, although the money is a huge benefit, meaning they are successful. But they don't measure their success purely by the dollars coming into their bank account. They measure their success by the impact that they're having with their clients and on the world. When you're surrounded by people who care about how they're impacting the world around them, you will constantly be motivated to do the same in your own business. And I'm a firm believer that income follows impact. You are focusing on creating positive impact. You will create positive income for yourself. Number three, they have a can do. And if we think we can't do it, we're going to figure out how to do it. Spirit. Where other people see obstacles and walls and think, well, guess that's the end of that line. We're just going to give up and go home. These people see a challenge. They see an opportunity for them to use their creativity and tap into their resources and their network to find a way around the wall or to break the wall down completely. Full transparency. I said five. I didn't have five. And making them up as I go. So we might have to go back and change it to, like, four or three. I do that with webinars, too. Like, I'll start writing and I'll be like, here are the five things you need. And then I'll come up with five things. And sometimes it'll be a six thing, and I'll be like, this six thing is really good. I need to fit it. And then it becomes like a bonus thing anyway. Number four is they are supportive of the people in their industry. We don't want to surround ourselves with lone wolves who believe that being in business requires for them to be a competitive shark. Right? You're not going to set yourself up for success if you're constantly trying to support someone who's seeing you as a threat. Because they're going to see you commenting on their post on LinkedIn and they're going to think, oh, my God, who is this coach treading on my territory? Excuse me. And they're going to try to make you look stupid. Now, these people genuinely do not do well in business. They may succeed in the short term, but ultimately they crash and burn because no one wants to support them. It's not a good look. But if you're just worried about your mindset and you being in this expansive state and having the right people around you, you want to be able to identify these people so you don't waste your time on them and you don't waste your energy on them and your attention. And lastly, this is gonna sound counter to a lot of what I've talked about. You want to lean into those who are comfortable being transactional. I want you surrounding yourself with people who are absolutely 100% confident asking the question, what's in it for me? Because there's nothing wrong with being transactional. There are going to be Moments in your business where someone reaches out to you and they ask, hey, can we do a email list swap where I give you a couple emails and you send them off to your list and you give me a couple emails and I'll send them off to mine. And I want you to be completely confident asking how many people they have on their email list, what those people are typically interested in. Are they your ideal clients? Because you may have a list full of this other person's ideal clients and it would massively benefit them to get in front of them if there's no reciprocity. If their list isn't your ideal client, then why would you waste your time and why would you waste the attention of your audience? And saying no in those instances does not make you a bad person. Likewise, I don't want you being invited to speak at events if you're not being paid for it. This is something that really grinds my gears and I can't believe I just said that saying, but it grinds my gears, especially when I see women empowering organizations, quote, unquote. Women empowering organizations reach out to female speakers, asking them to speak at their events and then saying, what you'll get out of it is you'll get exposure. You're going to get exposure. We want to highlight everything that you do for the world and you're going to be exposed to expose. That sounds really bad. You're going to be made visible to our whole audience and that's how it's going to benefit you. No, you're charging for tickets, you're charging for sponsors. You have a budget for the venue. You have a budget for food, you have a budget for WI Fi. Make a budget for speakers. If you really empower women and support women, stop asking women to do work for free. They are providing a massive value to you. They are your entertainment. You would not expect Blink182 to show up and perform a whole set at your event without being paid. Likewise, even just a DJ. Not to shit on DJs, just a basic DJ who does weddings. You wouldn't expect them to show up and do a whole wedding and do it for free for quote, unquote, exposure. Why are you doing this to other professional women? And to flip this, if you're that professional woman, if you are that person who speaks as part of your business and you are constantly being asked to speak for free and you are not setting that boundary and you are not unfollowing those people who dare to ask such a stupid question, there comes a point where that's on you surround yourself by the people who are not only comfortable with things being transactional and mutually beneficial in an even way, but who will presume that it's the same for you. Squirrel. Squirrel. Squirrel. If you're ready to stop being a weenie and actually run a business that makes money, then go ahead and book a generate Income strategy call with me by going to weenicast.com strategycall on this call, we will talk about your goals, your dreams, and your frustrations in getting there. And if it's a fit for both of us, then we can talk about different ways to work together. Excuse me. Ha ha ha ha. Squirrel. Squirrel.

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