Katie McManus, a business strategist and money mindset coach with ADHD, challenges neurotypical business-starting rules and encourages ADHD entrepreneurs to design personalized systems that suit their brains. She shares her own experience of failing to follow conventional advice, reframes the goal of business as creating a life-supporting system, and invites viewers to DM her for a no-pressure call to explore working together.
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If you're starting a business and you have adhd, I'm here to tell you, stop following the rules. There are a whole bunch of business gurus and coaches out there who will tell you that they have the right way to start a business. But here's the thing. They know the right way for neurotypicals. They don't know the right way for you. And because I've been there, when I first started my business, I tried following all these instructions to start a business, and none of them fit. And I couldn't seem to follow through on them. And I figured there was just something wrong with me. But no, there is nothing. And there's nothing wrong with you either. The neurotypical world is not set up for us. So why would we set our businesses up to be neurotypical? It just does not work. So this is your permission slip. Break the fucking rules. Burn them down. They will not serve you, and you will be better off with your own rules. And if you need help, I help ADHD business owners make more money in less time with fewer distractions. I'm Katie McManus. I'm a business strategist and money mindset coach. And I was diagnosed with ADHD when I was seven. So I have a whole lifetime of experience figuring out my neurodiverse way in this neurotypical world. And when I work with clients, I'm not just telling them, here's what works for me, Go and do this. I'm working with them to deeply understand how they work best, what they wanna spend their time on, what they're talented at, and we're designing systems that are designed to work for them. Cause the point of starting a business is not to start a business that's then gonna take over your life and be super miserable to run. And no, the goal of starting a business is so that it can support you living your ideal life. All right? But here's the thing about that. You have to reverse engineer it. You have to create the business in a way that it will have you living your ideal life, the whole journey to your goal. So if you think you might want some support in growing your business, here's what I want you to do. I want you to shoot me a DM and just say that you want to talk. We will hop on a quick phone call, no pressure. We will talk about what your goals are, where you're stuck in building this business. And if it's a fit, we will talk about different ways to work together. But even if we don't even if we never speak, even if you are determined to do on your own. Break the fucking rules, you won't regret it.
