Smart ADHD Podcast Smart ADHD: Understanding Your Strengths
Have you ever wondered how understanding your unique strengths can transform your experience with ADHD?
What strategies can you use to turn perceived weaknesses into powerful assets in your personal and professional life?
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In this episode of The Smart ADHD Podcast, we're diving deep into the world of ADHD and how embracing our strengths can pave the way for success. I’m thrilled to be joined by the brilliant Mike Cole, an ICF-accredited coach and seasoned business expert, who shares his insights on overcoming self-perception challenges and leveraging our unique abilities for personal and professional growth.
In our chat, Mike reveals the importance of self-acceptance and how it relates to our ADHD journeys. We explore practical strategies like energy mapping, outsourcing tasks, and creating a flexible work schedule to boost productivity. Plus, we tackle the often tricky balance between purpose and profit in ADHD-related entrepreneurship. If you've ever felt like you're at odds with your ADHD, this episode is packed with the insights you need to turn things around!
🎙️ In this episode:
00:00 A Defining Moment of Friendship
00:31 Introduction to Smart ADHD
00:41 Meet Mike Cole: Coach and Business Expert
00:58 Exploring Self-Perception and Masking
04:17 Understanding and Embracing Strengths
05:10 Strategies for Identifying Strengths
12:07 The Importance of Self-Acceptance
16:36 Navigating Business with ADHD
24:16 Balancing Purpose and Profit
28:58 Conclusion and Final Thoughts
🕺More about Mike Cole.
Mike is an ICF-accredited coach and qualified accountant with a wealth of business experience from leading multinational teams in £multi-billion corporates to supporting solopreneurs to create profitable businesses.
Connect with Mike Cole:
Website: https://milico.uk
Instagram: https://instagram.com/thismikecole
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thrivewithyourbusiness
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thismikecole/
What's your biggest challenge in navigating ADHD as a smart creative? Share your thoughts in the comments section below, and don't forget to subscribe and leave a review!
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🎤 About the Smart ADHD Podcast
The Smart ADHD Podcast is for smart creatives, entrepreneurs, and business owners who are navigating life with ADHD. We celebrate unique brilliance, whether we're intelligent, exceptionally talented, or both. Ian Anderson Gray interviews experts to uncover the real story of ADHD for smart creatives, busting myths and discovering effective strategies to improve our lives, unleash our creativity, and grow.
🔗 Find out more at https://smartadhd.me/
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🕺More about Ian Anderson Gray
Ian is the host of the Smart ADHD Podcast and a live-streaming video coach and consultant. He helps business owners and entrepreneurs broadcast live confidently, communicate better, and set up the right gear and tools. Ian runs Seriously Social, a business aimed at helping others be more productive and level up their impact online. He's also a professional singer, web developer, and an international speaker. Ian lives near Manchester in the UK with his family.
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🤗 Connect with Ian
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