How Creative Sprint Days Unlock ADHD Strengths for Small Business Owners
Trying to figure out what you need to do to make your small business more ADHD-friendly? I recently sat down with ambitious outlier, Evan Sargent to discuss how she built a business that allows her to thrive, stand out from the competition and honor her ADHD attributes and gifts by leveraging her unique adhd strengths.
With a background in graphic design and advertising, Evan transitioned from a fast-paced agency environment to the entrepreneurial world. Her company, Leap_Year Branding creates brand strategy and design for disruptive, service-based businesses, employing hyperfocused sprint days to deliver projects efficiently and collaboratively—a perfect example of how adhd strengths like hyperfocus can become powerful business advantages.
Her innovative approach has been featured in Forbes, Crunchbase, Pop Sugar and more.
Episode Highlights:
Embracing ADHD in Business (00:00:01): Evan and I discuss the initial challenges and realizations that led her to work with an ADHD coach, ultimately embracing her unique brain to improve her business approach and recognize her adhd strengths.
Journey from Employee to Entrepreneur (00:00:50): Evan shares her transition from a career in advertising to freelancing, then to starting her own business, and how this shift allowed her flexibility and helped avoid burnout while capitalizing on her adhd strengths.
Vision and Strategy with ADHD (00:21:15): Evan explains her innovative business model based on sprint days, eliminating inefficiencies she faced in traditional settings and how this dynamic approach leverages her adhd strengths like intense focus and creative problem-solving.
Overcoming Challenges as an ADHD Entrepreneur (00:11:37): This part of our conversation covers the struggle for structure after leaving traditional employment and the importance of having processes and support systems in place that work with, rather than against, your adhd strengths.
Balancing Personal and Professional Life (00:16:15): Evan candidly discusses working with her husband, managing a household with three kids, and the personal growth she and her partner experienced through therapy and self-awareness.
Future Endeavors and Adaptation (00:38:40): Evan shares her plans for evolving her business offerings, emphasizing business development as a new avenue, particularly in response to changing economic conditions, while continuing to build on her core adhd strengths.
Fun fact about today’s guest:
Evan Sargent co-authored a book for young people called “We the People: the US Constitution Explored and Explained.” How timely is THAT?
Connect with Evan Sargent:
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