You know that moment when youâre staring into the abyss of your Google Calendar, realizing itâs somehow both completely full and nothingâs getting done?
Welcome to entrepreneurship with ADHD.
Weâve got:
400 open tabs
3 planners we bought during a dopamine binge
And enough ambition to power a small country⌠if only we could find our charger
So naturally, someone tells us:
âJust write affirmations!â
Ah yes, affirmations â the magical words that are supposed to fix decades of executive dysfunction, self-doubt, and rejection sensitivity.
Sure. Let me just stare into a mirror and chant âI am focused and in controlâ while actively avoiding the IRS.
â The Problem with Affirmations
Letâs be honest: most affirmations are written by people with working dopamine receptors.
They tell you to:
Speak what you desire
Repeat it daily
Act âas ifâ
Great advice.
If youâre a robot.
Or a golden retriever.
But if youâve got an ADHD brain that operates like a squirrel with a Red Bull addiction and unresolved childhood trauma, just saying âI am calmâ doesnât make it so.
We donât need affirmations.
We need assumptions.
We need to feel the thing â as if it already happened â and let our nervous system catch up.
đď¸ Thought = Noise. Feeling = Reality.
Hereâs the secret they donât teach you in those shiny, overly-lit online courses where everyone has perfect skin and says âalignmentâ too much:
If you donât feel it, it doesnât stick.
You can say âI am successfulâ all day, but if you still flinch every time someone asks you what you do, your brain calls BS.
What works â actually works â is feeling from the end.
Not hoping.
Not begging.
Not performing âconfidenceâ like a TikTok character.
Just quietly, gently slipping into the version of you who already figured it out.
đ§ Good News for You, Chaos Goblin
If youâve ever been accused of âliving in your own worldâ â congratulations.
That means you already know how to time-travel in your imagination.
And thatâs exactly what this is.
Youâre not visualizing success like itâs a vacation youâre saving up for.
Youâre inhabiting it like itâs your favorite pair of sweatpants that just came out of the dryer.
Itâs soft.
Itâs familiar.
It fits â even if everything else in your life feels like a hot mess.
đ§ So I Made You a Meditation
Now, before you roll your eyes â this isnât the kind of meditation where someone whispers âopen your heart chakraâ over the sound of wind chimes and dolphins.
This is a neurodivergent-friendly, emotionally immersive, ADHD-compatible guided trip into your already-successful self.
Youâll feel:
What itâs like to actually trust your brain
The relief of being in rhythm instead of resistance
The joy of being supported, not just tolerated
The quiet click of âOh. Iâm doing it. Iâm really doing it.â
Itâs short. Itâs potent.
And itâs structured to trick your brain into believing you already have your sh*t together â which, letâs face it, is 90% of the game.
đ§ââď¸ đ§ THE ADHD ENTREPRENEURâS INNER REALITY
A short guided meditation for becoming the version of you who doesnât apologize for being brilliant and slightly feral. Headphones optional. Dramatic emotional transformation very likely.
ADHD mindset tools that donât insult your intelligence
Emotional rewiring with a side of sarcasm
Feral wisdom for creative entrepreneurs who refuse to be boring
đ TL;DR (Because I Know You Skipped Ahead)
Affirmations are cute.
Assumptions are better.
Your ADHD brain already knows how to imagine in high definition.
This meditation helps you do it with purpose instead of panic.
You donât have to fix yourself â you just have to feel from the future.
Final Word (and Probably the Only One Youâll Remember)
Youâre not broken.
Youâre not behind.
Youâre just building something wild and wonderful â in a slightly nonlinear, roundabout, âaccidentally forgot my laptop but somehow had a breakthrough anywayâ kind of way.
This meditation is here to remind you that:
You already are who youâre trying to become.
Youâre just now starting to feel it.
And sometimes, thatâs all it takes.
Navigating the waters with ADHD isnât always the easiest thing to do. Its like driving a powerful car that goes 180 MPH on roads where you can only drive 55! Fortunately, I have the tools to utilize that power which I can show you starting with my Clarity Kick-start Session. Click on the button below!
Dr. Jeff Levine has been working with entrepreneurs to skyrocket production for decades. He is not, however, a licensed therapist. For resources on ADHD and therapy, please check here: https://adhdonline.com/get-help/?msclkid=929b135866da187a01fe7122f8fe0765.
This article was written and illustrated in collaboration with ChatGPT 5
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