Entrepreneur or ADHD
After meeting with the rest of the BlueLine guys and then with Justin again, I have been offered and accepted a job with BlueLine Marketing as an associate, doing business development and account management. Here's a link again to their site; www.bluelineresults.com.
The guys (I guess gals would be more appropriate since Scott was the only guy) at Peyron took me to lunch yesterday for a combined birthday/congrats on the new job/farewell. They of course had several questions about the new job. And also asked if my wife was excited. I tried to explain that after 10 years of marriage and almost as many jobs, she is a little more reserved about my new adventures, at least until it starts bringing in some money. This brought up a comment I've received a few times now that I've been back. Someone refer to it as an entrepreneur spirit. entrepreneur.
In school, and growing up, they called this flaky, and being a day dreamer. They eventually called it ADHD. (Actually at first it was ADD until they later discovered two different groups of ADD kids; the hyper ones and the mellow ones.) My wife calls it frustrating, and financially troubling. Now in the business world I'm an entrepreneur. I'm sure part of that is because I took the leap and owned my own business. If I was jumping around between hourly paying jobs, would I still be considered an entrepreneur, or would I be considered a flake, a risk, or a liability?
Is being labeled an entrepreneur a good thing? It seems to be in the business and marketing world. We'll see if it ever pays off. This is my favorite quote by Theodore Roosevelt:
http://www.theodoreroosevelt.org/life/quotes.htm
"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat."
Theodore RooseveltAmerican 26th US president (1901-09), 1858-1919
The guys (I guess gals would be more appropriate since Scott was the only guy) at Peyron took me to lunch yesterday for a combined birthday/congrats on the new job/farewell. They of course had several questions about the new job. And also asked if my wife was excited. I tried to explain that after 10 years of marriage and almost as many jobs, she is a little more reserved about my new adventures, at least until it starts bringing in some money. This brought up a comment I've received a few times now that I've been back. Someone refer to it as an entrepreneur spirit. entrepreneur.
In school, and growing up, they called this flaky, and being a day dreamer. They eventually called it ADHD. (Actually at first it was ADD until they later discovered two different groups of ADD kids; the hyper ones and the mellow ones.) My wife calls it frustrating, and financially troubling. Now in the business world I'm an entrepreneur. I'm sure part of that is because I took the leap and owned my own business. If I was jumping around between hourly paying jobs, would I still be considered an entrepreneur, or would I be considered a flake, a risk, or a liability?
Is being labeled an entrepreneur a good thing? It seems to be in the business and marketing world. We'll see if it ever pays off. This is my favorite quote by Theodore Roosevelt:
http://www.theodoreroosevelt.org/life/quotes.htm
"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat."
Theodore RooseveltAmerican 26th US president (1901-09), 1858-1919
posted by Tac at 12:08 PM
3 Comments:
Hi Tac,
Love the fun blog, came across it while having a break. Ta.
Hello Tac,
Thank you for your informative blog, it is good to see that people are still sharing their knowledge and experience.
I am currently working on finding the latest information on children with adhd when I came across your site. My passion is in the area of children with adhd and after finding your blog, I believe we have a real synergy and that my subsrcibers would benefit from your perspective on the topic.
I would very much appreciate it if you would take the time to have a look at my adhdpodcaster blog. If you think that we do have a common goal (which I think we do), then please feel free to post any relevant information to the blog.
Whatever area that ties into adhd would be fine, even if it is with relation to personal development (especially time management), you know how notoriously hard it is to keep track of time especially for us :)
Anyways, really looking forward to your post.
Thank you for the blog, keep up the good work
Warmest regards,
Hoe Bing
Hi Tac,
I was browsing for information on when I came across your site and boy am I glad I did.
Although not totally the same, I believe that the work we are doing has some synergy to it.
I am researching information on adhd in general and am trying to make as many connections as possible so that my subscribers can have the maximum chance of controlling their adhd.
Are there any resources on that you recommend I visit?
Would very much appreciate your input on the subject.
Thank you for your blog post.
Warmest regards,
Hoe Bing
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