Does anyone else have ADHD and own a successful company?
I have one that has gone bonkers. But for some reason I still feel like a totally lazy turd.
For background, not trying to sound conceded but without backdrop the advice I’m seeking is without relevant context..
I never took medication bc I was a pretty high achiever in school then in my career and later in business ownership. I was a CPA, then left for tech sales and found my calling as a too new label enterprise rep in my 20s. Got into mgmt young, ran a $250MM unit at the big tech company that acquired the one I started at. Then went to be a CRO then quickly CEO of a mid-sized data company. Fired myself and bought a few companies that did ok, invested in tech companies and made more from that than my entire career. Then started a tech sales augmenter that’s catapulted into what’ll be a decent 8-figure revenue business this year ahead and it only started this last year too.. everything is working, it has no debt, I own it all, have a CEO coming my on so I can just meander around hanging out with partners and sniffing out new tech we want to distribute.
I keep thinking I should be working way harder. And maybe be more in the field. I went and sold the first $1MM in recurring retainers in 3 months of launching then hired all stars who just run it for me already. Then the projects we took on started all closing big deals and they’re referring people now and I have a legitimate operation and haven’t even connected my bank account to an accounting system. Lol. When you know #s super well you just pick your thumb and go, “s’all there”. Bookkeeper starts soon.
Should I just go check myself out in a year after the ceo starts to catch stride? I don’t care about money that much but I’m pretty competitive. I want it to work but need to muster more effort.
What holds others back? Am I a lazy POS? I may delete this.