The Impulsive Thinker
André Brisson - High Achieving ADHD Entrepreneur
We celebrate ADHD entrepreneur success and discuss challenges and solutions. Having lived with undiagnosed ADHD for a large part of his entrepreneurial journey, the host André Brisson shares his personal story of overcoming undiagnosed symptoms and how he refined his systems, routines and habits once diagnosed with self-awareness and personal growth.
André will interview high-achieving ADHD entrepreneurs, ADHD experts, and strength discovery experts covering many topics including their own obstacles and successes, strategies to manage their ADHD, share knowledge to gain insights and more. André will also be interviewed by guest hosts to pull out solutions and information from his brain – since his solutions are impulsive thoughts when talking to someone else.
André Brisson was diagnosed at 44 with severe ADHD and Asperger’s. He has lived it, researched it, and transformed himself into a higher-functioning ADHD entrepreneur.
André will interview high-achieving ADHD entrepreneurs, ADHD experts, and strength discovery experts covering many topics including their own obstacles and successes, strategies to manage their ADHD, share knowledge to gain insights and more. André will also be interviewed by guest hosts to pull out solutions and information from his brain – since his solutions are impulsive thoughts when talking to someone else.
André Brisson was diagnosed at 44 with severe ADHD and Asperger’s. He has lived it, researched it, and transformed himself into a higher-functioning ADHD entrepreneur.
Episodes
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Dec 16, 2021 • 7min
Navigating Goodbyes: Strategies for ADHD Entrepreneurs
André explains why he doesn’t always say goodbye to his wife and family in the morning because his ADHD brain is already buzzing around, and his brain is at work already when he is still home – stuck in his head! Check out the ADHD Transform Journey Program that is now available. We would like to hear from you! Please send show ideas, questions, or feedback to podcast@tacticalbts.com and join our mailing list here! Follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube. Check out our website at Tactical Breakthroughs. André Brisson can also be found on LinkedIn. You can find other Podcast Episodes here!
Dec 13, 2021 • 29min
CADDAC and Women with ADHD | Heidi Bernhardt
André has a special guest, Heidi Bernhardt the Founder of the Centre of ADHD Awareness, Canada a charity for ADHD, otherwise known as CADDAC. André and Heidi discuss CADDAC and women with ADHD who are often overlooked and diagnosed late in life. Check out the ADHD Transform Journey Program that is now available. We would like to hear from you! Please send show ideas, questions, or feedback to podcast@tacticalbts.com and join our mailing list here! Follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube. Check out our website at Tactical Breakthroughs. André Brisson can also be found on LinkedIn. You can find other Podcast Episodes here! Please make a donation to support a great charity CADDAC here: Please Donate!
Dec 9, 2021 • 8min
Overcoming Self-Esteem Challenges (for ADHD Entrepreneurs)
André discusses how self-esteem decreases with time based on an article he read in the Attitude Magazine. An interesting concept is that the ADHD person's self-esteem decreases with time rather than increasing as compared to the neurotypical world. Check out the ADHD Transform Journey Program that is now available. We would like to hear from you! Please send show ideas, questions, or feedback to podcast@tacticalbts.com and join our mailing list here! Follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube. Check out our website at Tactical Breakthroughs. André Brisson can also be found on LinkedIn. You can find other Podcast Episodes here!
Dec 6, 2021 • 26min
Seeking Acceptance: An ADHD Entrepreneurial Journey | Gail Swift
Guest host Gail Swift, from Plans To Prosper Coaching discusses the constant search for the next acceptance and André's late in life ADHD diagnosis. Check out the ADHD Transform Journey Program that is now available. We would like to hear from you! Please send show ideas, questions, or feedback to podcast@tacticalbts.com and join our mailing list here! Follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube. Check out our website at Tactical Breakthroughs. André Brisson can also be found on LinkedIn. You can find other Podcast Episodes here!
Dec 2, 2021 • 9min
Riding the Self-Confidence Rollercoaster: Strategies for ADHD Entrepreneurs
André discusses how the ADHD entrepreneur's emotions, energy, and self-confidence are like riding a roller coaster – UP! DOWN! UP DOWN! Low dopamine levels correlate to low confidences levels – therefore high dopamine levels have high confidence levels – how do you do that? How do you recognize that? Check out the ADHD Transform Journey Program that is now available. We would like to hear from you! Please send show ideas, questions, or feedback to podcast@tacticalbts.com and join our mailing list here! Follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube. Check out our website at Tactical Breakthroughs. André Brisson can also be found on LinkedIn. You can find other Podcast Episodes here!
Nov 29, 2021 • 25min
Hyperactivity ADHD in Entrepreneurship | John Warkentin
John Warkentin returns for a discussion with André to discuss the Hyperactive ADHD Adult! John discusses how his hyperactivity was used to stay busy in between harvest and planting seasons by creating work backups and how he started to make sure self-care is part of this to-do list. Check out the ADHD Transform Journey Program that is now available. We would like to hear from you! Please send show ideas, questions, or feedback to podcast@tacticalbts.com and join our mailing list here! Follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube. Check out our website at Tactical Breakthroughs. André Brisson can also be found on LinkedIn. You can find other Podcast Episodes here! Show References: Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain – John J. Ratey, M.D.
Nov 25, 2021 • 10min
Insights from ADHD Diagnosis: 3 Lessons for ADHD Entrepreneurs
André describes the 3 lessons he learned after his ADHD diagnosis: You are not alone. You are not broken. Unmask your character and be you. This was also an assignment for a communication course he took with Teresa Easler at Connect To The Core called Encore Communication. Check out the ADHD Transform Journey Program that is now available. We would like to hear from you! Please send show ideas, questions, or feedback to podcast@tacticalbts.com and join our mailing list here! Follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube. Check out our website at Tactical Breakthroughs. André Brisson can also be found on LinkedIn. You can find other Podcast Episodes here!
Nov 22, 2021 • 30min
Hidden Impact: Undiagnosed ADHD in Team Dynamics | Shannon Waller
Guest host, Shannon Waller from Strategic Coach®, and André discuss how his undiagnosed ADHD affected his team, projects and clients. Lots of great points were discussed: playing a character with a mask, emotional dysregulation, lighting fires when the entrepreneur is bored, cognitive how hyper abilities affects tolerance and impatience, how the team fills in for you on tasks you don’t like, guilt about not doing it all, and the emotional entrepreneur. Check out the ADHD Transform Journey Program that is now available. We would like to hear from you! Please send show ideas, questions, or feedback to podcast@tacticalbts.com and join our mailing list here! Follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube. Check out our website at Tactical Breakthroughs. André Brisson can also be found on LinkedIn. You can find other Podcast Episodes here! Show References: Shannon Waller’s Team Success Podcast: team-success-podcast Free Communication Tools: yourteamsuccess.com Strategic Coach® is a registered trademark of The Strategic Coach Inc. All rights reserved.
Nov 18, 2021 • 6min
Finding Calm: Nature's Impact on ADHD Entrepreneurship
André discusses how spending time in nature, at a provincial or federal park, camping, woods, leaves rustling in the wind, or lakes calm his brain. Nature calming his brain provides rejuvenation and reduces stress and overwhelm. Check out the ADHD Transform Journey Program that is now available. We would like to hear from you! Please send show ideas, questions, or feedback to podcast@tacticalbts.com and join our mailing list here! Follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube. Check out our website at Tactical Breakthroughs. André Brisson can also be found on LinkedIn. You can find other Podcast Episodes here!
Nov 15, 2021 • 25min
Embracing Uncertainty as an ADHD Entrepreneur | Jaret Henhoeffer
This week André talks to self-declared serial connector and entrepreneur Jaret Henhoeffer. He is a highly successful entrepreneur who owns Penguin Power, a solar power producer, and co-founded a boutique M&A firm called Stage Left Partners. We discuss that ADHD is a blessing and the distraction of seeing opportunities everywhere is his challenge. His current BIG Project is him and self-care. Jaret explains that entrepreneurs have a hard time being selfish for their famies. Just because you have ADHD, it doesn’t mean you are afraid of jumping the Chasm of Uncertainty when you start your first company and give up a GUARANTEED salary. Check out the ADHD Transform Journey Program that is now available. We would like to hear from you! Please send show ideas, questions, or feedback to podcast@tacticalbts.com and join our mailing list here! Follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube. Check out our website at Tactical Breakthroughs. André Brisson can also be found on LinkedIn. You can find other Podcast Episodes here!
