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The Quirky Brain Club: Neurodivergent Strategies for Entrepreneurial Success
Welcome to The Quirky Brain Club, where we're wired differently and succeeding brilliantly!
Are you a neurodivergent entrepreneur dreaming of consistent clients and reliable income but feeling overwhelmed by traditional business advice? You're in the right place! Join host Jo Casey, a fellow neurodivergent business coach, as we explore brain-friendly strategies that lead to sustainable success.
Each week, we'll dive into topics that matter to neurodivergent business owners:
- Attracting consistent clients without the 'ick' factor of traditional marketing
- Creating pricing strategies that feel fair and lead to stable, increased income
- Harnessing your hyperfocus for productivity (without the burnout)
- Designing systems that work with your energy patterns, not against them
- Turning your "too much" into your competitive edge in the marketplace
- Building a business that celebrates your quirks instead of hiding them
Through candid conversations with successful neurodivergent entrepreneurs, industry experts, and innovators, we'll uncover practical tips for steady business growth, share inspiring stories of quirky success, and maybe even laugh at the absurdity of trying to fit our square-peg brains into round-hole business advice.
Whether you're autistic, have ADHD, or your brain operates on its own unique frequency, The Quirky Brain Club is your safe haven for building a thriving business that feels genuinely you. We're rewriting the rules of entrepreneurial success, focusing on consistent client attraction and reliable income growth, all while honoring your neurodivergent needs.
So, if you're ready to embrace your quirks, amplify your strengths, and create consistent success without sacrificing your wellbeing, tune in to The Quirky Brain Club. Learn how to transform your inconsistent income into steady success and build a client base that truly gets you. New episodes drop every [day of the week], wherever you get your podcasts.
Remember, in The Quirky Brain Club, we don't just think outside the box – we forget the box existed in the first place. Let's turn our beautifully wired minds into our greatest business advantage, attracting dream clients and creating the consistent income you deserve!
The Quirky Brain Club: Neurodivergent Strategies for Entrepreneurial Success
But Somehow I Hit Surrender
On today's episode of the Business NOT as usual podcast, I'm joined by Lara Heacock.
Lara is a Leadership Coach, Lara Heacock helps leaders and corporations leverage kindness to gain powerful results. Lara helps leaders lean into kindness to unlock blind spots, increase self-awareness, and improve their performance – even when it’s difficult. She’s a speaker, trainer and leadership coach with almost 20 years’ experience in corporate America, leading multi-million dollar projects. She’s also an award-winning writer, engaging speaker and innovative trainer.
Kindness and corporate America perhaps don’t seem like obvious bedfellows – but kindness is the difference that makes all the difference. Far from being an easy way out, kindness helps us to do the hard stuff. It helps build resilience, increase engagement and reduce turnover. It helps to foster loyalty, creativity, and innovation – in other words, it impacts our emotional bottom line as well as the financial one.
In our conversation today, Lara and I discuss the challenge (and opportunities) for Lara as a leadership coach who does a lot of her work in person. We discuss how she's been able to move many of her in-person events online and how she sees this time of enforced home working leading to a more flexible approach from many companies in the future.
We also have a discussion about surrender and dealing less than pleasant feelings of lockdown - from frustration to boredom, fear to stress. Here's what she says:
"Last week I was sitting in my house (because that’s what we do now) and I realized that I’d pretty much adjusted to being quarantined. In my state, I’m currently in week 4, so this was just about 3 weeks in. Huh, I thought. I guess I just don’t leave the house anymore and I’m living a little life in these 4 walls. Please know that I share all of this with DEEP awareness of the privilege I have to be in 4 safe walls. Somehow I hit surrender.What came before it? Exhaustion. Fear. Worry. Laughter. Sadness. Confusion. Anger.What will come after it? Exhaustion. Fear. Worry. Laughter. Sadness. Confusion. Anger.That’s the thing about surrender, or honestly any of these ways of being. They’re not permanent. It took 3 weeks and a lot of work (regular walks, daily meditation, online connection, quiet time, lots of cooking, snuggling with kitties, extra sleep) to reach surrender; and I know that it’s not going to stay with me until this quarantine ends…but I do know it’s possible. I know now that I can experience surrender, and joy, and laughter, and connection. I also know that I’ll feel sadness, and exhaustion, and confusion, and frustration…and that they will also pass."
You can read the full blog post here
Connect With Lara
Jo Casey is an Autistic and ADHD speaker and business coach who helps other neurodivergent entrepreneurs make more money with less overwhelm and more joy in their work. By aligning your business strategies with your unique brain wiring, we'll transform your neurodivergent traits into powerful assets for growth and fulfilment.
Connect with her at Jocasey.com or follow her on Instagram