Todd Hartley  00:00

So when I'm talking to parents, it's really about how do you cultivate the passion. And when I'm talking to students, it's about how do you cultivate your own passion because passion is the fuel that will override anything.

Brooke Schnittman  00:15

Welcome to successful with ADHD. I'm Brooke Schnittman. Let's get started. Today I have Todd Hartley. He's the number one best seller. For the book accelerating Yes, he actually knocked Prince Harry off of his bestseller list. And he's one of Tony Robbins best audience rated speakers. He became a regular speaker for Tony at the start of the pandemic, and Tony hired Todd to train each of his 100 Plus businesses to accelerate it their sales results and generate more revenue using video. After Tony's companies crushed their revenue goals, he pushed hot out on his stage to start teaching his video selling strategies to Tony's clients. And the salespeople that have gone through his selling faster with video training close over $6 billion dollars last year alone. And on top of that, He is a fellow ADHD or my friends and has struggled his whole life with ADHD and learning disabilities, and dedicates a lot of his life to helping people with ADHD with his affiliation with the salt center in Arizona. I'm proud to have Todd Hartley here today.

Todd Hartley  01:33

Brooke, I'm super excited. Thank you so much for having me.

Brooke Schnittman  01:36

Thank you for being here. And it was great meeting you in person. And it's great seeing you again today. You were the keynote speaker at the event planner expo where I first met you, I just love connecting people in the neurodivergent space to know that they're not alone. And there's a very successful people out there that have gone off to do their passion, and are helping others and sustaining a living. So Todd, when did you learn that you had ADHD and learning disabilities? Yeah,

Todd Hartley  02:08

I learned in fourth grade, it became obvious when I was falling behind rapidly. And reading and math was a problem. And but you know, like, I'm old school. So this was way, way back in the day in the early 80s. And they actually didn't have an A, it was just add, we didn't buy an H back then you just everybody was lumped into one group. And I was grateful for it. But I didn't know anybody. When I was diagnosed, there wasn't like, you know, the kind of support that you've gotten now. So it was a bit sure isolating and confusing. Yeah.

Brooke Schnittman  02:51

So in fourth grade, you learned this, you didn't really know anyone, there was no hyperactive in add term. So how was it isolating for you in the school system, not knowing people who had ADHD or ADD

Todd Hartley  03:09

that the school didn't have any services for us? So I sat. This is so humiliating. I sat most of the time at the principal's office with bad kids that were waiting to talk to the principal. That's where I missed all of the grammar and punctuation training. My school didn't know how to handle kids that learned differently. So I was 100% Sure I was stupid. I was 100% Sure I was a bad kid, which, like I haven't even had a moving violation since January 20 1996. So like I'm a rule follower. And this really, yeah, this really played on my psyche for a long time. And then eventually I just got put into the classes with kids that weren't functioning. Maybe the hardest thing was overhearing a teacher that I deeply admired in middle school, telling my parents as I was out in the hallway, not supposed to be listening. I overheard the teacher say to my folks, you'll be lucky if Todd graduates from high school. But college for Todd is out of the question. And what's amazing is for my parents, what's out of the question in the house that I grew up in is not graduating from college and not living a life of passion where you can go out the door every day. Be incredibly proud of yourself and serve people that was out of the question. And so my parents, thank God never gave up on me and never made me feel less than my older sisters who were on Honor Roll students all the way through college. And my parents just pushed me in the right direction to be uniquely me.

Brooke Schnittman  05:09

Wow, that's huge that your parents, not only, of course loved you, but knew enough at that point to support all of you. And I mean, it's hard to raise a child with ADHD. And I don't know if your parents have it or not. But the fact that they believed in you, and unconditionally supported you, is fantastic. Yeah,

Todd Hartley  05:34

yeah, thank you. I, you know, I think once you've been diagnosed, and you've been around people that have it, you can kind of see the traits in others. And yes, my parents have it. My sisters have it in different ways, they've just been able to, they were able to channel it earlier than I was sure me a lot longer to have all those elements come together. But the good news is, like, even when I couldn't add, or subtract or divide, or, you know, do any of that stuff because of dyslexia, and my attention disorders, you know, my mom would say to me, don't worry, you've got the entrepreneurial spirit in you. And if you have to hire somebody, to manage your books, you're gonna hire somebody to manage your books, and nobody will ever know. And you know, who's really one of the closest people in my life is my CFO. She's like my big sister. And, you know, we meet several times a week, I have three businesses, you just have to figure out your own path. And Brooke, you brought it up in the introduction, you brought up the magic word, which is the fuel that can get people through anything that's keeping them from achieving their ultimate breakthrough and transformation in their life. So they can live a life with passion, and that one word is passion. Passion is the fuel. So if you're bouncing all over the walls, because you got so much friggin energy and so much excitement, then that can also be channeled, and the passion can be like, here's what I do what I you know, you mentioned earlier, the assault Center at the University of Arizona, and if I can just jump right forward, these are the people please, that saved my life. And I don't use that term in a loose way. I believe they saved my life because they allowed me to learn how to become the best version of myself. Salt stands for strategic alternative learning techniques. And every damn day in every scenario, whenever I'm confronted with something that I that is a challenge, I'm like, Dude, what are your strategic alternative learning techniques. And when I go down, and work with students at the U of A, in Tucson, what I notice is, these are incredibly bright kids. Some of these kids are so bright, they speak multiple languages, and maybe can't read. But they speak fluently multiple languages to the point where they have memorized words, so they can cope and survive. And these are incredibly bright people that have been mislabeled. So when I'm working with students, what I'm normally finding is the kids that have ADHD are incredibly passionate in certain areas. And they have hyper focus in those areas. And so what I'm normally doing, and I'll just give you a little bit of the conversation, because it always goes something like this. I'm like, you know, getting ready to start a day of training, or an in between break, I'll be like, Brooke, what do you do when you're not? You know, in class, when you're not here? What are you occupying your time with? tennis? Tennis, right, and I'll go, do you ever, like, lose time in tennis, Brooke, like you just forget, like, the whole day just blazed by you.

Brooke Schnittman  09:00

Time and space says, Yeah,

Todd Hartley  09:04

right. Sometimes I even forget to eat. Brooke says to me, and sometimes

Brooke Schnittman  09:08

I forget to go to the bathroom until I really gotta go.

Todd Hartley  09:13

Right? What this is, is the example that there's hyper focus in certain areas. And we actually have selection biases. I'm not a fan of believing that people have attention disorders. I think we have selection biases, and they're different, which means I can put Brooke on a tennis court. I could put Todd working on a video for a client or Todd onstage teaching, and I've got laser focus, like world class, elite level focus. And if you put me somewhere else where I don't care about it, then I've got a hyper focus. I've got the opposite, right. So I mean, I just want was to realize that it's not impossible to focus, it's just impossible to focus on things you don't care about. And candidly learning how to fake it in those scenarios is incredibly helpful.

Brooke Schnittman  10:13

And to present so wow, you just brought up a lot of really important points, being able to fake it. So you had said that your sisters were able to manage their ADHD in school a lot better than you. And very often boys are diagnosed with hyperactive ADHD and girls that inattentive ADHD and girls are so much more likely to mask it or camouflage it or fake it, as you mentioned. So I'm curious if that was the case, in their situation where you were just so outwardly hyperactive like there was no faking it for you. Right?

Todd Hartley  10:59

I was just overflowing with excitement, and passion. And, you know, that's a heart and a mind that wants to explore, you know, try putting me in a chair for eight hours a day.

Brooke Schnittman  11:10

Yeah, no, thanks. First of all, the human brain is not meant to focus for eight hours, in general. And then you try to put a kid with ADHD who can't sit still, in a seat, it's like gel. So anyway, I am curious, your parents seems like an integral part of your your confidence and your journey where they entrepreneurs as well, or teachers that they were able to figure out, like your strengths. Yeah,

Todd Hartley  11:43

it's really interesting that you bring that up, and that you identify it, because my parents were both entrepreneurs. They had two different businesses. And my grandparents partially raised us because my grandparents worked on both of my parents companies, and we're always in the home. And so my parents just identified that I had certain gifts, my parents that are listening to this, I'm sure you can identify your children's gifts. And for me, I had a very low confidence, very negative outlook that persisted well into my mid 20s, and impacted my ability to develop relationships with girls, because the biggest lie I told myself is, why would she be interested in me, when I'm one of the slow kids, right? And still, that hurts, you know, just to think about all the time that I wasted. And what I discovered is, my parents would find opportunities for me to shine. So where was I shining, I mean, shining on baseball field or in athletic, competitive environments. By the way, if you're competitive and you have passion, you can override almost any disability. And passion is a fuel. Let's not forget it. My parents also realized that I had a gift to gab, I had a gift to tell stories. And every time there was a speaking competition, at school, in our community, at the library, any type of speaking thing that was going down, my parents would submit me in. And I would always advance and become, you know, one of the winners of the competition. And honestly, that was the first time in school, that any of my peers said something about me being great about something besides sports. So it was eye opening to me and my first speaking gig, you know, I'm a professional speaker today. I have a parents I'm doing later today, and I'm honored to do it. But my first speaking gig that I got paid well for was to sit in the back of my parents car on road trips, and not say an effing thing. And they paid well for that. And I accommodated it. But, you know, it's like, if you've got the gift, it doesn't matter what it is, you could be a healer, or a financial wizard or a chef, and you have ADHD, or you're seeing that in your children help channel it, and amazing things will blossom 100%.

Brooke Schnittman  14:20

And think, Gosh, you had your parents so you were able to build some confidence that you were lacking. Yeah, and I'm curious also, when did you start to feel dateable when did you start to feel like you were truly confident where I was worthy.

Todd Hartley  14:47

You know, I went to the University of Arizona and I graduated, I still had two units. And then I switched schools, because I went to the rival school at Arizona State because it was closer to my parents house, and I took those two units. And then I, you know, I changed environments. And when I changed environments, the story changed. Not only did the story change, but I really started applying with the assault center taught me because I was insecure, using extra time at the University of Arizona, because I didn't want anybody to know that I struggled. So when I got to Arizona State, nobody knew me. And it didn't matter if I wasn't in the class. On test day, it didn't matter if the hot girl didn't see me. Okay, so I started taking their testing accommodations. And instead of two units, I stayed for two years and left, I was working on getting into graduate school, and I left with a 3.85. And was dominating there. Like, I like to say that I had an intellectual advantage over there. But the reality is, I didn't, I just used my time better. I use the support that was available for students like me, and I stopped caring what people thought about me, my grades went through the roof, and then all of a sudden, guess what? The hot girls in classes wanted to study with me. And then things changed. Is that candid enough for you?

Brooke Schnittman  16:27

That's candidate enough for me. So they were attracted to your confidence and your intellectual performance? Yeah, that's very interesting, because the salt center when you were describing when you were saying the acronym, every single student, or adult should get accommodations that are leveling the playing field, right? It shouldn't just be people with ADHD, we should all have IPs, we should all have individualized education plans, because we all learn differently, ADHD or not, we all have strengths. We all have weaknesses, you know, this. So for you to feel like you, you know, because your brain wasn't fully developed. At that point, of course, you're going to be embarrassed because you were the odd man out leaving the classroom for accommodations. But like, if we can normalize that everyone has some sort of accommodation, then you would have had felt totally different, even in fourth grade, right?

Todd Hartley  17:32

Yeah. Yeah, I would have felt differently. This is also part of my character and my development. If you removed that, from me, my humility might be different. I'm incredibly grateful for the challenges that I went through. But I also have gone through a lot of therapy over it. And maybe not everybody is going to do that. Yeah. And I also know that at the salt center, I learned what my own strategic learning styles were. And I learned to master them. And it's such an important element, you know, for like every salt student, there's like, there's a learning specialist. And I don't, I think the number I'm on the board of advisors for the salt center today. And, and what I've discovered is there's something like 25 students for every learning specialist, which is kind of like your guidance counselor. And what they do is they help you unravel the different ways that you learn and in doing so, they help show you Oh, wait a minute, Todd, if you have visual and auditory perception impairments, and your eyes are jumping from line to line while you're reading, why not read with a index card across the page? And and then I started doing that, and it started controlling things. And then they would say, wait a minute, if you're going to take your notes, why don't you prepare your notes this way for your own learning style? And then all of a sudden, I had developed like, an incredible learning style that was customized for me.

Brooke Schnittman  19:09

Yeah, it's incredible when you can level the playing field. Yeah.

Todd Hartley  19:13

And Brooke, if I didn't go back to school for two units, that became more units over two years, I might not have seen the real breakthrough and transformation. I might not have applied everything. I could have just graduated, moved on to my life and thought those that whole education experience was a big negative. But the truth was, I stayed in the game long enough. And I got to leave on my terms. And that was winning and winning, by the way in school for somebody who only got C's. Up until that point except in PE and sports. Winning in schools on public speaking and public speaking. It's a lot of fun. Oh, Yeah,

Brooke Schnittman  20:00

I mean, to be able to identify as a winner in the things that are your passion, and not be identified as someone who can't learn and conform, but can transform and can use the accommodations that they're given to get a 3.8 GPA and have girls crush on them. And who can become a public speaker for Tony Robbins and create financial wealth for people. I mean, talk about the transformation that you've created for yourself and for others, because you finally got what you needed. And we're okay.

Todd Hartley  20:44

It's pretty. It's pretty remarkable. It's incredibly humbling. One of the things that I am so grateful for is that I sat in the back of my grandfather's car, every day being picked up from school or going to baseball practice. And my grandfather was a believer in the power of the mind. He believed that the mind can overcome anything. And I was surrounded with a ton of negativity. And right around this time, Tony Robbins released his first book on limited power. And my grandfather bought the tapes. And while we were driving in the car, he introduced me to an author that my grandfather called the kid, because Tony Robbins was 25. At the time that Ken is

Brooke Schnittman  21:32

on the Robins at that time, wasn't he?

Todd Hartley  21:34

Yes, that's right. Yes, I'm an Anthony baby. By the way, I'm like one of these first generation children that grew up on his material. And I consider myself an Anthony baby. And so I just started hearing from somebody that was different than my educators, somebody that I started to admire somebody that believed that you could engage your mind and grow it and strengthen it and exercise it just like you would a muscle. And so every day, I committed myself to the what is an acronym, can I, and it stands for constant and never ending improvement. And I just committed myself to that. And what I've discovered over a lifetime, is my peers. Many of them stopped committing themselves to personal growth and development, and I never stopped. And at some point, the people that were wickedly bright, like, way off the charts bright got comfortable. And comfort became the enemy of growth. And I stayed a bit uncomfortable and hungry, like I've got something to prove like I'm not that kid. That was an all of those slow kid classes with kids that were overly medicated that were asleep in these rooms. And I'm not that kid.

Brooke Schnittman  22:51

And you weren't twice exceptional, either. Right?

Todd Hartley  22:55

Right. And I just kept pushing myself to learn.

Brooke Schnittman  22:59

Yeah, you mentioned the kids who have exceptional IQs. Right, and are doing multiple languages but can't read or do math. We can call that twice exceptional, and it's a disability. But at the same time, if you don't have that passion and drive, like you said, and that persistence, yeah. Everything else is going to grow. And you're going to shrink, right? Yeah, so

Todd Hartley  23:22

what I agree, so when I'm talking to parents, it's really about how do you cultivate the passion. And when I'm talking to students, it's about how do you cultivate your own passion, because passion is the fuel that will override anything, and allow you to live a life of your dreams. And that means getting up every day, and making yourself a believer that there's more for you than what people may see. And that there's impact and opportunity for you to give. I can't tell you ever I can tell you that sometime around 12, I believed firmly when the outside world was not showing me this. I believe firmly that I was here to impact lives, and help people and I visualized myself every day on the biggest stage in the entire world, using my God given talents to help people. And I don't know how this happened. I did not know if I was going to do sports play by play or if I was going to be a politician or if I was going to be a speaker or what, or a talk show host. But I knew that I would be on stage because that's where my gifts were. And I just cultivated the passion and when nobody was around. When I was walking home from school, when I later would drive in the car by myself. The passion would override my desire and willingness to sit there passively and listen to music. And I would work my material and develop my ability to I think and speak extemporaneously at the you know, the utterance of a moment. And in doing so, I developed a craft. And anybody that has passion, can find themselves sitting in the room and developing their music, or working their art, and painting every day, or improving the food recipes that they're learning on TV, like passion is the key. And as long as we start teaching people to nurture that and to grow it, they'll have an never ending influx of excitement and opportunity to get better. Exactly

Brooke Schnittman  25:39

Do what makes you excited and energized. And it's interesting to learn from a child, there's so much we can learn from kids their curiosity, their wonder, and like, let's not squash that, just because we don't understand it, right? Let's explore that. Let's ask them the why questions, let's figure out a way to support their passions and their dreams. Because you're the poster child, you at 12 years old, received the support from your parents who believed in you, and you took that fuel inside of you where the teachers might have not understood you as much because of the lack of education back then. And you just stayed strong, and you had the drive and the passion and you visualize, which we know, is scientifically proven to create billionaires. But you did it and you had people who stood behind you and supported you. So for parents listening out there, like, don't ever feel that you can't help your kid in any way possible. The world is different. Now you can be whatever you want, right? They don't have to be doctors, lawyers, teachers.

Todd Hartley  26:53

But I got stuck in my 20s. doing jobs that I didn't know how to get out of. Right, I probably waited tables for far too long, I felt this inner frustration of not realizing my full potential. And each one of those growth periods where I got myself to the next stage, like I was on the radio in Phoenix by 26, on the number one station in Arizona, and I was on radio six days a week live. But I didn't know anything about finances. So I was I negotiated a really crappy deal. And was waiting tables then also at night, even though I was on the number one show in the state. And I just got myself stuck in that. And eventually each one of those moments where I got myself to the next level, which is a great teachable moment for everybody listening, I had to realize that I was getting what I tolerated. And once I stopped tolerating that level of success, and realize there was another level I broke myself through to the next level. Right, you get what you tolerate.

Brooke Schnittman  28:08

Yeah, that happens so often. Absolutely. I think that's perfectly stated. I think with ADHD with lack of competence, we play small, right? Very often. And until you have that aha moment, whether it's someone reflecting on you or you are so frustrated about your current situation that you just have to do what ever it is to make that change is that moment, that aha moment where you you make the change. Right? Was that the aha moment for you that you realized you had confidence? Like I know, you've said, Okay, girls started noticing you when you were doing better in school. And then you, you know, stopped playing small, but like, what was it really? Was it a combination of things? Or was there like, something that took place where you were like, Yes, I'm confident. It's

Todd Hartley  29:04

a compilation. It was doing well in school, committing myself each and every day to constant never ending improvement, which didn't just mean, exercising my brain, but also going to the gym, and exercising every day. I felt incredible inside and it shined outside. And up until that point, I was I felt like I was in hindsight. Well, this is me. You know, what always pisses me off is like people are like, well, you know, you've always, you know, people often don't get to see the transformation. Like there's a lot of people that they're like, Oh, you've always been great at blah, blah, blah. What pisses me off is when I tell people Oh, no, look, I mean, I don't talk about this. By the way. I didn't talk about a book until I was in my 40s it this whole thing about my learning disability It was a shame secret that my family kept. Wow. I brought it up on radio. And I'm 5051. And it was, it was a shame. It was a secret my family kept from the world. And it wasn't until my agency hit the Inc 5000 list is one of the fastest growing privately held businesses in America. And I started stepping out onto big stages. And I started putting out videos on a daily basis that I realized that I needed to go back to the salt center and thank them. Because what I left used to be what I left, I never looked back. And not only did I never look back, but I never thank them. And they never knew and of the work that they put into me and the life changing results and impact that it had on me. So once I looked around, and I was like, Damn, dude, like, you've got a lot of really cool things happening in your life, you have some unfinished, thank you business to do. So I created a video for the salt center, a testimonial, where I walk them through my life and got to show the impact that they've had. And I sent it to their email address, I knew nobody there. And then they reached out to me and invited me to the ribbon cutting ceremony of the groundbreaking or the opening of the brand new assault center on campus. Up until that point, we were just shuttled between little classrooms on campus. But now they had a four story building that was totally funded by donors by alumni whose lives were transformed. And I showed up with my wife at the ribbon cutting ceremony and was completely overwhelmed with the emotions of the transformation that had happened over 25 years. Just totally overwhelmed, to the point where I couldn't stop crying. And my wife said to me at some point, by the way, they sat us, my wife and I at the table with the president of the university and the donors that funded the building. And I could not stop crying at the table, just out of gratitude for what they've done for me. And at some point, after consoling me for maybe 10 minutes, my wife said, Dude, I think you're gonna have to pull it together, right? get to grips. And excuse me, I apologize for getting emotional. But educators never get to see they rarely ever get to see the life changing transformation that their students have. They go home every day. Sometimes they feel like their job sucks. And they work ridiculous hours, and they give deep from their heart. And rarely 25 years later, are they at the same place where a student can come back and say thank you, I owe so much to these people. And I'm so grateful for it that I'm honored to give back and to support them. And anytime they asked me to do something, the answer is always the same. It's Yes. And what else can I do? Ah,

Brooke Schnittman  33:29

so it's not even their transformation. If you think about it over the 25 years, it's your transformation. So it's like this, almost like coaching, right? You transform with your clients, you both over those 25 years became new, and improved and expanded, right. So that's fantastic.

Todd Hartley  33:54

I learned, I learned for the first time to love me, right? I learned to love me in the uniqueness. And all the time. What I thought was time wasted was really incubating the man that I got to be later on. So I think it's incredible. It's like you get to look back. And instead of thinking about all the times where you were at frat parties with friends feeling inferior, it allowed you to develop something unique and different. And I think that humility is is my favorite element because had I not gone through that crisis and it was a crisis. It could have led me to problems with drinking. And of course, I didn't mask a lot of problems when I was younger with drinking in social situations. But the biggest key was realizing that I was on a path for constant never ending improvement. And that didn't, that wasn't part of it.

Brooke Schnittman  35:03

I so appreciate that you are being so vulnerable. And it's clear that your journey has created that core value of humbleness and vulnerability. When someone sees you, when I first met you, all you see right is the exterior of Todd, where Todd is right now what you think he is right? Not his story of being bullied or feeling less than or not getting girls or, you know, feeling isolated, right, and like, you're only half way, from the point where you started to recognize that you can be so much more than you were and to, you know, rebirth yourself almost and not be incubated anymore. So I think it's like, it's so inspiring for kids, for parents, for adults who are listening right now to know that they're not alone, of course. And, look, you have a grown man in his 50s, who is crying to show you that, you know, you can have challenges right now. But just stay persistent. Believe in yourself. Have someone who believes in you, whether it be your teachers, your family, and listen to them, and then think them when you get there. Because there's not enough thinking you're right.

Todd Hartley  36:24

My My wife always says, Whatever I complain, my wife's the wisest person I know. And the most positive person, were that annoying couple, like things are really positive, even when they aren't.

Brooke Schnittman  36:38

You're the best? No, you're the best. Yeah, that's

Todd Hartley  36:44

my wife always says, When I'm complaining that things are, you know, too hard or too complicated. She'll say, Hey, don't ask God for a lighter load, ask for a stronger back. And I think that's part of what you get to go through. When you're dealing with challenges, you get to grow those muscles. And instead of looking at it, like it's the worst thing in the world, realize that the present moment is often misleading. Look back later, and evaluate it. But don't beat yourself up mislabeling the present moment. Because I shudder,

Brooke Schnittman  37:22

I got the chills. And that's what is so great about reflecting and thinking, like you said that gratitude and journaling and really like is essentially a diary of where you've come from, and where you are, we often have that negativity bias with ADHD. And always think, I don't want to use the word always, but very often see the gap like in the gap or the gain. And for you to go back and thank someone and be reminded of how far you've come. Should. And I don't, I hate the word should too, but hopefully, helps you to realize how awesome you are. It was,

Todd Hartley  38:03

thank you. But what really was was the most healing thing I could ever do. Because you when you go back and think. And you step out into the world, and you make your Messier message. To help other people it liberates you, it was the most liberating thing. One of the first things I do when I step out on the Tony stage, and it doesn't matter. If there's 15,000 people in the audience, I will talk about my learning disabilities. Because I know that there are people in the room that are struggling with their own thing their own shed, and if I can help them, and show them what a blessing mine was, and what I went through, hopefully, they'll look at what they went through and see the incredible transformation that they're actively a part of, and that there's another level inside them, as long as they're willing to play each and every day, not at the level of good, or the level of great, but at the level of outstanding and the great transformations in life in all things in relationships and personal development or even in your work always happens when you commit to executing at the level of outstanding.

Brooke Schnittman  39:25

Would you say that's your one tip that the biggest tip that you would leave someone here today with oh, it was struggling?

Todd Hartley  39:32

That one thing is commit yourself to personal growth and development. Everything else is a waste of time like I here's, I don't I'm not going to turn on the TV if I've got an opportunity to grow and develop. Right like comfort is the enemy of growth. The only thing that's going to happen when I get comfortable the only growth that's going to happen is the growth in my belly. Right. I'm going to put off ate, what I want to get in my belly, I want to have, I want to be the best version of myself. And like, whatever that is for you, and whoever's listening, your commitment to being the best version of yourself with your limited time here on earth, for the people in your family, for the people that you work and serve, and for your community, and for anybody that believes in you, our responsibility is to be the best version of ourselves. And as long as we're hunting the best version, you know what's going to happen? One, we're not wasting our time, or the precious gift that's been given. And also, we're walking around every day looking how we can grow, or help or advise and guide significantly healthier place than feeling like you're stuck and stagnant.

Brooke Schnittman  40:53

I love that I do, I think that the world would be a lot better if we all had the tools and confidence to believe that right? And it starts with the mindset like you mentioned, it starts with the belief, whether it be your internal belief, or you the help of your family and your friends to show you how much gift you have. And you you can show the world. So, Todd, where can people find you if they want to learn how to grow their business or help with videos? I know there's a lot that you

Todd Hartley  41:29

can do. I own a digital marketing agency called wire buzz wire buzz.com. And I released as you mentioned, a number one best selling book called accelerating Yes. And as my give back. And as I thank you to everybody that's there that's trying to accelerate Yes, in their life, I'd like to give you a free copy of it. Like we did great on selling the book. But for everybody in the audience, you could go to Todd hartley.com, forward slash book, and get a free digital download that you can put on your Kindle or your iPad and read it. And inside there. I'm going to teach you across five areas in your business, how to accelerate Yes, on getting discovered and generating leads on your website, your sales process, your customer support, and even how you train your team to represent you the right way. All of that can be found in accelerating Yes. And all you have to do is go to Todd hartley.com forward slash book.

Brooke Schnittman  42:29

And remember, it's two Ds everyone to DD H A RT. That's how I

Todd Hartley  42:36

went all out. C. D? No, it's

Brooke Schnittman  42:40

okay. I was doing that with my assistant that yesterday, actually. She's a Gen Z. And I'm like the cusp of millennialism. And I was doing like the West Side east side thing. And she had no idea what that was. Yeah, all right. Little nuance there for all of you. But anyway, Todd, it's such a pleasure, like really getting to know your vulnerability and your story. I know that it touched me and the 1000s of people who are going to be listening and watching this. So appreciate you giving up your generous time with us here today. And we wish you the best success in your public speaking engagements. And we hope that you continue to help millions with ADHD and without

Todd Hartley  43:24

beautiful, thank you so much for the time and the work that you do. I appreciate your mission. And I'm honored to be a part of it. Thank

Brooke Schnittman  43:30

you so much. Thanks for listening to this episode of successful with ADHD. I hope it helps you on your journey. And if you need any additional support for you or a loved one with ADHD, feel free to reach out to us at coaching with brooke.com and all social media platforms at coaching with Brooke and remember, it's Brooke with any Thanks again for listening. See you next time.