The Real Reason Your ADHD Mindset Won't Change (Mick Hawes)
You've read the books. You've tried to think your way into a better mindset. But the changes never seem to stick.
In this episode, Mick Hawes shares why he believes that's because mindset isn't something you change directly. Drawing on more than 35 years coaching business owners in high-complexity industries like custom home building, he explains why your mindset is the result of the systems, environment, habits, language, and other external influences shaping your daily life.
Skye and Mick explore why changing your environment often works better than relying on motivation, how to make decisions based on principle instead of emotion, and the practical daily ritual Mick uses to build momentum without waiting to "feel like it."
What We Cover
- Why trying to change your thinking directly often doesn't work
- How your environment affects focus and decision-making
- Why making decisions on principle beats making them on emotion
- Purpose statements vs. job descriptions for building better teams
- Mick's four-step Personal Success Ritual
- The "Dream Catcher" exercise for breaking self-imposed limitations
- Why your input ultimately determines your output
Connect With Mick Hawes
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheToolShedPodcast
Website https://www.thesiteshed.com/
About ADHD founders for ADHD founders.
Interesting in working together? You can click here to receive a free bottleneck audio session and learn more about what we do. https://www.unconventionalorganisation.com/unstuckaudiosession
Diagnosed with ADHD at the start of her PhD, Skye Waterson spent years researching what actually works and writing about it for thousands of founders. The pattern she kept finding: ADHD business owners don't have a focus problem, they have an operations problem, because the whole business runs through their own head. Now she and her husband, former programmer Robert Waterson, work as fractional COOs for those founders. They find the bottleneck, hire the fix, and build the system that holds.
Subscribe to our Newsletter - https://unconventionalorganization.substack.com/
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You've read the books. You've tried to think your way into a better mindset. But the changes never seem to stick.
In this episode, Mick Hawes shares why he believes that's because mindset isn't something you change directly. Drawing on more than 35 years coaching business owners in high-complexity industries like custom home building, he explains why your mindset is the result of the systems, environment, habits, language, and other external influences shaping your daily life.
Skye and Mick explore why changing your environment often works better than relying on motivation, how to make decisions based on principle instead of emotion, and the practical daily ritual Mick uses to build momentum without waiting to "feel like it."
What We Cover
- Why trying to change your thinking directly often doesn't work
- How your environment affects focus and decision-making
- Why making decisions on principle beats making them on emotion
- Purpose statements vs. job descriptions for building better teams
- Mick's four-step Personal Success Ritual
- The "Dream Catcher" exercise for breaking self-imposed limitations
- Why your input ultimately determines your output
Connect With Mick Hawes
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheToolShedPodcast
Website https://www.thesiteshed.com/
About ADHD founders for ADHD founders.
Interesting in working together? You can click here to receive a free bottleneck audio session and learn more about what we do. https://www.unconventionalorganisation.com/unstuckaudiosession
Diagnosed with ADHD at the start of her PhD, Skye Waterson spent years researching what actually works and writing about it for thousands of founders. The pattern she kept finding: ADHD business owners don't have a focus problem, they have an operations problem, because the whole business runs through their own head. Now she and her husband, former programmer Robert Waterson, work as fractional COOs for those founders. They find the bottleneck, hire the fix, and build the system that holds.
Subscribe to our Newsletter - https://unconventionalorganization.substack.com/
Follow us on Instagram - @unconventionalorganisation
Visit our website - https://www.unconventionalorganisation.com/
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