Tom Reber On The ADHD Story That Cost Him Two Businesses
Tom Reber built successful businesses while privately believing he wasn't smart enough to fight for his own ideas. That belief followed him from childhood special ed into business ownership, where he went bankrupt once and later sold another business for far less than he believed it was worth.
Tom, founder of The Contractor Fight and a former Marine, explains where that belief came from, how it affected the decisions he made, and what changed when he finally stopped confusing not knowing something with being stupid.
What We Cover:
- Why Tom stopped fighting for decisions he knew were right
- How childhood special ed shaped his self-image for decades
- The conversation with his mom that changed how he understood his past
- The bankruptcy and business buyout he connects to that belief
- How he learned to trust his own judgment again
- Why he now sees his ADHD focus as an advantage
- What "strong you, strong home, strong business" means in practice
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https://thecontractorfight.com/
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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.
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Tom Reber built successful businesses while privately believing he wasn't smart enough to fight for his own ideas. That belief followed him from childhood special ed into business ownership, where he went bankrupt once and later sold another business for far less than he believed it was worth.
Tom, founder of The Contractor Fight and a former Marine, explains where that belief came from, how it affected the decisions he made, and what changed when he finally stopped confusing not knowing something with being stupid.
What We Cover:
- Why Tom stopped fighting for decisions he knew were right
- How childhood special ed shaped his self-image for decades
- The conversation with his mom that changed how he understood his past
- The bankruptcy and business buyout he connects to that belief
- How he learned to trust his own judgment again
- Why he now sees his ADHD focus as an advantage
- What "strong you, strong home, strong business" means in practice
Connect With Tom Reber
https://thecontractorfight.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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