How to tackle the endless stream of brilliantly useless business ideas
So, a lot of people in here suffer from that, and I say suffer, because it can really get distracting, annoying and totally screw your life. I am talking about the always shiny, new, far-better-than-what-I-do-now-for-sure business ideas. Sticking to a business long enough for it to actually have time to grow and become a success is a real struggle for ADHD entrepreneurs. There is always something coming up that just seems to be so much better. The dopamine trap of the next new thing lures us all in. And it does that with me. I am at a point, where it is becoming painful. I know that it does not get me any closer to success to drop everything and start a new business every four weeks (or even more often), but I still get all these ideas that scream into my face: I am so good, you have to make me happen! And of course, they don't stop screaming. For a while, I just ignored them and yes, they stop screaming at some point (usually when another, newer, shinier idea starts screaming). But they still come up and bother me. Especially as there is this thought in the back of my mind, the WHATIF?-bat, slamming me in the face whenever I try to fight down one of these ideas. What if, this time, this is the one-million-dollar idea. What if, it has to be done right now, because in half a year it might be too late and someone else has done it and got the million. What if, this is the one thing I will be able to continue, because it gets not boring like all the other things, I tried so far. What if, this is the thing that starts earning money after a month instead of working on the project for years, not knowing if it will ever yield any results. OK. So, now what? I thought, why not work with my ideas, instead of against them? Let's give them the time and attention they are screaming for. But paired with an objective analysis. So here is, how this might look like (and this is just an idea (again, ideas 🙈), it might look different for you): 1. Write down all business ideas you had so far (not matter if you acted on them or not). Everything that ever came to mind as "I could do this to earn some money". 2. Now answer a couple of questions for each of these ventures: