The Impulsive Thinker
We celebrate ADHD entrepreneur success and discuss challenges and solutions. Having lived with undiagnosed ADHD for a large part of his entrepreneurial journey, the host André Brisson shares his personal story of overcoming undiagnosed symptoms and how he refined his systems, routines and habits once diagnosed with self-awareness and personal growth.
André will interview high-achieving ADHD entrepreneurs, ADHD experts, and strength discovery experts covering many topics including their own obstacles and successes, strategies to manage their ADHD, share knowledge to gain insights and more. André will also be interviewed by guest hosts to pull out solutions and information from his brain – since his solutions are impulsive thoughts when talking to someone else.
André Brisson was diagnosed at 44 with severe ADHD and Asperger’s. He has lived it, researched it, and transformed himself into a higher-functioning ADHD entrepreneur.
- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 19 minutes
- Episodes
- 410
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
Streamlining Operations: Having an Assistant (Advice as ADHD Entrepreneurs) | Peter Shankman
Peter Shankman is back with André to discuss how to figure out what you do best and outsource the rest! Peter discusses how hiring an assistant was a game changer for him so he could concentrate and…
Navigating the Self: Is It Me or My Character?
Based on this week's conversation with Kathy Kolbe in Episode 107, André expands on his observation of playing a character for 40+ years as an undiagnosed ADHD entrepreneur. Remember, we all have a…
Practicing Authenticity: Playing a Character | Kathy Kolbe
Kathy Kolbe, the creator of the Kolbe Wisdom, and André discuss why people play a "character" and how it happens. When you are forced not to be yourself, you create a character to play. André descr…
Coping with Overwhelming Home Environments
André discusses his observation from Episode 105, Reflecting on a Month Off: Review | Fred Feistmann, that home is overwhelming for the ADHD brain.
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Reflecting on a Month Off: Review | Fred Feistmann
Guest host, Fred Feistmann, discusses André's 4 weeks off he took in August. They discussed the challenges of not thinking or doing work, what observations André made, what corrections he made to ke…
Navigating Boredom and Self-Sabotage as an Entrepreneur with ADHD
André discusses his observation that he sabotaged his first company unknowingly and got into a bad partnership all because he was bored. His undiagnosed ADHD brain needed to overcome this boredom an…
Entrepreneurial Insights: A Story | Peter Shankman
Episode 1 of Season 2 is here with special guest Peter Shankman, the author of Faster Than Normal and podcast host of the Faster Than Normal podcast. Peter shares his ADHD journey and discusses the…
Effects of COVID Lockdowns (for ADHD Entrepreneurs)
André discusses how the COVID lockdowns affected his ADHD, morale, mood, and habits.
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Milestones and Reflections | Nicole Solitar
The guest host from Episode 1, Nicole Solitar from Strategic Coach®, interviews André celebrating 100 episodes and what is to come. They discuss his biggest learnings, his goals for Season 2 (starti…
Celebrating 100 Episodes for ADHD Entrepreneurs
André thanks the listeners for a great first 100 episodes and looking forward to more Seasons. Happy to be here, surprised to have reached this milestone and thankful to you the listener.
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Developing 'The Perfect Plan' | Don Barden
Don Barden, the author and creator of The Perfect Plan, explains how he learned that 3 different types of clients buy differently. He explains how to develop a Perfect Plan to sell and succeed by f…
Insights from My CliftonStrengths®
André outlines and discusses his Top 5 CliftonStrengths®, how they transformed his life, and how he uses them with his team. Episode 97 is a must-listen-to learn more about Clifton's Strengths from…
CliftonStrengths®: Understanding Your Strengths as an ADHD Entrepreneur | Julia Waller
Julia Waller, the Unique Ability® Specialist and Coach (& Certified CliftonStrengths® Coach) from Strategic Coach® discusses the CliftonStrengths®. Julia explains these strengths explain WHAT you l…
I Am An 8-2-5-5
André explains his 8-2-5-5 MO, the Kolbe A Index and how it transformed his life and how he uses it with his companies. For more information on the Kolbe Wisdom listen to Episode 95 where he discus…
Transform Your Life with Kolbe Wisdom | Kathy Kolbe
Kathy Kolbe, who came up with the concept of Conation and three parts of the mind, discusses her Kolbe Wisdom. The Kolbe Wisdom explains HOW you DO things as we are each individually creative. They…
Prioritizing Self-Care: Why We Need Breaks as ADHD Entrepreneurs
André discusses how ADHD Entrepreneurs need to take breaks from work even though it is difficult. He challenges the listeners to keep him accountable for not doing "work" during his four weeks off i…
How to Express Yourself (And Why You Should) | Franco Lombardo
This is an interview I did on the Safe Space Podcast with Francesco Lombardo. The interview is presented to you in its entirety and hope you enjoy the topic the absence of self-expression. A great…
Continuous Growth for ADHD Entrepreneurs
André expands on the insight Don Barden gave in Episode 91 about "Learn how you learn." André explains how we can all learn by learning how we learn and to best learn by understanding the concept an…
Navigating ADHD | Don Barden
Don Barden from The Perfect Path shares his entrepreneurial journey and his late ADHD diagnosis. Listen to him how he learned "how to learn" in order to get his doctorate degree. Anything is possib…
ADHD-Safe Office (Optimizing Your Workspace)
André shares his experience being in an open office concept and how he decided to build an ADHD-safe office by reflecting on what worked in the past. He outlines how distractions were reduced and el…