ADDed Perspective Blog

If you have ADD, you might be saying, “Of course I know how to take risk! Impulsive is my middle name!”  Ba-da-bum!

Taking calculated risks and being impulsive are animals of a different stripe, however.

According to Merriam-Webster, a calculated risk is: “planned or contrived to accomplish a purpose.” Hmm… planning. Not a very thrilling prospect, I know.

Being somewhat prone to impulsiveness, I know that it can sometimes work to my advantage. I also have enough experiences, and the scars to prove it, to know that being impulsive can often hinder me in being true to my values and accomplishing what is important to me.

Being impulsive is easy.

Taking calculated risk is daunting. There is time to consider all of the potential pitfalls. There is time to feel the fear. There is time to reconsider.

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You spent hours, days, months, maybe even years creating the perfect plan. And when you start executing it, you find that it does not work. At least it does not work exactly the way you envisioned it.

How would it help you, if you knew there was no perfect plan? What if you expected to stumble a lot in the beginning? What if you considered making mistakes to be a good thing?

I’ve been there, done that and lived to tell about it.

When I was a mere neophyte in regards to developing my business, I made  a lot of mistakes. One of my favorites was my “post card escapade.” I spent a couple of weeks  designing these awesome postcards that I then hand delivered to professionals in related fields in the Boston area.

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