Ep 59: On the impact of ADHD on an entrepreneur’s life, with Sam Handfield-Jones

NAKED by The Future Farm

We continue our conversations with neurodivergent entrepreneurs by welcoming Sam Handfield-Jones to NAKED. Sam is an angel investor, builder of things, advocate, and passionate about sharing his experiences of living and working with ADHD, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. We talk to Sam about creating safe and inclusive work environments for individuals with ADHD, his own entrepreneurial journey, and the impact ADHD has on his life - positively and in the challenges he’s faced.

Sam is an incredibly positive person, and what is impressive is his openness to share how ADHD manifests in his daily life; how it affected him while building a business; and the vulnerable conversations he has had with his team. He’s not afraid to talk about the difficult moments - loneliness, fear, isolation - all in an effort to help people better understand what living with ADHD means.

Specific topics covered in this episode include:

• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and the impact of an entrepreneur’s life;
• Living with ADHD, the positives and the challenging;
• Fears including the fear of death and the pointlessness of life;
• The role of therapy in healing.

In addition, we discuss the following questions:

• How do you create an inclusive work environment for people with ADHD?
• How do you talk to people who might not understand?
• Who do you turn to for support and help?
• What is the interplay between neurodiversity and entrepreneurship?

Show notes

Connect with Sam: LinkedIn

Resources

• Tribes: We need you to lead us | Seth Godin
• Platform Revolution: How networked markets are transforming the economy | Geoffrey G. Parker, Marshall W. Van Alstyne, Sangeet Paul Choudary
• The Little Book of Buddhism | Dalai Lama

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