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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 will share his personal stories on how he overcame his 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.

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Being Erased: Why ADHD Entrepreneurs Sacrifice Everything and Stay Too Long

Jun 25, 2026

You don't just lose a business. You get erased from the thing you built, and nobody talks about that. The Impulsive Thinker® pulls the curtain back on what actually happens when an ADHD Entrepreneur walks away.

 

In This Episode:

  • Surviving vs. building as an ADHD Entrepreneur
  • Why quitting feels like failure even when it’s not
  • Who you're really proving yourself to (and why it matters)

 

What You'll Take Away:

  • Walking away hits harder when your company erases you
  • Survival mode sacrifices go unnoticed by everyone — including you
  • Staying too long often has nothing to do with business
  • Chasing money and pleasing others never works for ADHD Entrepreneurs
  • Your company has to serve you first — or you’ll break

 

ABOUT THIS EPISODE
This episode of The Impulsive Thinker® goes straight at what happens when your company kicks you out. ADHD Entrepreneur André Brisson talks about erasure, not just failure.

No sugar-coating. He tackles survival mode, broken mental health, and building for others at your own cost. ADHD, entrepreneurship, and the raw reality of losing what you started — it’s all in here.

You’ll hear hard truths about people pleasing, toxic validation, and what happens when you stop building for yourself. There’s no inspirational curveball. Just scars and the real business impact for ADHD Entrepreneurs.

This episode matters because nobody else will say it out loud. If you’ve ever stayed too long, got erased, or wondered if this is just you — it’s not. Hit play.

 

Email me about it at andre@theimpulsivethinker.com. Remember — ADHD failure is measured on society's measuring stick. Not yours. Your brain runs on interest, not importance. That's not a flaw. That's a different operating system. ADHD is not a deficit. It's a difference.

 

GUEST BIO
Dr. Brandie Keates is a neurodivergent entrepreneur and founder of Bloom Sanctuary. She built and sold one of the largest chiropractic practices in her state and now creates practical support for women in pain.

 

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00:00 The Reality of Entrepreneurship

02:39 Survival Mode and Sacrifice

05:30 The Emotional Toll of Business

08:33 The Pain of Erasure and Moving Forward

 

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