A productivity coach and host of Crusher™ TV, Alan P Brown teaches productivity hacks to crazy-busy professionals and entrepreneurs. Alan is also an internationally recognized speaker, including TEDx, and the author of #1 Best-Seller, “Zen and the Art of Productivity.”
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
When business started difficulties overcame:
“Having a learning disability, ADHD is something that affects about 4.5% of adults worldwide, it’s not something that we might have seen the headline; French children don’t have ADHD, yes childhood ADHD is over diagnosed to some degree we know that, but it is a real thing we have brain scanning imagery that shows that ADHD is a real thing, you have less dopamine available, you have less chemicals in your frontal cortex available to be able to do planning, stay focussed, time management etc”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
- Think and Grow Rich Book by Napoleon Hill
- The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles Book by Steven Pressfield
Favourite Quote:
“Inaction breeds doubt and fear and action breeds confidence and courage”
Recommended Online Resources:
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Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“Everybody thinks they don’t have their bleep together, I think it’s such an important thing for people to know, I come from a background of a learning disability, past drug addiction and a lot of other messy stuff and I’ve always had this notion that I don’t have my shit together, I recently attended a conference and they put out these big white boards and then handed everyone stickies with pens and each board said nobody has their shit together and so everyone would just write an admission, a confession of how they don’t have their shit together so here you have a thousand people who are all very successful or on their way there and then you start to read these stickies and you realies that nobody has their shit together, people like I haven’t filed my taxes in 3 years, I’m late for everything, I feel like a complete failure, I feel this is especially important for our entrepreneur tribe because as we struggle and we’re trying to build this business and we have constant doubts and challenges etc and you think that maybe you don’t have your shit together just know that nobody else does either, even the most successful people”…[Listen for More]
More About Alan P Brown:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“Love doesn’t fight wars, it finds answers!” Anthony T. Hincks
Other Quotes From the Chat with Alan P Brown:
- “The longer I am not taking action on this thing the more the inertia builds”
- “You change your life, I just give you a little bit of material and maybe a different lens and you get your butt out there and change your life”
- “Nobody, no matter how much wisdom they have is going to do it for you”
- “Resistance comes in many forms but it usually comes down to fear”
- “Pretend you’re broke but don’t have a poverty mindset”
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