TL;DR: I'm looking for actionable advice that you have used to become more hardworking, which I hope will be valuable for other members with the same struggles.
I have struggled to keep up due to a lack of drive and inattentive ADHD. All my life was unmedicated, until last year when I started to try various prescriptions with little to no results. I am currently waiting for my doctor to increase the dosage or prescribe a different medication.
Right now, I will literally be on amphetamines, yet hardly reach the normal productivity baseline. However, I realize hard work is a non-negotiable pre-requisite for running a business (or just getting by, in general), so that's why I'm doing my best to learn to consistently do my best. Before college, I would sometimes hyperfocus and crunch all my homework in one run without sleeping or taking any breaks, but I haven't been able to achieve that state with the actually challenging work I'm doing now.
Before you tell me to join the army, I was already denied due to my diagnoses (I also have high-functioning ASD). Regardless, I know of many successful tech entrepreneurs are on the spectrum, and some businessmen (like Richard Branson) have ADHD, so I don't think this Fastlane goal is out of the question for me.
I don't think I've had a FTE (though I have had minor moments) because the poor single-parent household I grew up in made me accepting of adversity, so instead of outworking problems, I just cope with them. I don't take monetary pressure seriously enough to light my a$$ on fire. My father, who refused to let me come live back home after dropping out at 19 in hopes of increasing my drive, says he never had an internal motivation to take initiative either, so there's a possibility that I'm genetically predisposed to be more accepting of the present and less ambitious. Between sports and TTRPGs, I've realized that I don't get into the driver seat, even when it's offered. I am determined to change, but I don't know where to start.
Thank you in advance!
My Background
I'm 22 years old and started studying product engineering last year. I joined this forum a few years back, but I stepped away because I realized I need to work on my discipline and gain some skills.I have struggled to keep up due to a lack of drive and inattentive ADHD. All my life was unmedicated, until last year when I started to try various prescriptions with little to no results. I am currently waiting for my doctor to increase the dosage or prescribe a different medication.
Right now, I will literally be on amphetamines, yet hardly reach the normal productivity baseline. However, I realize hard work is a non-negotiable pre-requisite for running a business (or just getting by, in general), so that's why I'm doing my best to learn to consistently do my best. Before college, I would sometimes hyperfocus and crunch all my homework in one run without sleeping or taking any breaks, but I haven't been able to achieve that state with the actually challenging work I'm doing now.
Before you tell me to join the army, I was already denied due to my diagnoses (I also have high-functioning ASD). Regardless, I know of many successful tech entrepreneurs are on the spectrum, and some businessmen (like Richard Branson) have ADHD, so I don't think this Fastlane goal is out of the question for me.
I don't think I've had a FTE (though I have had minor moments) because the poor single-parent household I grew up in made me accepting of adversity, so instead of outworking problems, I just cope with them. I don't take monetary pressure seriously enough to light my a$$ on fire. My father, who refused to let me come live back home after dropping out at 19 in hopes of increasing my drive, says he never had an internal motivation to take initiative either, so there's a possibility that I'm genetically predisposed to be more accepting of the present and less ambitious. Between sports and TTRPGs, I've realized that I don't get into the driver seat, even when it's offered. I am determined to change, but I don't know where to start.
Thank you in advance!
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