ADHD Expert & Entrepreneur Kristen Carder Regretted Spending $10k on a Mastermind Program

<p>Host of the "I Have ADHD" podcast</p> <p><a href="https://www.markgraban.com/adhd-expert-entrepreneur-kristen-carder-regretted-spending-10k-on-a-mastermind-program/">Episode page with video, transcript, links and more</a></p> <p>** <a href="https://calendly.com/catapult-99/markg">I WANT TO WRITE MY BOOK </a>(ad) **</p> <p>My guest for Episode #197 of the <a href="http://myfavoritemistakepodcast.com/">My Favorite Mistake</a> podcast is Kristen Carder. She is a serial entrepreneur and&nbsp;mindset coach&nbsp;for adults with ADHD. She's the host of a podcast: “I Have ADHD.”</p> <p>In this episode, Kristen tells her favorite mistake story about spending $10,000 on a “mastermind” group that was not at all what she expected. Why was there a gap between her expectations and reality? When did she realize there was a problem? What did she do and how did she learn from this, as a coach-ee and a coach? We also talk about mistakes related to understanding ADHD and living with it — at work and in our personal lives.</p> <p>As she always says on her podcast, she's “medicated, caffeinated, and ready to roll.”</p> <h2>Questions and Topics:</h2> <ul> <li>When did you realize it was a mistake? Did you ask for a refund? 3 reasons why not…</li> <li>When should somebody join a “mastermind” instead of getting 1×1 coaching?</li> <li>Lesson learned: explicitly lays out WHAT a mastermind is when she sells one</li> <li>Red flags that you’re getting bad info about ADHD?</li> <li>Why ADHD is not simply a “gift” or a “superpower”?</li> <li>How do you define ADHD?</li> <li>The inability to <em>direct</em> attention</li> <li>Trouble regulating impulse – attention and emotion?</li> <li>You were diagnosed in college… I was diagnosed last year at age 48… what led to you getting diagnosed?</li> <li>Causes? Differences in the brain?</li> <li>A mistake to tell people at work that you’re ADHD?</li> <li>Explanation not an excuse</li> <li>Her <a href="https://ihaveadhd.com/focused/">FOCUSED coaching program</a></li> </ul> <p>