EDUCATION
ADHD and Business Ownership (Squirrel Jokes Aside) by Jay Bankert, Consultant, The Franchise Consulting Company I’m happily self-diagnosed as ADHD. Oh yeah, and my wife says so, and just about everyone who knows me agrees. My short attention span has affected my work life, keeping me either job-bouncing or bored and unattached to a job I thought I’d enjoy, leading to performance decay and lack-luster attendance. The romantic thoughts of owning a business have always appealed to me, but during times of selfevaluation, I have yielded to
thoughts of inadequacy, due to short times with employers and not too many accomplishments due to this. “How could I be the boss, when I can’t even stay-put at a job for a few years?”
I TURNED TO FRANCHISING. With franchising, I found that I can be an entrepreneur with a canned system. I found a way to have a mentor and a system of
checks and balances to keep me focused and moving towards a goal. The following are some of the reasons I chose this route to own a franchise myself:
PROVEN SYSTEM: Franchise systems are built off of a successful pilot business, demonstrating success and innovation. Typically, you’re not the first to buy a franchise from a given system-others have before you and you can validate their
ONGOING TRAINING AND REGULAR MONITORING KEEP YOUR SKILLS SHARP AND ASSURES THAT YOU STAY IN COMPLIANCE WITH WHAT THE FRANCHISE DOES.
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