The ADHD Tax, Workplace Burnout, and Neurodivergent Entrepreneurship with Polly Pollock

If you've ever sat in a performance review thinking "I would be so good at this job if everyone would just leave me alone," this episode is for you. This week I'm joined by Polly Pollock, an AuDHD marketing and sales coach for neurodivergent online business owners, and we are getting into all of it: why the workplace was never actually built for us, what the ADHD tax really costs, why "do what you love and you'll never work a day in your life" is a crock of shit, and how to build a business that works with your brain instead of against it. We also get into neuro supremacy, the sinking boat analogy, and what it means that the primary thing we're bad at is capitalism. If you're a neurodivergent woman who has ever been called bossy, hot-headed, or a pain in the ass for asking for a chair, or who has quietly fantasized about just being left alone to do the work, Polly has some thoughts. And so do I. Find Polly and learn more about the Neuro-Friendly Sales Accelerator at https://www.neuropreneurrising.com/nfsa.   00:00 Late ADHD and Autism Diagnosis: Living With It Before You Had a Name for It 08:29 ADHD, Autism, and the Workplace: Why Neurodivergent Brains Reject Capitalism 15:02 Workplace Accommodations, Masking Exhaustion, and Neurodivergent Direct Communication 22:14 Neurodivergent Women at Work: Masking, Mean Girls, and the Double Penalty 26:42 Directness, Neuro Supremacy, and Why Systems Don't Actually Want Solutions 34:11 ADHD Burnout, the "Do What You Love" Lie, and Messaging That Baked in Self-Doubt 40:01 Starting a Neurodivergent Business Without a Safety Net: Random Tuesday Energy 45:51 ADHD Burnout vs. Good Tired: Wellness Routines, Hormone Cycles, and Knowing the Difference 50:52 The Neurodivergent Bullshit Detector: Why Overnight Success Stories Are Fables