{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Focus and Chill - productivity tactics for AuDHDers and other neurodivergent folks","title":"Episode 60: Aleasha Bahr","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2532,"description":"Welcome to episode #60 We’re thrilled to be joined by Aleasha Bahr today. \nAleasha Bahr is a sales strategist, speaker, best-selling author, and founder of the Black Sheep Sales Method™️. She has 15 years of experience customizing sales strategies for businesses. Aleasha is an ADHDer and uses it to her advantage in her career.\nWelcome to the show Aleasha!\n\n\nQUESTIONS\nCan you tell us about your experience with neurodiversity? When did you realize that you weren’t neurotypical? Didn’t know that habits were neurodivergent until a few years agoGetting frustrated when she can’t open certain things.\nCan’t conform to deadlines\nFidgetDoodling\nEmpathy\nWhat challenges did you face? Humans are drainingSo concerned with another person’s experience that they are constantly trying to accommodate.\nStimulants can make her tired\nTrying to figure out what works for her brain\nGetting diagnosed as a womanIt felt normalized because she was in the entrepreneurial space.\nSpiralingCatastrophisingNot acting on the spiraling thoughts\nFiguring out how to get stuff done\nWhat is it like now?Learning to communicate the experienceIs it a shared experience?\nWhat neuro-exceptional strengths are you leaning into now?Empathy - salesAsk more questions\nListen (including to what they don’t say)\nPattern interrupt\nWhat \"work\" projects are you concentrating on?Sales training (Black Sheep)Clients = service providers who provide their own servicesNot just solopreneurs\nAvoid working with corporates - people are engaged\nEthos:don’t manipulate buyers or use shame\nBe transparent\nMeet their needs\nMake lots of money\nGroup sales trainingA different approach - previously did 1 on 1 coaching/training so that she fully understood the client’s offer\nHow about the rest of the time? What do you enjoy doing in your off time?Boundaries:“That doesn’t make sense for my family” - if people ask for something beyond what she can offer\nTries not to identify completely as “Mom”Boundaries aroundPersonal timeColouringAdult...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/QZFZQrtBSDhon7MItX8a5mQvkXQ5KKmI2fe6dyhM72o/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzMzNDE3LzE2NjEw/NjYyOTYtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}