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How I Run a Company with ADHD

andrewaskins.com published 2019-05-1211 min read

For the first 19 years of my life I was convinced I was lazy. Then I was diagnosed with ADHD. I've since started a company and grown it to a team of 8. Here's how I've learned to not just cope, but embrace the disorder.

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