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"Just Be More Disciplined" Is the Worst Advice You'll Ever Get as an ADHD Entrepreneur

May 05, 2026
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Alyece Smith is a neurodivergent entrepreneur, TEDx speaker, and CEO of Socially Ausomeβ„’ β€” a business coaching company helping ADHD and neurodivergent entrepreneurs build sustainable, profitable businesses. She is the host of The ADHD CEO Podcast and author of FLOW-First Thinking: ADHD Isn't Broken, It's Untapped Potential. Alyece is passionate about reframing ADHD as untapped potential and helping entrepreneurs build systems that work with their brain, not against it.

Alyece Smith

Alyece Smith is a neurodivergent entrepreneur, TEDx speaker, and CEO of Socially Ausomeβ„’ β€” a business coaching company helping ADHD and neurodivergent entrepreneurs build sustainable, profitable businesses. She is the host of The ADHD CEO Podcast and author of FLOW-First Thinking: ADHD Isn't Broken, It's Untapped Potential. Alyece is passionate about reframing ADHD as untapped potential and helping entrepreneurs build systems that work with their brain, not against it.

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