Welcome to episode #60 We’re thrilled to be joined by Aleasha Bahr today.
Aleasha 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.
Welcome to the show Aleasha!
QUESTIONS
- Can 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 ago
- Getting frustrated when she can’t open certain things.
- Can’t conform to deadlines
- Fidget
- Doodling
- Empathy
- What challenges did you face?
- Humans are draining
- So concerned with another person’s experience that they are constantly trying to accommodate.
- Stimulants can make her tired
- Trying to figure out what works for her brain
- Getting diagnosed as a woman
- It felt normalized because she was in the entrepreneurial space.
- Spiraling
- Catastrophising
- Not acting on the spiraling thoughts
- Figuring out how to get stuff done
- What is it like now?
- Learning to communicate the experience
- Is it a shared experience?
- What neuro-exceptional strengths are you leaning into now?
- Empathy - sales
- Ask more questions
- Listen (including to what they don’t say)
- Pattern interrupt
- What "work" projects are you concentrating on?
- Sales training (Black Sheep)
- Clients = service providers who provide their own services
- Not just solopreneurs
- Avoid working with corporates - people are engaged
- Ethos:
- don’t manipulate buyers or use shame
- Be transparent
- Meet their needs
- Make lots of money
- Group sales training
- A different approach - previously did 1 on 1 coaching/training so that she fully understood the client’s offer
- How 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
- Tries not to identify completely as “Mom”
- Boundaries around
- Personal time
- Colouring
- Adult coloring books
- Absent-mindedly coloring
- Write music/singing
- Writing a book
- Partner time
- Friend time
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- What do you do to optimize productivity during your working hours?
- Day blocking
- Monday and Friday are 0 meetings.
- Tuesday - Thursday are just meetings.
- Doodling/colouring/going for a walk to unlock creativity
- Delegation - detailed work to someone else
- Calendar management
- Podcast editing + distribution
- Social media management (Aleasha creates the content, EA uploads/schedules it)
- Lots of lists - bullet points
- What is some unhelpful productivity advice that doesn’t work for you?
- Time blocking
- Putting stuff into spreadsheets
- Likes having a bit of freedom/disorganization
- A lot of productivity advice is around rigidity and isn’t flexible.
- COMMERCIAL BREAK
- How do you manage communication with neurotypical folk?
- Remember that dealing with difficult people is optional
- Transparency
- What does your morning routine look like and how has it evolved over time?
- Mon, Wed, Fri - work out virtually with someone
- At 5:30 AM?
- Otherwise, getting kids dressed and out the door.
- Generally, talking to someone gets her out of that stress
- And being able to offer value.
- How is your sleep? How do you switch off at night?
- Brain dump before bed to prevent looping
- Personifying your mind
- Instead of trying to switch off the thoughts, thank the mind for the thoughts
- Where can people connect with you or find your work?
- Podcast
- Sales is not a dirty word
- Website
- aleashabahr.com
- Do you have any final words or asks for our audience?
- “There is no good or bad - there is effective and ineffective” - avoid judgment, focus on being effective
Episode 60