I love working with entrepreneurs. Their passionate, us-against-world attitude is exciting, but they were always the toughest clients to keep. Brilliance, creativity and a whirlwind of activity just aren’t enough to overcome the procrastination, poor focus and lack of follow through that often cost them their business.

I wanted to help, but I was struggling with the same situation at home! I’d naively hoped Duane’s marriage proposal a month after our first (blind!) date signaled the end of his reckless trouble making and thrill seeking. But, impulsive as ever, he roamed from job to job – sales, clerk, programmer, teacher, project manager…

After crossing the country (twice) following his latest “opportunity of a lifetime,” I put my foot down. He had to stick with his job with a dot com. He loved the excitement but he just couldn’t manage his time or get organized.

Spiraling out of control, Duane delivered a project late (at double what he’d bid!) Ready to fire him (as miserable as he was, Duane would have been relieved!), instead Duane’s boss demoted him, but insisted things improve.

Devastated, Duane thought, “Time for a change!”, but I refused to pack up and leave (again!). I wasn’t even sure our marriage would last… in the few hours he wasn’t at work, Duane was just as unfocused and disorganized at home. I felt like the only adult in our family. We needed help, and as stressful and uncertain as those days were, they provided the incentive for us to find the silver lining to the cloud we’d been living under.

I credit divine intervention for the experimental training program at a local university. Seeking intelligent, creative people full of energy, but who struggled to maintain focus and get organized, they described Duane (and my favorite entrepreneur clients) perfectly!

We learned that some people are better suited to a primal existence. Compare a “farmer” (or accountant, manager or clerk) to a nomadic “rebel” (rock star, artist or entrepreneur). Often labeled with ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder) as children, as was my youngest daughter, as adults these “Rebels” struggle because they think differently.

Their brain activates with passion, and the time management strategies that work for others just don’t work for them. But once Duane learned to work with his brain instead of against it, life took an exciting 180-degree turn almost overnight! Within weeks, he was back to his old salary AND then surpassed it! Within two years, Duane was vice-president at more than triple his salary. Astonishingly, career rocketing to success, Duane simultaneously cut his hours!

Duane was a new man. I was proud of him, and as was recently described in an article in The Globe and Mail, Duane’s transformation inspired me. I decided I had to share this “secret” with the Rebel entrepreneurs I’d been unable to help earlier in my career.

Numerous time management experts claim to know the secrets of time management, and while their strategies do help many people, entrepreneurs come to me after they’ve exhausted the experts’ advice with little or no improvement. The strategies I teach have proven so successful for “Rebel” entrepreneurs they’re featured in Success magazine.

The challenge I face with my “Rebel” clients is convincing them they CAN DO THIS. Often having struggled through school, failed at job after job, even failing in business before they find their passion, most are convinced they’re the problem, not the solution. But it’s stunningly easy, and once you start working with your brain instead of against it, the transformation is immediate and amazing. It’s hard to believe, but the more screwed up you are, the faster and better these techniques work.

Are you ready to find your silver lining? To learn more, please request my free report, “Top Ten Entrepreneur Productivity Myths… Busted!“