ADHD, Strengths & the power of ongoing growth and play

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Welcome back.

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My friend.

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It is ADHD.

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Powerful possibilities.

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I am your friend and the

host ADHD coach Catherine.

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Coming to you from a very windy.

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But sort of sunny Edinburgh as Magnolia

trees and Terri blossoms bloom.

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And suddenly spring

doesn't feel too far away.

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I loved hearing your feedback last week

aDHD and procrastination is clearly

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a hot topic, which is great news

because I have a book, which I have

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created that explains the clear method.

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And I'm really looking forward

to sharing that with you soon.

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So keep your eyes peeled for the ADHD

entrepreneurs, procrastination pivot.

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But this week, I wanted to

focus on something positive.

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And I used the word

positive intentionally.

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Because obviously there's been

a lot of negativity in the press

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about ADHD and neuro divergence.

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It feels like almost every other

week, a celebrity or a newspaper

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publishes what feels like a hit piece.

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On people with ADHD or autism,

especially those of us who

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are diagnosed later in life.

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And who may have an atypical to

the general public presentation.

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There so much negativity

around at the moment.

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I wanted to take some time

to look at strengths because

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they really really matter.

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For all humans.

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Knowing what your strengths are.

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Understanding what you are good at.

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Fills you up?

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What recharges your battery?

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What your natural gifts are.

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When you know that.

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It makes daily life easier.

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I will explain why during the course

of the episode, But when you have

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ADHD, It often feels like we're

swimming upstream against the tide.

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So knowing that you have these

strengths, think of them as.

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Secret engine on your back as you're

trying to swim against the tide or.

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An extra advantage.

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You have these strengths and

ADHD is part of you as a human

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being, but not the whole package.

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And let's remember.

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Our thoughts are things and we can

choose the ones that we believe.

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If thoughts are aeroplanes, we get to

choose the ones that land at our airport.

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And I want you to focus on.

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Ignoring the ones that make

you feel worse about ADHD.

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We know ADHD is a.

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Whole life condition.

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That is founded in a neurological

difference in your brain.

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Not the type of juice that

you have for snack time.

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It goes way beyond

attention sitting still.

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Managing our impulse control.

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All of our executive functions are

affected by the difference in our brain.

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And the difference in

our neuro transmitters.

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ADHD, isn't just about what we eat.

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Or what we watch or what games we play.

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And it affects so many people.

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Around 5% of the population globally.

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Could be classed as ADHD brains.

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But we also know that are some people who

are more affected by it in a negative way.

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But for all the negativity about ADHD.

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It's just part of our general humanity.

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We have other things going on

in our brain and in our life.

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At ADDCA we used the machine

mind and mission model.

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So your ADHD affects your machine.

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That's your brain, how it's

structured, how it functions.

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Your mind.

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are The thoughts and the beliefs that

we have about ourselves and the world

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and other people and our mission.

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Well, that's our goal, our

vision, our driving purpose.

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And if we focus too much on the

machinery, We can forget about

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the mission part of things.

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And we can forget about the mind.

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So that's one of the reasons I

want to spend some time today.

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Talking about your strengths of character.

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And your other strengths.

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Because when we focus only on

our deficits or challenge or

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disability, and ADHD is a disability.

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It's easy to lose sight of all the

great things about you as a human being.

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Some people might think, well,

people with ADHD are always creative.

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They're always resilient.

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They have all these strengths, which

are typical of people with ADHD.

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I know what anecdotally I see,

which is great resilience.

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Great creative problem solving.

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A lot of empathy.

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A lot of compassion for other

people, less for themselves.

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But what are character strengths and

how to, you know, what yours are?

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That allows me to introduce you

to the via character strengths

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assessment there are other character

strengths assessments out there.

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Via is the one that I know.

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And the one that I like.

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And it's a psychological tool

that you can do at home for free.

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That allows you to understand

what your main character strengths

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are, what your profile is.

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If you like.

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Studies are inconclusive about

whether some character strengths

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are universal for people with ADHD.

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But via have done some studies

and their research indicates

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that a group of strengths may be

more common in people with ADHD.

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And these include creativity,

which a lot of people would expect.

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enthusiasm which they describe as

zest and that I definitely can see.

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And most of my clients.

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Bravery, which I kind of wonder, I'm

not sure if that's inbuilt or because

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we have to deal with so much as people

with ADHD brains in a neurotypical world.

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And perseverance.

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Perseverance, I think is.

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Definitely something that I've seen.

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Almost universally and my clients.

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But I'm aware that could be a bias

in terms of the people who come

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for coaching and who are ready

to make changes and move forward.

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When they say creativity, They

don't mean mean, we're all

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Leonardo DaVinci or Pablo Picasso.

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Creativity in the context

of a character strengths.

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Means we're more likely to

find an innovative or unusual

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solution to a problem.

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Situation a challenge.

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We're more likely to have a

divergent way of thinking about

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a problem that other people.

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would just try and resolve the same way.

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And this is one of the reasons I

think that we tend to end up more in

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the entrepreneurial side of business.

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Or we find ways that we can

use it, whether we're at

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home or at work or in school.

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And unfortunately it may be something

that students in particular, in a

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school system where uniform answers

are required struggle with because

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they may see a new way to do things.

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That may be not what the examiner is

looking for, but certainly in business.

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There are lots of opportunities for that

new divergent, creative way to solve a

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problem that spotting the problem in the

market that other people haven't seen.

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That's definitely a strength, but it

doesn't mean you have to be artistic.

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When we're talking about enthusiasm or

zest it's not something that can show

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up really strongly for ADHD people

because of the interest involved.

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When we are involved in something

that stimulates our interest.

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You will find it, your

energy, your enthusiasm.

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Your passion for a subject.

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Quite often lead you

to achieve things that.

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Other people who don't have that character

strength that would really struggle with.

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And that is one of the reasons

that when people with ADHD are

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doing well, we can do really well.

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And it can almost feel

like, Hey, wait a minute.

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This isn't really a disability because

if I didn't have ADHD, I might not

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be able to function in this way, at

this level for this length of time.

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And that my friends is when you have to

be very careful observant, and self-aware.

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To look out for things that

may crop up like per night.

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Anyway, we're going back to

strengths because we're focusing

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on strengths rather than.

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Possible dangerous this week.

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One of the things that we often

hear about ADHD is this impulsivity.

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And I think there's two ways

to cut this on the one hand.

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Impulsivity is definitely something

that can lead to dangerous situations.

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Unmedicated teenagers for example are

much more likely to be involved in

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accident incidents, unplanned pregnancy.

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This kind of behavior.

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Impulsivity is definitely an

element of the ADHD neuro type.

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At the same time.

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We could look on it as spontaneity.

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We could also frame it as.

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Bravery that willingness to take

risks that other people may avoid.

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But which can create life changing.

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world Changing differences.

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I'm pretty sure that most

people who took a risk when you

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were inventing a new service.

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A new idea, a new machine.

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Somebody somewhere took

a risk they were brave.

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And they impulsively.

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Followed their dream.

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But at the same time, we want

to make sure that we're no.

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Romanticizing impulsivity too much.

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And spontaneity on the

one hand is a great thing.

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Not so great for when you do something

like buy a house, which I did do.

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fairly impulsively ditto.

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A car.

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Anyway.

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The final strengths that I wanted

to look at in this section.

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Is.

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Perseverance.

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now, we are always told.

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ADHD people struggle with attention.

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We struggle with focus.

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And indeed one of the presentations

of ADHD is called inattentive.

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But again, when our interest

button has been pushed.

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We are capable of focusing

and paying attention.

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For extended periods of time.

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And we often focus.

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Beyond what other people

might do because we have this

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perseverance, this dedication.

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Which aligns with our

interests and our passions.

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It's one of the reasons why.

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When I start working with clients.

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Very early on.

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I asked people to think about their needs,

their strengths, their values, and we

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create this can a map of who are you?

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Nevermind.

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The challenges that come

with your ADHD, who are you?

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When it comes to things that

you need, things that you value,

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things that you believe in.

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What are your strengths?

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And these are all really

important for you to know.

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So that instead of thinking when I

have the perfect routine or the perfect

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planner, that perfect spreadsheet.

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I'll be able to do all the

work that I have to do.

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And then I'll be happy and fulfilled

and reliable and all these great things.

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instead.

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When you are happy.

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When you are fulfilled.

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When you are aware of yourself.

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Then you will be able to do

the work that you need to do.

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And you will have discovered.

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The system that works for you.

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So turn it on its head.

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It's not what we have is who we're being.

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And when we knew who

we are, Then we can be.

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The person that we need to be.

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And want to be.

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To fulfill our vision or mission.

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And I've included a couple of papers

in the references, for example.

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The role of hyper-focus and

entrepreneurial success.

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Which is from 2012.

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And of course Seligman's

work on positive psychology.

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Which I think is really

relevant for people with ADHD.

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But you can get the links to those.

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In the show notes below.

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What I want you to do now is

think about your ADHD strengths.

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Obviously there's the via character

strengths, you can find it from

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the address in the show notes.

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Or you can just search via that's V I a.

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Character assessment.

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Because you really want to have that.

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Self-awareness.

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That comes from knowing your own

strengths and then think about how

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you have succeeded in the past.

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Are you somebody who can see patterns?

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Are you somebody who spots opportunities?

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Do you have that impulsive leap into them?

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It may not always work out.

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But I can guarantee that if you don't

take the leap, it will never work out.

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And once you knew what your strengths are.

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You've spent a bit of time

thinking back to how you've behaved

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that you may have recognized.

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Think about the kind of

environment that you need.

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For that to happen.

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Do you need to be in an office

that's fairly open where you have

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lots of people coming and going

where there's always company.

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Without body doubling happens naturally.

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Do you need to work somewhere?

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You can have these bursts

of sprints of creativity.

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Or where you have scheduled work

slots, wrote the D so that you're

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not trying to push beyond that.

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Initial four hours.

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Of productive cognition.

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One of the things that for me embodies

the ADHD paradox best is that.

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We work best generally in a cluster free

environment, but more often than no.

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ADHD people struggle with

accumulating clutter.

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And right now, after a very busy weekend,

my own workroom is very cluttered.

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So I know that tomorrow I'm going to take

an hour, I'm going to clear everything

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out and my brain will feel so much.

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More open and spacious.

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So think about.

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Is your working environment conducive

to your creative problem solving?

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Your pattern spotting your leaps,

your impulsivity or bravery.

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Your perseverance, all these

wonderful ADHD characteristics.

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And your personal strengths.

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Do you need to include something

like noise, canceling headphones.

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If you're working in a shared office,

they can be an absolute game changer.

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You might want to also think

about what kind of chair you have.

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I've seen these wonderful meditation

chairs where you can move around and sit

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and all different kinds of positions.

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For me.

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Standing up walking around or having just

a really nice, comfortable office chair.

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That's free, supportive.

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And something under my

feet, which tend to be bare.

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Are most helpful.

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And finally, the other element in

your environment is your support

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system that people around you.

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If you're working solo, if

you're an entrepreneur who

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works alone, you're a startup.

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You might want to look at something like

a coworking space most main towns or

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cities have at least one coworking option.

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But equally.

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A cafe, a library or both.

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Good choices.

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And you may also want to

find a group or a cohort.

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A mentor some system of

support that works for you.

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You may want to find yourself a coach.

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You may want to find yourself a.

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A discord group as well that you can join.

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And once you've got your strengths, your

self awareness, you found and designed

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the environment that works best you.

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Next step.

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Is.

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Reframing our challenges as opportunities.

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now.

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I want to use a quote here, which I love

from somebody called Angus Fletcher.

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Who wrote a book called story thinking.

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And he said.

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Magical thinking is ignoring reality.

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Optimism or what I call possibility.

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Optimism.

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Is engaging constructively with reality.

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Magical thinking is I will.

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Optimism is thinking I can.

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. Magical thinking is believing that if I.

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Imagine myself flying

I will reach the stars.

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Optimism is building rocket ships.

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That explode and explode until.

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Obviously one day they reached this stars.

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For me, that is what.

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Reframing our challenges as

opportunities involves, we're not

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seeing these things don't exist.

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We're asking you to think.

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Differently about the possibility.

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That these challenges are actually, An

opportunity for you to approach things.

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Radically differently.

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Obviously, there are ways

that you can do that.

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For instance, if you are somebody

who struggles with juggling

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lots of different projects.

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And prioritization is a real problem.

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How can you solve that in a way

that works with your strengths?

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If you are somebody who's very visual.

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Can you design a project management

board that allows you to see at a glance?

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What is required next?

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Can you make it fun?

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Can you make it like a Reese

track with different markers

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for each project to get past?

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Make it funny and creative and silly.

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But make it work for you.

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Maybe you're struggling with the routine

parts of your business or your job,

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whatever project you're working on.

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Once, you know, What your strengths are.

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For your past successes have involved.

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Bring them in.

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To when you're trying to.

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Solve that problem of managing

a dull routine repetitive task.

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Of course, there's the Eisenhower

matrix there's the old.

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Do delete, delegate idea.

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There's an idea that I've been

working on, which is good.

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Should encourage.

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And I will explain more

about that next week.

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That maybe.

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You can create a game, a

reward system for yourself.

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And.

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This isn't about making

up something that's fake.

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It should be a real reward and it

shouldn't involve any force because

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as soon as we try to force ourselves

to do work, It immediately becomes.

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So much heavier.

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And so much harder.

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And that creative story thinking

a possible part of our brain

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switches off and we fall into logic.

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This idea that.

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A routine task is necessary in dull.

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So I must approach it in a logical.

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Managed.

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We.

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Is one of the reasons why we get stuck.

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How can you make it?

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Fairly wild.

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Can you make it interesting.

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Can you throw in a game?

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And that brings me to the.

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Idea of continuing to grow

and experiment and play.

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When we stop trying to

grow and learn and plea.

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Our brains will inevitably get bored.

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And we will.

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Maybe find that our work isn't

as exciting as it used to be.

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We may distract ourselves.

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Looking at the phone more.

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Looking at various websites more and maybe

going to the snack cupboard a bit more.

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When we find we delay starting work

because we're no longer experiencing

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the reward that we once had.

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Because we're not giving

ourselves time to grow and learn.

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Both about ourselves and then

applied that to our work.

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And one of the ways that I manage

this is constantly learning.

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I'm start a positive psychology

course training in social skills

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for autistic teens and young adults.

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This continuous development.

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It's not about adding more

things to my coaching.

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It's about learning things that are

interesting and that connect with

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the things I passionately care about.

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And there are things that will work

and things that won't work for you.

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But if you don't keep learning

and experimenting and growing.

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Then you're not giving your

brain your opportunity to

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do the problem solving part.

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Which ADHD brains are better at doing.

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We always finish with some practical

tools and strategies that you can

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take away and work on this week.

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So obviously first up is the via

character strengths assessment.

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It's something I've

done a couple of times.

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And what I've noticed is that.

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My top two or three might move

around depending on what I'm

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doing, but they're always up there.

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So it's highly recommended, but there

are other ones you might want to try it.

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Like the strengths finder.

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.

These are linked to in the show notes and I'll put them together and my

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newsletter for this week as well.

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That comes out every Wednesday.

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It's called the possibilities post.

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And I try to keep it to

under one minute of reading.

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That is one of the educational resources

you might want to access to think about.

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What are my strengths?

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How can I develop them?

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What do I need in an environment that is

going to support me to do my best work?

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For books as well as resources.

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I don't think you can go wrong with ADHD.

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2.0.

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Or driven to distraction.

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Both served by Dr.

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Ned Hallowell and John Ratey.

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And of course the other books I

always recommend is still distracted

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after all these years by Dr.

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Kathleen Nadeau.

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. Other things that might help

you when it comes to keeping

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track of your strengths and.

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Bringing all your information

together so that you can then.

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Tease out the things that work for

you, the strategies, the tools.

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The project management side of things,

especially if you're in business.

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Our visual planner tools.

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I've spoken about these a bit before.

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There are hundreds of them.

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Personally, I love notion I have

a digital template coming out soon

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with some really wonderful tools and

it's laid out in a way that I find.

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Very efficient.

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For ADHD business orders.

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But I also love just using my whiteboard.

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My notion template on my planner pad,

which Tracy Otsuka mentioned years ago.

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I've been fabulous for me in terms

of creating a visual structure.

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And a collection of tools.

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The allow me to use those ADHD

strengths, lead creative problem solving.

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And thinking visually for

me, that's really important.

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And obviously things like

coaching workshops, education.

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These can all be really powerful when it

comes to understanding your strengths.

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Using them in a

constructive, positive way.

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And allowing you to continue

that growth and development.

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Whoever you are, and if you're in

business, if you're an entrepreneur,

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have a new 12 week program specifically

for building that wonderful

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foundation and taking you through.

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The tools that I use for

ADHD business owners.

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Because one of the most

powerful things you can do.

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Apart from understanding yourself

as connecting with other people

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and having a supportive group.

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That has that has that

neurodivergent edge.

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But also allows you the

freedom and the framework.

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To develop who you use your

own strengths to get your work

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done and take you forward.

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Once we understand our strengths.

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We can start to focus on those.

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More than our deficits or weaknesses or.

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However we choose to name the

things that are difficult in life.

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And that matters.

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Because what we focus on is what grows.

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So I'm asking you this week

to focus on your strengths.

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Let me know when you've done

the via assessment and what

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your top two or three are.

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If you recognize them.

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And how you're going to apply them

to a challenging area in your life

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or how you can remember to use some

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the next time.

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Things get tricky

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again, thank you so much for your time.

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And I love hearing

feedback from listeners.

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If you want to get in touch

with me, you can email me or you

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can contact me on social media.

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And I'm wishing you a very successful

and strengths filled week ahead.

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Take care of yourself until next time.