Finishing
Approaching the finish line differently.
Blog Articles for ADD Professionals
Being an entrepreneur and leader with ADD or ADD-like characteristics can feel like a 24/7 operation where your to-do list is constantly swirling around you. It can be challenging to set aside time to gain clarity, reflect, develop a strategy and cultivate the fortitude required in today’s world. Coaching provides this space.
The ROI of Coaching
Coaching is beneficial when it comes to addressing imposter syndrome, burnout, indecision around career opportunities, improving communication skills, improving self-leadership, and creating boundaries.
Shifting out of a scarcity mindset
Getting stuck believing “there isn’t enough” has a high price tag, causing us to behave in ways that hinder our own success. This mentality triggers a stress response in our brains, preventing us from accessing our best selves. Stress responses can cause us to ruminate, become blind to alternative possibilities and lose perspective. We begin…
Leadership Communication
There is what people think leadership is, and then there is what leadership is. An aspect of leadership that often surprises us is the amount of repetition involved with casting a vision, communicating our values, and clarifying the strategic plan. We often find ourselves bored with our own message, longing to switch it up and…
Commitments
It’s interesting to think about what makes canceling on ourselves so easy. These internal commitments we make to ourselves. Leaving on time, working out, eating differently, drinking more water…these small but life-changing agreements. Life-changing because, with consistency, these sorts of commitments improve the quality of our lives; literally, life-enhancing. And then there are the external…
ADHD Leaders Thrive
The ADHD leader is an asset to your organization. We, ADHD leaders, thrive in intense, unpredictable, innovative, fast-paced environments. We see connections where others may not, and we make those connections fast. We don’t panic when faced with risk; we are often comfortable in situations where critical decisions are made moment by moment. We under-react,…
Simplify
There seems to be a cyclic nature to simplifying life. You decide you are going to restructure your calendar or reorganize your closet. Declaring this is the new way things are going to be! And they are at least for a while. And then insidiously, complexity is back, and your closet is a mess again. …
ADHD Inaction Paralysis
Inaction paralysis is not analysis paralysis. Analysis paralysis occurs when you overthink a decision and this over-thinking keeps you from making a decision. You are paralyzed. You have looked at all of the options. You can’t decide. You feel anxious. You don’t want to make the wrong decision. This experience can show up in the…