ADHD and the First Steps to Starting Your Own Business
At some point in our careers, we feel the urge to make a change. Maybe it’s going for a role with more leadership or taking on more responsibility. Some people are eager for a job that is meaningful and filled with purpose. And still, others find a job that encompasses both — leadership and purpose […]
Great Side-Gigs for Busy-Minded Teachers
Some people have described living with ADHD as having a constant noise in their heads. Others say it’s like a perpetual feeling of being off-balance. Whatever ADHD feels like to you, you may constantly feel the need to keep moving or bounce around from project to project. As a teacher, you can maintain your focus […]
A Look to Your Future Career with ADHD
When I first trained with Richard Bolles, author of What Color Is Your Parachute, back in 1991, I was introduced to the concept of Life/Work Planning. I put the term to rest many years ago. Now I want to pull it back out of […]
Easy Workplace Management with ADHD at Home
Easy Workplace Management with ADHD at Home Traditional office workplace environments can pose quite the challenge for those of us who deal with ADHD. There’s a ton of stimuli being thrown at you at any given time, and it’s your responsibility to prioritize and maximize your workload efficiency. Of course, the same is true, perhaps […]
Why I Love to Lose A Client
Before you read this, you might be wondering what the heck I mean by why I love losing clients. There is a caveat – and a big one. Let me explain. There are certain kinds of clients that I love to work with – those that are unconditionally Ready to receive a specific type of […]
You Are Not the Boss of Me … or Are You?
How to Shift the ‘Attitude” and Have More Fun In Your Job In my twenties I worked for a big corporation as a legal secretary. Now imagine an off-the-chart ADDer doing this job in the first place. After being shuffled around the legal department to various attorneys who the company thought I could work with, […]
Life/Work Planning – Revisited or How the Pieces of My Life Fit Together to Create An Awesome Career
When I first trained with Richard Bolles, author of What Color Is Your Parachute, back in 1991, I was introduced to the concept of Life/Work Planning. I put the term to rest many years ago. Now I want to pull it back out of my mind closet, and talk about the piece that has […]
Effortless Workplace Management with ADHD
Effortless Workplace Management with ADHD Traditional office workplace environments can pose quite the challenge for those of us who deal with ADHD. There’s a ton of stimuli being thrown at you at any given time, and it’s your responsibility to prioritize and maximize your workload efficiency. Sounds like a nightmare for someone who has problems […]
Excel In Career and Life with ADHD
A Few Career Fields of Fascination that Can Be Magical To Us Some of our peers in the workplace may view ADD/ADHD as a curse, placing us at a disadvantage because we may not always methodically perform otherwise menial tasks. Depending on the career path, though, some may say the opposite: that ADHD can be […]
Career Coaching for ADHDers v. Traditional Career Coaching
Why ADHD-Specific Career Coaching Is Vital While the value of career coaching is underestimated in our society, the need for it is vital to anyone who is not clearly focused on a direction that resonates with the heart. That would be something like 70-80% of the world’s population, according to any statistic on the working population unhappy […]