Nine Essential Career ADD Strategies
I am reposting this article as a reminder to fall in love with the work you do and make it a priority! Those of us with Career ADD have special challenges that are necessary to address if we are to live well and find Career Happiness. I consider these things “must dos.” I have heard […]
ADHD and Your Inner Career Game
ADHD and Your Inner Career Game For many years, career assessments have been offered as a way to identify “the best” career option. But let’s face it, how often have you taken an assessment and identified a career direction that you follow up on and really went for it? Or did you skip the informational […]
EIGHT THINGS YOU MUST DO WHEN YOU HAVE CAREER ADD
Those of us with Career ADD have special challenges that are necessary to address if we are to live well and find Career Happiness. I consider these things “must dos.” I have heard many folks talk about these things in career counseling and I want to summarize what I’ve found to be true over the […]
Synchronicity and Career ADD
A few weeks ago I received an email from the “Twilight Zone.” It read, “Are you the Shelley Mendelson I met in Europe in 1980? Actually it was 1981, but I digress. In fact, he was a friend that I had gotten to know while traveling and living in California and came up to visit […]
Your Ideal Career, Distractions and Career ADD
Is It Me or My Job That’s Making Me Crazy? > Distractions of any kind can derail us…right? Couple those distractions Career ADD or living a Career ADD Lifestyle and it’s easy to see why you might be meandering down the wrong path. How many of us are switching activities multiple times throughout the day, […]
The Entrepreneurial ADDer – The Ultimate Freedom
So the elephant in the room is that most of my clients with ADD seem to end up creating a business that capitalizes on their authentic gifts in an entrepreneurial capacity. I have to admit that I have likely been dancing around this fact because I don’t want to give the impression that if you […]
Richard Branson and Career ADD
As a former Founder and CEO of an international children’s art franchise, KidzArt, and someone who was undiagnosed with ADD until 2008, I now understand how important it is to acknowledge my limitations and celebrate my gifts. I knew I was different and challenged in some very specific areas, but did not have a clue […]
Steps to Enter Your Inner Career Game
How often have you heard that defining your career is an inner career game? If so, or even if you have not, ask yourself these questions: Are you now looking for work out of desperation? Are you more concerned about getting the job just because you have the skills or because the job appeals to […]
How My ADD Symptoms Helped My Career Decision
ADD/ADHD COACH OR A NEW LIVELIHOOD?
As I was about to finish a blog post for my website, I saw that I started this post several months ago, but never finished it – or even started it at all for that matter. So in true ADD form, I got distracted by a shiny object and quickly moved on to another topic. […]