The Gift of ADHD

Interview with Ernest Chu, author of Spiritual Currency. He says true currency is unlimited within you, your natural talents and gifts are a treasure trove of ever increasing wealth.

This interview with Dr. Carol Dweck reminds us that people Get Smart when they are praised for their effort and not their ability. When people are praised for effort they become higher achievers and more motivated than those praised for ability. #addcoaching #addcoach #motivation

ADHD coaching can help shift clients from saying "I use alcohol or drugs because my problems are so big" to "My problems are so big because I use alcohol or drugs" This increases motivation to change. #adhd#addictions #addcoaching

Step one is facilitation emotional regulation one of the prime deficits in ADHD. Step two is reflecting the positive to build confidence which leads to motivation and ambition. Step Three is coaching to a new behavior - composed assertiveness rather than anger outburst. #ADHD #ADD #The Gift of ADD

You can use feelings of shame or of being different to help you discover where your creative contributions lie. #ADHD #ADD #Creativity

After failure ask yourself "How can this serve me in the future?" "Where is a better opportunity for me?" People with ADHD will fail more than inhibited people because inhibition is in the service of avoiding failure #adhd #add

Less than 600 people in the history of planet earth have ever traveled to space. If going to space was your life-long dream how much would you be willing to risk to get a shot at it? George is a finalist for the Mars One project -- he teaches us about how to face down risks, work hard to engineer solutions to risks. #nasasocial #spaceX #adhd #giftofadhd

Many of the symptoms of ADHD can be seen as the side effects of deep imagination. The single most important factor in creating something new is imagination. In order to bring something new into the world, it first has to be imagined. Fantasies have a truth of their own. Some people think fantasies are by definition false, but fantasies aren’t concerned with true or false. Fantasies create something that doesn’t yet exist rather than reflecting reality. ADHD gives students lots of fantasies. These can be a distraction, but can also give students the power to create a new world. Participants will explore how to re-direct fantasies of escape toward evolution. The distinct functions of studying, thinking and imagination in the classroom will be explored.