Keep Your Eye on the Prize

Are you the type who has this inner conflict: You have the ability to hyperfocus, but due to your distractibility that focus is often misplaced?
I don’t know about you, but I find it real easy to throw myself into a task with great abandon. The only problem is that the task I choose may [...]

What Meaningful, Positive Changes Have You Planned?

The buzz for the last week or so – just like the year before and the year before that – has been about “resolutions”.  A resolution could be defined as a decision to do something or to behave in a certain way.  So many of us, each year, talk about what we will do different [...]

Perfection or Completion?

We see the little things. We notice every brush stroke and every nuance. Our eye for detail is a component of our creative side. But sometimes we can miss the big picture.
With ADHD, we have the ability to hyperfocus, seeing things others miss. That can be a great asset in business – “Bravo! Very detail-oriented!” [...]

How to Capture Those Random Thoughts

There is a line in the Pearl Jam song “Even Flow” that paints how “thoughts arrive like butterflies”. I was never big on searching for meaning in lyrics, or even quite paying them attention at all, but this one resonates with me.
When I had first heard this song, I was close to ten years away [...]

When Is It OK to Brainwash?

I can be a little controlling sometimes. And I believe in brainwashing, too.  In this case I’m talking about controlling and brainwashing myself.
When we are bombarded by the things that have not worked out for us, our self-esteem suffers. We start to believe all the negative comments we have heard from others or thoughts we [...]