Prevalence of ADHD

How prevalent is ADHD?

Conservative estimates place the probable percentage of people with ADHD in the 5 to 10% range. In America, that translates to roughly eight million adults. That translates into well over a quarter of a million adults in Minnesota.

The unfortunate thing is that only about 15% of those adults have actually been diagnosed. Undiagnosed and unmanaged ADHD can be a real tragedy.

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ADHD has a strong genetic component. Many parents have taken a child in for an assessment and have come out with a diagnosis of their own. This happened to me as you can read in my ADHD story or the ADDA story here. If the symptoms of ADHD seem to be present in your life, one of the best things you can do for your child is to manage your own ADHD. If you’re wondering, you can take our assessment adapted from the World Health Organization here.

What’s the difference between ADD and ADHD?

Well, besides the “H” …

Actually ADD is the abbreviation for Attention Deficit Disorder. This was what the condition was called for many years. When the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) came out in 1994, the H was added to include Hyperactivity specifically in the condition name.

This is somewhat confusing, especially as many people refer to the condition as ADD and many other people refer to it as ADHD. It is currently used interchangeably, but the official diagnosis is ADHD.

What is ADHD?
Technically, ADHD is a neurobiological condition that affects children and adults who consistently experience challenges with impulsivity, hyperactivity, and the ability to pay attention. You will hear experts talk about the prefrontal cortex, executive function, and the availability of the neurotransmitter dopamine.

Practically, ADHD is a condition of interest and attention. For people with ADHD, it is fairly easy to pay attention to things that are interesting, while it can be extremely difficult if not impossible to pay attention to things of little interest. We are each wired differently and the way that an individual’s ADHD might manifest itself can be very different from the way someone else’s ADHD presents.

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In this episode, Jay interviews Dr. Steve Levinson the inventor of the Motivaider. Good habits are often hard to create because as ADHDers we often don’t think of the thing we wanted to change at the time we can change it. The Motivaider is a great tool to help us bring awareness to what has our attention.

The Motivaider is a small pager like device that can be easily programmed to provide a gentle private reminder through a vibration that only you can detect. The device is small enough to fit in a pocket and also comes with a clip for a belt.

I also mentioned that I will be talking about ADHD Coaching on WCCO Channel 4, the CBS affiliate in the Twin Cities Minnesota area. This will probably happen the week of November 7, 2011.

You know there is a lot of stigma associated with ADHD and the antidote for stigma is Awareness. There’s a new site out that is really awesome it’s call the ADHD Heroes Project. It features stories about people with ADHD who have succeeded and can be an inspiration to others. We all need more stories. Check it out!

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In this episode Jay talks being the best in the world based on Seth Godin’s book, The Dip

Seth Godin, who is a marketing genius who really looks at the world in a different way and encourages us to do the same. Seth Godin wrote a book called The Dip. The book has three main premises, and I’ll probably touch on all of them briefly because it’s such a fantastic book. But in the beginning of the book, he works to convince us of the importance and the rewards that come for being the best in the world. Another premise of the book has to do with the old saying quitters never win. Well, it turns out that winners quit all the time. The difference between the winners or the successful people at whatever activity they are involved in and the unsuccessful, is that the successful people quit the right things at the right time.

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Here is a link to Seth’s book on Amazon – I read it at least once a quarter.

I also mentioned in this podcast that I’m putting together a page of resources for MindManager from MindJet. You can find those resources here.

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Susanne Ballard

I began a quest several years ago to build a life with purpose and to create a lifestyle-business based on my passions and our family life. What I quickly discovered was how important time management and focus is to creating a life on purpose. I struggled with juggling my roles as wife, mother, full-time pharmacist and budding entrepreneur, plus many other smaller roles we all have. I purchased various types of day planners and read numerous books on organizing and time management, all in the hope that some nugget of information I found would click and I would suddenly have all the time I needed. Well, that plan didn’t work out so well.

I realized I would greatly benefit from having a one-on-one coaching experience with someone who is an expert at helping calm the chaos, manage time and create specific systems that will help set me up for success as I build my business and create a new lifestyle for my family. People who have ADHD often struggle with these same issues, so I decided to go to the experts- ADHD coaches.

Jay Carter, of Hyperfocused Coaching Systems, stood out to me because he combines his ADHD coaching with career coaching. What I found, while working with Jay, was a way to break down the overwhelm, identify it and deal with it in a productive manner.

One thing I especially loved that he did was to provide me with an overview of each of our phone consultations. This provided a lot of clarity for me because I was able to have a visual of our talk together, which always revealed some insight into my situation that I would have missed had I relied strictly on my memory of the conversation. It also reinforced what I learned with him and allowed me to clearly hear his guidance on how to tweak my game plan and keep me motivated.

As a result of working with Jay I completely changed the way I file papers, I keep clearly defined goals and lists, and I get more done in less time. He taught me a really useful tool, called mind mapping, which makes it so easy to break down anything I do into a much clearer, organized and detailed process. The skills and habits I learned while working with Jay have provided me with a lifetime value that literally is benefiting my entire family, as well as, the people I love to serve through my business. Developing habits that have a ripple effect on everyone around me, makes my investment with Jay one of the most beneficial decisions I’ve made.

While Jay certainly did not “do the work for me”, he did really take the load off my shoulders and allow me to more strategically work towards my goals. In short, if you desire to live your life at a higher level and need more time in your day and a more focused, organized approach to your life and business, whether you have ADHD or not, then I highly suggest you invest in yourself and let Jay Carter help structure your goals and build habits that work for you.

Susanne Ballard,RPh
President & CEO of Bella Life Endeavors, Inc.
Creator of the PharMomAssist

Why Hyperfocused Coaching? Why Jay Carter?

At 50, I am excited and happy to announce … I know what I want to be when I grow up!

Many of you will know what i mean by this statement … for those of you who may not, let me explain. All of my life I’ve been a wanderer and an explorer. I have wandered all over the country and explored countless careers, areas of study, and relationships. In my adult life, I have lived in six different states, 16 separate cities, and over 40 homes or apartments.

Teachers and employers loved me because I always met the deadline and could juggle superhuman workloads. Little did they know the procrastination, obsessing, and nervous breakdowns that happen behind the scenes. It would not be unusual to find me up until three or four in the morning the night before project was due pulling the proverbial rabbit out of a hat.

My record in relationships is very similar, jumping spontaneously without thinking things through into unhealthy, dysfunctional situations, doomed to failure from the start.

I am the absolute embodiment of the phrase, “Jack (or rather Jill) of All Trades, Master of None”!

From morning to night, each and every day, my head is filled with ideas. Ideas that I rarely follow through on. I often get completely obsessed with the activity or idea allowing it to consume every waking moment for months… then abandon it.

For most of my life I have a pervading sense that I have greater potential but lacked the confidence to meet it.

I stumbled onto the Hyperfocused Coaching website and found it intriguing. I never heard of an ADHD coach and hadn’t seriously consider myself an ADHD (despite seemingly overwhelming evidence to the contrary). but as I read about Jay and his experience that sounded eerily familiar. I thought it wouldn’t hurt to take advantage of the free consultation.

For our first conversation I felt at ease with Jay. He was genuinely interested in helping me and showed incredible patience every time I ran off on a tangent, carefully bringing me back on track.

Through our sessions, I began to identify and acknowledge my strengths… like WOW I have STRENGTHS?!I began to be more aware of my self-defeating patterns as well as those around me. Jay helped me learn where I want to go in my life and what I wanted to, not by telling me what HE thought but by asking good questions and helping ME learn about ME.

I began learning how to become the architect of my life instead of viewing it from the sidelines. Changes are happening from within. I am beginning to build confidence and focus. I cannot wait to discover what is around the next corner, thinks, in no small part, to Jay and Hyperfocused Coaching!

Laska G.
Washington

Jay,

A few months back we had a very beneficial coaching session where you helped to define and clarify steps to take in achieving my personal and business goals. After making significant strides I had reached a point where I could benefit from additional professional advice to further refine and expand on my recent achievements.

I found you exceeded my expectations in our latest brainstorming session by not only helping to identify new areas to explore which were an excellent fit for my business’s capabilities and vision, but additionally offering crucial personal contacts which could prove extremely useful in successfully developing and expanding into these new areas.

Thanks again,

Jonathan Shank
Owner, Transonic Acoustics

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In this episode Jay talks about a different perspective on setting goals based on David Allen’s Getting Things Done methodology.
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In this episode Jay interviews ADD Coach Academy owner David Giwerc about how he uses mind mapping.
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Here’s a link to David’s ADD Coach Academy (ADDCA). If you are interested in hiring a coach for ADHD, you want to make sure they graduated from ADDCA. If you’re interested in becoming a coach, there’s no better place to explore your interest – here’s a link for more informtion for coaches.

There is a lot of great ADHD information on the site if you’re just interested in learning more about ADHD. This particular link below is to a program ADDCA offers that applies to everyone, not just coaches.

David has also created some amazing videos that help us understand ADHD better. You can find them on ADDCA’s facebook page here

What Tools are Available?
We mentioned some mind mapping tools on the show:

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In this episode Jay talks about Mind Maps as a powerful tool for those with ADHD.
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What’s a Mind Map
Mind mapping starts out with a central idea or image. This could be a topic you’re researching or the day of the week that you’re creating a to-do list for. You will then create associations related to that central idea or image and then associations related to that second layer. If you picture a piece of paper with a circle in the middle and then spokes drawn from that center with other circles, you have the basic idea of how a mind map starts. The center circle is the main starting idea and the “spokes” of the wheel are the sub-topics that you will use to build upon the main idea. Color or other images used with this structure can really add further organization to a developing mind map.

Let’s Get Practical
Why should YOU be interested in mind mapping? Tony Buzan, who invented Mind Mapping, has taught the concepts to thousands of people around the world. Using mind mapping has been shown to increase productivity as much as 25% (or even more if you find yourself really stuck!) Mind Mapping also enables faster learning and improves memory because it allows you to think more clearly and logically to give your ideas a visually organized layout.

What Tools are Available?
We mentioned four mind mapping tools on the show:

Tony Buzan’s iMindMap

Mind Meister – the online tool

MindManager from Mind Jet and FreeMind

Class Info:
If you are interested in learning more about mind mapping, Jay has created an online class for you to learn more about the ins and outs of mind mapping including a step-by-step process and a walk-through of several different mind mapping software applications. The 60-minute course will be followed by a 30 minute Q&A session.

The class is being held Thursday, October 14th at 8:30 pm EST. To register for the class simply visit http://learnmindmapping.com. The class cost is $97 but if you register by October 7th, you will receive a 30% discount. If perhaps you are listening to the podcast after the class has already taken place, you will be able to purchase a recording (audio & video) recording of the class at http://learnmindmapping.com or http://hyperfocusedcoaching.com.

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In this episode Jay talks about the important connection between ADHD and our Strengths.
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Show Notes:

Why should you care about strengths:
Understanding your strengths with a diagnosis of ADHD helps you to focus on a path and find a specific direction. ADHD is a condition that centers around interest and attention so a focus on strengths is just one powerful way to engage your brain.

Let’s Get Practical:
Identifying your strengths can sometimes by the difficult part, so incorporating a book like Now, Discover Your Strengths and tests like StrengthsFinder 2.0 can help you find and maximize your strength so you are functioning at your highest potential.

Here are 5 components to reference when talking about strengths:
1. Super-fast learning
2. Sense of Satisfaction
3. Consistency and Confidence
4. Excellence
5. A Yearning to do whatever it is that the strength has you doing.

Identifying Strengths:
Here are some options for identifying strengths:
1. Review areas in your life where you have been able to hyperfocus on a particular activity and identify actions that you can take to recreate into you current daily activity that will encourage this same level of focus.
2. Take the online StrengthsFinder 2.0 to identify your areas of talent
3. Work with Jay one-on-one in a 90 minute session that uses personalized coaching and the StrengthsFinder 2.0 to unpack your strengths, brainstorm applications of your strengths and build an action plan. To find out more about this product visit: http://www.hyperfocusedcoaching.com/products/hyperfocused-strengths-builder/.

A Word About Weaknesses:
Dr. Ratey and Dr. Hallowell, who wrote Driven To Distraction and Delivered from Distraction have always stressed a strengths based approach to ADHD but it’s also important to identify weaknesses so that we create an environment to avoid these areas of weakness.

Show Resources:
StrengthsFinder 2.0
Now, Discover Your Strengths





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In this episode Jay introduces 2 ADHD friendly technology tools.

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Show Notes:

Calendar Applications:

An important consideration in thinking about calendaring is what type of calendar you use at work. It’s much more productive to have a single calendar that has all of your events in one place.

I use Google Calendar as my primary calendar. My corporation uses Lotus Notes. I use CompanionLink to sync my Lotus Notes one way to my Google Calendar.

Task Lists
ThinkingRock I’ve used this tool for several years.

• Cost – $40 for the first year $10 for Subsequent years
• Pros – Very closely follows the David Allen GTD methodology.
• Cons – Not web based
• Can get unwieldy if you have too many tasks

Toodledo

• Cost

• Free
• $14.99
• $29.95

• Free
• Web-based
• Smart phone apps

• The presentation of tasks can be a little overwhelming

Remember the Milk

• Cost

• Free
• $25

• Free
• Web-based
• Smart phone apps
• Nice tabbed interface

• None really

GQueues
The thing I like about GQueues is that you can create a targeted list by assigning dates to the important tasks you want to get done today. Then you can use the smart view for Today’s tasks and see only those items. This is the application that I’m using currently.

• Cost

• Free
• $25

• Free
• Web-based
• Smart phone apps
• Fully integrated with Google

• None really

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In this episode Jay interviews Karen Quammen, a disability expert, and they talk about ADHD and the D-word – Disability. Do you think ADHD is a disability? Karen and I serve on the board of directors of the Minnesota Business Leadership Network, a non-profit that exists to help companies and providers come together to promote the employment of people with disabilities. The Minnesota Business Leadership Network I think you’ll find this interview enlightening as in introduction to the world of disability in the workplace.

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Show Notes:

Karen is the state coordinator for Disability Mentoring Day. This link will take you to information on the 2009 Disability Mentoring national launch in Duluth, Minnesota.

I’d like your feedback around this issue. Do you think ADHD is a disability? Have you disclosed your ADHD to your employer? Have you received any accommodations at work?

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In this episode, we’re going to be talking about using the “Body Double” concept as an effective strategy to deal with several ADHD traits.

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I mentioned my friend Cliff Ravenscraft. He has a great podcast about virtual assistants at virtualassistantpodcast.com. If you listen to the beginning of episode 7, you’ll hear the discussion that Cliff and I had on the topic of virtual assistants and the body double concept.

Some Articles on using the Body Double concept for People with ADHD:

• The Body Double by Linda Anderson
• When You Need a Body Double by Pat Quinn in ADDitude Magazine

If you have any ideas on different ways to use a Body Double – please comment here on the post.

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I have a special treat lined up for episode 11. I recently attended the ADHD Coaches Organization’s national conference in Chicago. After the conference, I got a few of my buddies around a table and recorded a conversation around ADHD Coaching.

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Show Notes:
I’m a professional member of The ADHD Coaches Organization. This organization exists as a resource for ADHD Coaches and to promote excellence in ADHD Coaching. They are doing great work for the ADHD community.

One thing we mentioned early on is that the coaches on this particular call went through a very intense year-long training course at the ADD Coach Academy. The ADD Coach Academy or ADDCA as we call it is the gold standard that other ADHD coaching schools are measured by. If you don’t click with any of the coaches on this call, you can go to ADD Coach Academy and search for a coach.

If you’re interested in becoming an ADHD Coach, I’d be happy to talk with you. You can get information on coach training from ADDCA by clicking on the logo below:

Coaches on today’s show:

• Steve Gundy – Has a real heart for helping Christian business men
• http://www.stevegundy.com
• 574-855-1800

• Judith Champion – Has a huge passion for kids and families with ADHD
• http://www.addassociates.com
• Judith@JudithChampion.com

• Genya Masri – Targets college students making that important transition to independence.
• 416-241-1605

• Kathleen Marikar – works with children and families with ADHD
• http://www.add-vantage.com
• kathleen@add-vantagecoaching.com

• Jay Carter – Hyperfocused Coaching Systems, LLC
• I focus exclusively on adults. A large percentage of my clients are dealing with career or business issues.
• http://www.Hyperfocusedcoaching.com
• jaycarter@hyperfocusedcoaching.com

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In Episode 10 we continue our discussion of motivation. We’ll present 10 ways to rock your motivation to the next level and ask for feedback on ways that you’ve helped your motivation in the past.

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Thanks for joining me for episode ten of the ADHD Weekly Podcast.

In this episode we conclude our discussion of ADHD and motivation

I lay out my top 10 Keys for Maximizing Your Motivation:

1. Have a Dream
2. Set up your Environment for sucess
3. Take advantage of Novelty
4. Create Routines
5. Create a strong Feeback Loop
6. Use a coach or a friend as a “body double”
7. Passion is important
8. Know yourself
9. Create Energy by using the proper fuel
10. Rinse and Repeat – Use the Plan – Do – Check – Act (PDCA) Cycle

Resources mentioned on today’s show:

I enjoy reading books by Daniel Pink. I highly recommend this one on motivation.

Seth Godin’s new book on being a Linchpin.

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In Episode 9 we talk about motivation using the new book Drive by Daniel Pink. This podcast lays the framework for next week when we talk about two types of motivation and 10 ways to jazz up your motivation.

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Thanks for joining me for episode nine of the ADHD Weekly Podcast.

In this episode we talk about ADHD and motivation

Resources mentioned on today’s show:

I enjoy reading books by Daniel Pink. I highly recommend this one on motivation.

Dan’s talk about motivation at the TED conference.

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In Episode 8 we talk about how the words we choose can affect our ability to win in our game of life.

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Thanks for joining me for episode eight of the ADHD Weekly Podcast.

In this episode we talk about ADHD and the words we choose.

Resources mentioned on today’s show:

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Thanks for joining me for episode seven of the ADHD Weekly Podcast.

In this episode we continue our discussion about ADHD and Success. Success is a really elusive goal for many ADHDers. A good understanding of how successful we are with objective evidence can be life changing. I know it was for me. Leave a comment – how do YOU define success?

Resources mentioned on today’s show:

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Thanks for joining me for episode six of the ADHD Weekly Podcast.

In this episode we talk about Success. Success is a really elusive goal for many ADHDers. A good understanding of how successful we are with objective evidence can be life changing. I know it was for me. Leave a comment – how do YOU define success?

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Thanks for joining me for episode five of the ADHD Weekly Podcast.

In this episode we talk about one of the fundamental components of living a productive life – Sleep.

I have recognized in my own life, the tremendous impact that sleep can have on my productivity and the severity of my ADHD symptoms.

I leaned heavily on a book from John Medina for some of the material I talked about.

Here’s a link to it on Amazon.

I also mentioned Dr. Hallowell’s book. Here’s my link to it on Amazon:

These links are my affiliate links, but feel free to run down and grab the book from your local bookstore or get the audio versions from iTunes or Audible.

I also mentioned this article by Richard Ferri

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Thanks for joining me for episode four of the ADHD Weekly Podcast.

In this episode we talk about ADHD and Your Work.

As a professional coach, I work with many people with ADHD or ADHD traits to help them win in their careers and their businesses. This podcast is an overview of how ADHD has an impact.

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Thanks for joining me for episode three of the ADHD Weekly Podcast.

In this episode we talk about Cereal Lies or Multi-tasking – Friend or Foe The answer may surprise you.

In this podcast, I mention the book Brain Rules by John Medina. I’m just getting started with it, but so far it is offering very interesting insights about the brain. One of our good ADHD friends, Dr. John Ratey who recently wrote the book, Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain, is one of the endorsers on the back of the book.

Here’s the Amazon link to the book.

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Thanks for coming back for episode two of the ADHD Weekly Podcast.

Personal productivity and the feeling that I’m reaching my potential and living out my purpose have always been important to me.

In this episode we explore how to make sure that we are selective about the activities that we choose to engage in and be comfortable with saying no to the one’s that we don’t choose to pursue.

We also talk about a great productivity tool called “Your Calendar”. Using our calendars, we can make sure we have time to work on the important things by blocking time in the future. Future time isn’t nearly as painful to schedule as “Now” time.

I mentioned the free calendar from Google that is connected with a Gmail account – you can find it here.

I also use a free service called Tungle to allow other people to see my calendar and schedule appointments with me. You can view my calendar and even schedule a 30 minute consultation by going to tungle.me/jaycarter

Finally – we also answered the question, “What’s the difference between ADD and ADHD?”. In recent years the medical term for the condition was changed from Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) to Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). There are three basic types of ADD/ADHD – Inattentive, Hyperactive/Impulsive, and a combination of both.

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The first episode is finally up.

I took some time in this episode to introduce myself and talk a little about the format for the podcast.

I also talked about ADHD Goals and what’s different for ADHDers. We talked about setting goals in seven different areas of life:

• Spiritual
• Physical
• Family
• Personal Development
• Social
• Financial
• Career

I also talked about TM goals, goals that are time-based and measurable.

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Everybody has their favorite candy. Mine is a old fashion mixture of chocolate, raisins, and peanuts called Chunky. It is still sold by Nestle. I can remember going hunting as a 12-year old lad and eating a Chunky for energy. You can still find them various places including Old Time Candy.

So what does that have to do with being productive and successful in life. Well it turns out that Chunky is also a great idea for ADHDers and anyone having difficulty getting started with with a task. Sometimes the enormity of the entire task can be overwhelming for us. I know for me that certain tasks seem hard to get started with.

I was exploring this phenomenon earlier with one of my ADHD coaches and we talked about the way I use MindMapping to break a task down. She used the word “Chunking” to describe the way I break many of my tasks down into smaller chunks. A light bulb went off when she described it that way and especially when she said, “Hey Einstein, why don’t you apply that to the problem we’re working on!”

Chunking can be applied to any task that you’re having trouble getting started.

Here’s how it works:

1. Think about some logical divisions for your task.
2. Write down or type the divisions in a list leaving room to add more detail below.
3. Consider whether you need to further subdivide the task. You should have as many divisions as it takes to get going, but no more.
4. Begin working on the first division and move to the next one when you’re done.

This concept is a primary one used by project managers and I know it works great for me too. I’d love to hear your feedback. Post it here or call me me at (651)252-4ADD (233)

I spent this last weekend at a high-end business retreat for entrepreneurs. It’s interesting that there is a much higher incidence rate of ADHD among entrepreneurs than there is among the general population. There’s a higher incidence in prison as well but that’s a different story.

There are great paradoxes in many all aspects of ADHD. A lot of ADHDers have a wealth of ideas that boggles the mind. This creativity is really a powerful weapon for ADHD entrepreneurs. It’s also a gift and a strength. As ADHDers we think that anything we are good at, everybody else is good at. And the things we are bad at, everybody else is good at that too. I heard some incredible ideas that people were building businesses around this weekend. So what’s the paradox – well a ton of ideas can also be paralyzing. Quite of few of those same ADHD creative types have a great deal of trouble making decisions and making choices among many things. It’s a paradox! It’s important as ADHDers that we recognize how our ADHD affects us. If this is a way your ADHD manifests itself, it’s important to develop a system or process to work through prioritizing ideas and focusing on what’s most important.

For the past three or four years I have followed a system for reviewing my life and my progress towards meeting my full potential and walking boldly in faith in the path that God has placed before me.

This system is comprised of an annual review of my personal mission statement, a review of last year’s goals, and setting specific MT goals for next year. People talk about SMART goals or SMARTA goals, but for me the Measurable and the Time-based abbreviations are enough. SMART stands for Specific, Measurable, Attainable,Realistic , and Time-based. The extra A get’s you Alignment with your mission.

I’ve seen a lot of SMART goals over the years that really weren’t that smart.The reason seems to be that even though organizations and individuals profess to be using SMART goals, they are really weak on the metrics and measurements that will determine success or failure. They also often allow the due date slide as well.

Now having said that, I’ve also seen some dynamite SMART/A goals as well. My point is that we need to be cognizant of the fact that choosing the right measurement is important.

Michael Gerber in e-Myth tells us that businesses need to measure everything!

Jay Levinson in Guerilla Marketing tells us that if we don’t measure our marketing results, we’re throwing money away.

So take the time to set goals for next year and review them on a regular basis. Share them with some colleagues or friends that will hold you accountable. You’ll be surprised how much you can get done. I set goals in each area of the life wheel – Career/Education, Relationships, Financial, Spiritual, Physical, Personal Improvement/Learning, and Social.

Each of these are important if YOU want to reach your Potential

We all have so much to be thankful for!

My wife got a call last Thursday that her father would be undergoing quintuple heart bypass surgery. We loaded up the crew and headed for Mississippi. He came home today in good spirits and as healthy as you can be after that type of surgery. We are thankful for the doctors and nurses who cared for him and we’re thankful for the successful surgery.

We all have many things to be thankful for even in this time of economic challenge. A grateful heart is a key prerequisite for success in life and in business.

Put a system in place today to ensure your mind remembers to tell your heart to be thankful for the many ways in which you’ve been blessed.