ADDed Perspective Blog

“If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If I am not for others, what am I? And if not now, when? ” Rabbi Hillel
Rabbi Hillel really captures what it means to Value Yourself in the above quote.

It is important to view the process of Valuing Oneself as a critical step in reaching one’s goals. Those with ADD (and many other people) may find this step hard to get up. However, if you miss this step, you may find yourself lying flat on your face, feeling pretty bruised.

More often than not, accomplishing goals is about taking one step at a time up a staircase, rather than simply opening a door and stepping over the threshold.

I wrote about the first step on this staircase, Knowing Yourself, in the article, “AD/HD, College and Success: Is There A Blueprint?” The title of the article should have been “AD/HD, Life and Success…”

So, how do you take this second step? Read on…
Accept yourself. As Popeye said: “I yam what I am yam”. If you have traits that get in the way of reaching your goals, by all means, find a way to modify them. If you like these traits, try utilizing them in Read More

As the needs of each student are unique, it is impossible to offer a step by step plan. However, there are critical steps, which increase a student’s chance for success in college. As the architect of their future, college students with AD/HD need to know themselves well (Field and Hoffman, 1994). How they come to know themselves is the focus of this article.

The process starts with questions about their future. “What do I want my life to look like 3 months, 6 months, 1 year, and 5 years from now? That is, what are my dreams? When I achieve my dreams how will my life look different from now?” Dreams are the foundation of this process of getting to know themselves, as they provide powerful inspiration and motivation.

“Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul; the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.” Napoleon Hill

Moving beyond their dreams, students need to identify the additional building blocks of their self awareness, which are their strengths, weaknesses, needs and preferences. The essence of this question is: “Who am I Read More