Tools, systems, and strategies to help adults with ADHD take action, get organized, and follow through more consistently.
Part 1 of Series on Moving Forward I should keep a cleaner house, work more hours, be more organized, make more money, go on more vacations… What should you be doing? Whenever I say, “I should,” I know there is a great possibility that the “Jones” are lurking in the corner. I can’t…
Sometimes I find myself sitting at my desk with no particular objective in mind. It is what I call, Seat Time O’Rama. You know. It is when you are just kinda hanging out because you feel you should be working, but you are not really getting anything done. When I catch myself, I stop,…
When you think about attempting to reach your goals, what image comes to mind? Does it look like the image above? For those of you who have read my book, you know that I write about SMART Goals.To be sure, setting SMART Goals is a critical part of getting to where you want to…
Everyone experiences times of peaks and valley. And, of course, we all hope that we can stay on the peak as long as possible. But, inevitably, there are times that we are going to stumble and down we go – to the valley. I’ve been there, in the valley, for a month. I don’t know…
What do you do when you bring your mail into the house? If you are like many of us, you put it in the pile – the pile that you are going to deal with later. And the pile gets bigger and bigger, until you feel overwhelmed by the prospect of going through it. So,…
According Sir Francis Bacon, “knowledge is power.” A few weeks ago I wrote about a free web based financial tool, Mint.com. It truly is an amazing tool in that it gives you tons of information. Using this tool you can view all of your financial accounts in one location. And they are updated instantaneously when…
This is the first time I can ever remember being so excited about a financial tool. Personal finances just is not a subject that gets me really fired up. But when I used mint.com, I was floored by its potential to help people, like my clients with ADD, who struggle to get a handle on…
It is time to take a break from the seriousness of AD/HD and share a funny story. While it certainly helps to be resolute in tackling the challenges of our AD/HD symptoms, it also is beneficial to approach them with a sense of humor. I'll offer a story of my own. Yesterday, as we were…
Today is one of those days when trying harder just seems to make things worse. I spent most of the morning trying harder, to no avail. My laptop crashed this morning. I was really upset, as I imagine many of you might be, too. I wanted a quick fix, which was just not going to…
Ok, just for the record, I do not really follow sports and am not much of a spectator, unless I’m watching my daughter. So, why I am reading Sports business daily? Good question, thanks for asking. I am interested in the human interest side of sports. You know, like following the exploits of A-Rod and…