I Have ADHD Podcast 62 Adult ADHD + All the Ideas
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Jun 30, 2020 The conversation delves into the challenge of focusing on one idea amidst ADHD's distractions. It highlights the struggle adults face in sticking to goals, often jumping from one interest to another. By likening ideas to romantic relationships, they stress the significance of commitment for success. Embracing focus is essential to achieving potential, and confronting distractions can lead to greater fulfillment. Discovering how to see an idea through to completion can change everything.
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Why ADHD Minds Abandon Projects
- ADHD brains love novelty and lose interest after the initial dopamine hit.
- Kristen explains this causes people to jump to new ideas when mundane follow-through becomes hard, derailing completion.
Use Constraint To Finish What Matters
- Constrain your focus to the essentials and commit to one idea long enough to produce results.
- Kristen recommends choosing what matters, using Greg McKeown's Essentialism as a model to reduce distractions.
Keely's Slack Question About Bouncing Between Businesses
- Kristen shares a Slack question from a Focused member, Keely, about switching businesses versus boredom.
- Keely described spending money on new hobbies, feeling scattered, and regretting purchases when she checks bank statements.