Month: October 2013

Five Books on ADHD You Need to Read!

So you want to learn more about ADHD, but Amazon lists over 6000 results when you search “ADHD books”.  Ugh! With a list this long, where do you start?  Well, I’m going to suggest you start with my current list of favorites and see where it takes you. What makes these books current favorites? They’re up to date: There have been a lot of great books written for folks with ADHD over the years, but any number … Read More

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Sometimes You’ve Got to Fail to Succeed!

  I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work. ~ attributed to Thomas Edison with regard to creating the lightbulb This quote makes me think about a situation I experienced while serving as a board member for a non-profit organization.  I had worked for weeks to prepare what I thought was an amazing agenda for an important two-day meeting.  Unfortunately when meeting time rolled around, a lot of things happened that resulted in … Read More

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You’ve Gotta Protect Your Planning Time!

I’m reading an interesting book called Fast Minds, by Craig Surman, MD & Tim Bilkey, MD.  It’s a self-help book for folks with ADHD or who think they may have ADHD.  This morning I came across a couple of sentences I want to share with you. “ We want to reiterate here that we feel one of the most important times to protect in life is planning time. Without stepping outside the busyness of the day-to-day activities … Read More

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