In part 1 of “Improvise, Adapt, and Overcome,” I told you how I learned about resilience and why it’s so important in everyday life. I also revealed my first major life resilience test – Marine Corps boot camp – one of the most, if not...
How are some people able to bounce back from overwhelming adversity? Do resilient people eat Wheaties every morning, pump up their Air Jordan’s, and throw down spinach like Popeye? Or do they possess some internal superpower that propels them past life’s...
Yasoon’s new Wunderlist for Outlook is a task manager add-in allows you to manage emails, meetings, and Wunderlist tasks all right within Outlook. Here’s how it streamlined my workflow and saved me a ton of time. The Disjointed Workflow It’s 9 am...
Did you know that you can improve your ability to gain new insights into complex problems by 50% with 8 hours of quality sleep? I had two immediate thoughts when I first read this statistic. The first was: “Who in the world gets 8 hours of quality sleep these...
How do you get a 4.0 GPA as an adult with ADHD trying to finish your college degree? Do you study your ass off and hope for the best? Or do you look for ways to hack the system? Surprisingly, the answer lies somewhere between. Let me explain… Earlier this year,...
Beat to smithereens… That’s how I felt a couple days ago, following some intense ninjitsu training and cardio kickboxing. Mat burns, bruises, sore muscles from head to toe… I had the works! The plus side? I felt good afterward! My energy was spent,...
After taking stimulant ADHD medication for a while, many adult ADHDers develop a tolerance and need more. In fact, it often seems like we need a bigger dose every few months. For some, it’s sooner. When I started Methylphenidate at 10 mg, I thought I’d be...
Are you a digital hoarder? Do you accumulate new movies, shows, or software on a regular basis? Do you find yourself constantly wanting to learn new things and downloading new stuff before you can finish the old stuff? If so, you know how easy it is to lose control of...
Take one look at my resume and typically, one of two things will happen. Either you’ll think I have lots of experience or you’ll think I have a commitment issue. I like to believe it’s the former, but maybe I’m in denial. If you’re...
When I was first told I may have ADHD a couple years ago, I had mixed feelings about it. At the time, I didn’t know many people with ADHD or how common it was. I knew it could explain most of my symptoms, but I had heard of ADHDers being labeled as...
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