| If you're and adult diagnosed with Attention Deficit | | | | are the things you will find easier to develop. Once you |
| Disorder (ADD), you likely become overwhelmed when | | | | have established what works for you, both your |
| dealing with the day-to-day tasks of every-day living. | | | | personal and professional lives will become much |
| This can result in feelings of 'lack of achievement' in | | | | simpler. |
| terms of those things that are important in your life and | | | | 5. Concentrate on Your Strengths - Everybody has |
| conjures up frustration that you are just not coping. In | | | | 'positive attributes': strengths, skills, knowledge, |
| turn, this causes stress which results in additional | | | | expertise and aptitude. Increasing the time you spend |
| frustration . . . after all, stress is caused by those things | | | | and the effort you make on these 'positives' will |
| you don't achieve, not the things you do achieve. Your | | | | increase both your sense of self-worth and your |
| entire day is on turbo-charge as you constantly | | | | contentment. Positive energy attracts positives! |
| attempt to 'catch-up' AND this leaves you feeling | | | | 6. Become an Optimist - It's easy to focus on the |
| disorganized, frustrated and discontent. Do you | | | | negative aspects of ADD. However you MUST |
| recognize any of these feelings? You'll be pleased to | | | | constantly force yourself to focus on the good things |
| know there are some valuable strategies for dealing | | | | about yourself. If you believe in the natural 'cause and |
| with and overcoming these feelings of helplessness. | | | | affect' principle, you will require no convincing that |
| Here are 8 important strategies for dealing with ADD: | | | | when you focus on the positives, you attract positives. |
| 1. Slow Down - You often live life on hyper drive, both | | | | Positives energize you and people love being around |
| mentally and physically. While this strategy requires | | | | positive people - it's all part of the 'law of attraction'. |
| discipline, it's essential that you force yourself to | | | | 7. Plan the Time to Plan - Set aside some time once a |
| SLOW DOWN. When you experience those feeling of | | | | week to plan out the week ahead. Start off by |
| being out of control, tell yourself to STOP, think about | | | | identifying what's great in your life and how you can |
| what's happening and SLOW DOWN. It is possible! | | | | improve those tings. Then think about those things that |
| 2. Take Special Care Of You - You most likely have a | | | | annoy you and how you can (at least) minimize their |
| tendency to put yourself last. You need to start to | | | | impact on you. Write these things down and establish |
| take very special care of yourself and think about | | | | a quick plan of a few things you are going to commit |
| what makes you feel good. After all, if you feel good, | | | | to doing over the next seven days. |
| you are in a much better position to take care of | | | | 8. Take Challenges - This does necessarily mean |
| others. It's a good idea to write down those things that | | | | speed-boat racing or skydiving! It suggests stepping |
| you like to do and the people you enjoy doing them | | | | out of your comfort zone and doing things that may |
| with. | | | | be a little uncomfortable. Examples might include |
| 3. Know Your Own ADD - ADD takes many forms | | | | requesting that pay-rise, joining a gym, or signing up for |
| and affects us all in many diverse ways. You cannot | | | | that course you've been thinking about for years. If |
| effectively manage ADD without a high level of | | | | you don't take the challenge, you wont get the return. |
| awareness of the particular manner in which it impacts | | | | While there are many challenges to those of us who |
| your life and the life of those you care about. Become | | | | have been diagnosed with ADD or ADHD, we tend to |
| aware of your specific behaviors . . . being aware is 50 | | | | ignore the positives and the opportunities we have to |
| percent of the battle in managing ADD. | | | | overcome adversity. While we have identified 8 |
| 4. Use Your Learning and Processing Methods - This | | | | strategies for dealing with ADD, we are certain there |
| strategy follows on from the previous one. Once you | | | | are many more. When all is said and done, it all gets |
| develop an awareness of specific behaviors, identify | | | | down to attitude AND attitude is a direct result of how |
| the ways in which you concentrate and learn. Identify | | | | you choose to think. It's your choice! |
| those things you are passionate about because they | | | | |