Adult ADD Strengths

These are some questions I use with my ADD coaching clients. I’m also using these questions (probably won’t cover them all) for my Vancouver Adult ADD Support Group meeting this Tuesday on the topic of ADD and getting motivated and I thought some of my blog readers might find them useful to think about too. When ADDers are motivated we’re really motivated but when we’re not it often seems like task are impossible.

1. You need different motivational strategies for different areas of your life and different tasks. One size doesn’t fit all. What motivates you at work may not motivate you at home and vice versa.

ADDers often have problems waking up, due in large part to difficulties in turning off their racing minds before going to sleep.

Some people need the more hardcore Alarm clocks.

Others may prefer a more gradual, less violent approach. One possible clock is the Progression Wake Up Clock by Hammacher Schlemmer. via ADDitude Magazine

More gentle than the jarring noise of traditional alarms, this clock uses a gradual increase in ambient light, stimulating aromas, and peaceful sounds from nature to awaken sleepers.

Sometimes a gradual transition in waking up may lead to a happier (or at least less grumpy) mood in the morning.