As people with Adult ADHD, we tend to think in an all-or-nothing, black-or-white kind of way: “Do I follow the entire idea and go open a restaurant or not?”
But what you really want to say, to make your Adult ADHD work for you, instead of against you is: “How can I apply this great new idea to the project I’m working on already?”
You train yourself to do this over time. You can even do it in conversations when you’re brainstorming with friends or business partners or whatever.
When random ideas come up, just say, “Hey, that’s a really good idea. How do we apply that to what we’re working on? What makes that idea so good? Why am I so excited about that idea?”
In the case of the restaurant idea, the original idea was, “It would be great to have a Mexican Restaurant here because there isn’t one in town and everyone wants one.”
So, when I applied that concept to my current business, it became “What does everyone with Adult ADHD want that isn’t being given to them?” If I can come up with that, then I’m all set.
The point is, if you can use your Adult ADHD to figure out how to flip your ideas up and switch them around to be focused on your bigger goals, then you’re way ahead of people without Adult ADHD–because you have about 5 great new innovative ideas a day!
Just imagine how much progress you will make if you apply them to your main project every day, instead of getting distracted…you’ll be a powerhouse!
To find out more about how to turn your Adult ADHD distractions into advantages, like how to use multi-sensory stimulation to focus in on your projects, just see below.