My clients often tell me that they waste too much time at work. There seems to be a common belief among ADDers that they spend too much time screwing around, while everyone else focuses intently and works productively all day long. I've always asserted that this simply isn't true! Everyone slacks of...

I really don't love sports. Never watch the Olympics. Couldn't care less about swimming. In fact, if Michael Phelps didn't have ADD, I really wouldn't care about him at all. But since he is a successful ADDer, he's on my radar, and I feel compelled to comment on the recent media attention he's recei...

I've been oddly silent for over a week recently, and I know a lot of people are wondering what happened to me. Clients even told me they were worried about me, because I never cancel appointments, but I canceled just about all of them last week. Well, the truth is that I spent the last week withdraw...

Before my book was published last year, I brainstormed titles and subtitles with my Mastermind Group of coaches. The title Odd One Out: The Maverick's Guide to Adult ADD was born out of that meeting. A week later, I came up with the subtitle: How to Be Happy and Successful by Breaking the Rules. I l...

Howie Mandel "came out of the closet" about having ADHD today!  Howie teamed up with ADDA, CHADD, ACO, and Shire to create TV and radio Public Service Announcements, along with an informative website, AdultADHDisReal.com. To see the PSA on TV, tune into the following national TV shows...

Prior to this weekend, I rode a horse just once in my life. My friend's father had a ranch, and I did a little bit of riding when we there for a visit. I remember doing it with ease and really enjoying it. That was 15 years ago. My, how things change! This past weekend Erin and I went horseback ridi...

Spelling has never been one of my strong points. Spelling bees bore me. And televised spelling bees could be used against me as a torture device. Unfortunately, my better half loves them. A few months ago I wandered into the family room while she was watching the National Spelling Bee. And although ...

I came across an article recently that suggested ADD meds are major league baseball's "other drug epidemic." The implication is that baseball players--facing intense scrutiny over illegal steroids--are turning to Ritalin and other ADD meds to help them perform in the game. I have no idea if this is ...

Yesterday was our first full day back home from the ADDA Conference. The conference was fantastic (as always) and we took a day to recuperate. One thing I hate about conferences--and business travel in general--is the food. It's been about a year that I've been focused on real food (traditional, far...

Today (or yesterday, I guess) was a long day. We traveled to Minneapolis for the ADDA conference at which I'll be speaking and exhibiting. I've already heard horror stories from friends and colleagues about how difficult their travel was, so I suppose we were very lucky to get a direct flight from W...