Danielle RalstonFounder, How Capacity Works · Founder of ND Hive | Building the productivity hub where work actually gets done | Execution spaces, body doubling & community accountability

Why #ADHD Brains Love to Learn But Struggle to Implement #breakselfsabotage #radicalshifts

13 Aug 2024 · 1 min

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Danielle Ralston explains why people with ADHD buy countless courses but rarely finish them or use what they learn. She argues the fix is showing up in ways that match your current capacity, not some idealized version of yourself, and building tools that actually fit your life instead of burning out chasing results.

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Because we love to learn. ADHD brains, we are so smart. We are so smart. We love to learn new things. We love to learn. And we buy 12,000 courses and workbooks and, and, and, and, and, and, and that's where it ends. One, we may not actually do the course, or 2, you do the course and you learn all of these amazing things, but you never implement, which means you never take action and never get results. And showing up when you feel uncomfortable, but showing up in a way that works for you in your current place right now. Not as your past self, not as a future self 12 months down the line, which makes you burn out when you're trying to show up like that. It's that stretch and normalize, creating tools for your body, your brain, your life, your current situation for your business, and understanding how that all works together.