“The brighter people struggle with the disorder longer, they’re not believed, nobody can think they got as far as they did and have ADHD.”
"Anyone who exhibits the classic symptoms of ADHD will have difficulty with all or most of the seven core executive functions."
- Russell Barkley, Ph.D.
Awareness
"ADHD is, to summarize it in a single phrase, time blindness… People with ADHD cannot deal with time; and that includes: looking back, to look ahead to get ready for what’s coming at you. (…) The now is more compelling than the information you’re holding in mind."
- Russell Barkley, Ph.D.
Awareness
"ADHD is not a disorder of knowing what to do, it’s a disorder of doing what you know — at the right times and places."
- Russell Barkley, Ph.D.
Awareness
"Rule 1: Stop the Action! Buy some time before you respond. Rule 2: See the Past … and Then the Future See what’s coming. Rule 3: Say the Past … and Then the Future Analyze before deciding; develop rules for the future. Rule 4: Externalize Key Information Rely on something besides your memory. Rule 5: Feel the Future Stay motivated. Rule 6: Break It Down … and Make It Matter Bring the future a lot closer. Rule 7: Make Problems External, Physical, and Manual Simplify problem solving. Rule 8: Have a Sense of Humor! Accept your imperfections and get on with your life."
- Russell Barkley, Ph.D.
Self-improvement
"Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful."
- Joshua J. Marine
Adversity
"The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it."
- Epicurus
Adversity
"It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness."
- Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Adversity
"The battles that count aren’t the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself—the invisible, inevitable battles inside all of us—that’s where it’s at."
- Jesse Owens
Adversity
"If there is no struggle, there is no progress."
- Frederick Douglass
Adversity