107 | Attention Engagement and Completion with Cameron Gott

ADHD reWired

Eric Tivers, LCSW, ADHD-CCSP

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4.7 • 919 Ratings

🗓️ 15 March 2016

⏱️ 65 minutes

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ADHD reWired Episode 107 Title: Awareness Engagement Completion with Cameron Gott Guest: Cameron Gott Cameron Gott is the co-developer and senior trainer of the ™ program. An ADHD coach, Cameron works with professionals who want to match action with intention and take their game to the next level. Besides coaching adults with ADHD, Cam mentors ADHD coaches-in-training and writes about a variety of ADHD work topics at his . He is the chief architect of The AEC Model utilized in our advanced ADHD coach training course. With a background in education, Cam took his first coaching training in 1998 and subsequently received training and certification through the demanding program at The Coaches Training Institute™. Cameron’s Story After being Diagnosed with ADHD Cameron discovered that articulating ADHD is a critical step in ADHD Awareness Half of the people in the world do not think about thinking Cameron was diagnosed with ADHD at the age of 28 while working as a teacher at a Quaker School Cameron was a “Gentle Giant” when he was a student and did not cause problems and was therefore overlooked as being a person who needed help Cameron realized he was ADHD during a presentation at a retreat he was hosting in his own home Cameron goes speaks about what the Quakers believe, how they live and what his job at school entailed. He further discusses the difficulties is ADHD presented him. One of the biggest challenges ADHD presents for Cameron is writing. Cameron struggled in College and took calculus 7 times. Worried his ADHD would prevent him from graduating he hired a coach, without whom he never thought he would graduate. Cameron struggled as an ADHD coach in the beginning AEC Awareness Engagement Completion AEC is a theory developed by Cameron and Denslow Brown aka In order to complete a task, you have to engage a task “The problem is not usually the engine, it’s the gearbox” ADHD people spend too much time revving our engines while in neutral. Cameron helps his ADHD clients to discover the tasks they need to do and the ones they can simply shed. People are either too far into awareness and do not achieve completion or they are trying so hard to complete a task that they simply are not aware. How to reach Cameron Gott Website – Website - Facebook - Twitter - GooglePlus - LinkedIn - Other information: Connect with people virtually using Eric's favorite video conferencing and connectivity platform, Zoom, by visiting – the basic service is totally free. Visit for a free audio-book download and to see a slide show of some great suggestions. If you do pick a free audio book, leave a comment on that page telling us what you chose. If you want to hear your question or comment on a future episode, go to or and look for the comment form, or click on the yellow button for either "Be a Guest" or "Record your question". Are you looking for a coach? You can schedule a free 20-minute consultation with Eric. Go to and click the blue "Schedule an Appointment" button. Third Monday of every month at 6:45 PM Grayslake, Illinois (CHADD does not endorse this podcast) Sign up for to stay in touch. ---------- Go to erictivers.com/70 for the full show notes and links mentioned in this episode. Go to or call 224‒993‒9450 to let Eric know if you're interested in joining the next ADHD reWired Coaching and Accountability group. Connect with people virtually using Eric's favorite video conferencing and connectivity platform, Zoom, by visiting – the basic service is totally free. For a free audio-book download from our sponsor Audible.com, please visit

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0:00.0	Oh, just about when I found out that I could take a class over, that was brilliant.
0:07.6	You know, that was beauty.
0:09.3	I had no idea I could take classes over.
0:11.8	I took calculus seven times. Oh my.
0:17.0	AEDHD. Rewired episode 107.
0:26.2	This is the show designed to help those of us who have really good intentions and a slightly
0:31.7	wandering attention. My name is Eric Tivers, I'm a licensed clinical
0:36.2	social worker, coach, and consultant. We know that starting can be the hardest part, so let's get started.
0:45.0	But first, let me thank our sponsors. This podcast is brought to you by Audible and Tom Nardone.
0:58.0	Have you read brine Brown's newest book Rising Strong, let me tell you, I have been there. You've been there.
1:07.1	All of us have been there at some point. We dared greatly and failed, been hurt, disappointed, rejected, it's the struggle.
1:17.3	To me, rising strong is a call to action.
1:21.1	It is the message that says if I'm going to do meaningful work, if I'm going to dare
1:26.6	greatly and put myself out there again and again, I am going to fail. I am now listening to Rising Strong for a second time. I'm leaning in even more this time and finding more strength and courage that sometimes I forget that I have.
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2:48.0	80-H-D re-wired. I am here in the virtual ADHD rewired studios with my guest
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