185 The ADHDers Guide to Achievable Goals with Michelle Carter
I Have ADHD Podcast
Kristen Carder
4.8 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 15 November 2022
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
Big, impossible goals are sexy. That’s what the world wants us to think. We have to do all of the things and be great at each one. But unrealistic goals are a challenge for adults with ADHD, and they set us up for failure.
Michelle Carter is an American shot putter and three-time Olympic athlete who took home a gold medal in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. But more importantly, she’s an adult with ADHD who’s achieved some pretty amazing things by giving herself the space to choose what’s a priority to her and working on her goals one step at a time.
Michelle shares what she learned about ADHD that’s helped her identify and achieve her goals in a way that works for her — plus, we discuss the emotional moment she realized she’d won gold at the Olympics.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the I have ADHD podcast where it's all about education, encouragement, and coaching for adults with ADHD. |
| 0:16.0 | I'm your host, Kristen Carter, and I have ADHD. |
| 0:20.0 | Let's chat about the frustrations, humor, and challenges of adulting, relationships, working, and achieving |
| 0:26.4 | with this neurodevelopmental disorder. I'll help you understand your unique brain, |
| 0:31.8 | unlock your potential, and move from point A to point A. understand your Hey what's up? This is Kristen Carter and you're listening to the I have |
| 0:43.4 | ADHD podcast episode number 185. I am medicated, I am caffeinated, and I'm |
| 0:49.6 | ready to roll. How are you? How are you? How are you? Come into the room, get settled. I am so |
| 0:56.6 | glad that you are here with me today. Thanks for press and play on this |
| 1:00.0 | podcast. It is going to be worth your time. I promise you, especially if you are someone who's |
| 1:08.2 | a little bit discouraged. If you feel like your ADHD holds you back in so many ways today's episode is going to light a fire in you. |
| 1:18.0 | I know it did for me. My guest Michelle Carter talks about her journey as a student with both dyslexia and ADHD and how she became an Olympic gold medalist. |
| 1:31.0 | Michelle is a three-time Olympian shot putter who won gold medal in the shot put at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics in 2016 and became the first American woman to win gold in that event. |
| 1:45.0 | Ah, that's amazing. |
| 1:48.0 | Of course this is so inspiring, but for me, |
| 1:52.0 | what was so so so inspiring about Michelle and my conversation with her is that she doesn't hold back from acknowledging the struggles of life, but she is committed to reaching her goals in baby steps. |
| 2:04.0 | And this part of our conversation as you'll hear as we get into it, |
| 2:08.0 | it was especially mind-blowing for me because Michelle never actually set out to be an Olympian. |
| 2:13.8 | She just was trying to do the next thing, |
| 2:16.6 | a little bit better, and a little bit better, |
| 2:18.8 | and a little bit better. |
| 2:20.1 | Just a tiny baby step forward. |
| 2:22.5 | And I don't know about you, but sometimes tiny baby steps forward |
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