EP. 13: ADHD and Non-Fiction, Is That a Thing?

ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka

Tracy Otsuka

Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2019

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Tracy reads non-fiction exclusively and hasn’t been an avid fiction reader since she was 12. She’s often wondered if those with ADHD read more non-fiction than fiction so she asked her of smart ADHD women. Here’s what Tracy covers: Do those with ADHD really have a preference for non-fiction? What are the reasons that might be so? If you struggle with reading non-fiction books you might be interested in this hack to actually finish them This feeling that many of us have that there’s never enough time to learn about everything we’re interested in The character strengths that so many of us share which is apparent in our love of non-fiction books. How non-fiction books help us to make connections and generate new ideas How audiobooks can help us when we lack focus What to do when you’re afraid you’ll hyperfocus on a book and can’t stop reading until you’ve finished reading the book Do you read non-fiction for knowledge or recreation? What about the women who only read fiction, how do they feel about reading non-fiction. What’s Katy’s hack for reading non-fiction, learning and remembering what you learn?

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0:00.0	Albert Einstein, Richard Branson, Bill Gates, John F. Kennedy, Tony Robbins, Michael Phelps, Will Smith.
0:12.4	That sounds like a list of highly successful. Robbins, Michael Phelps, Will Smith.
0:13.2	That sounds like a list of highly successful Titans
0:16.2	in a variety of industries.
0:18.1	What else do they have in common?
0:20.1	Well, they all have ADHD, but you don't hear much about that, do you?
0:25.0	You know what you hear even less about?
0:28.0	The successful women navigating ADHD, and that's exactly why I started this podcast,
0:34.0	ADHD for smart-ass women.
0:36.0	I'm your host Tracy Otsuka.
0:38.0	I'm an attorney, not a doctor,
0:40.0	a lifelong student, not a coach.
0:42.0	I'm also the creator of courtography. a lifelong student, not a coach.
0:42.8	I'm also the creator of Cortography,
0:45.4	a patent pending system that helps people like you
0:47.9	figure out what they should do with their life.
0:50.4	And we're here today to talk ADHD your superpowers your symptoms your workarounds and how you
0:57.3	proudly stand out instead of trying to fit in. I credit my ADHD for some of my greatest superpowers and you know what I spy a
1:07.2	happier life for you too so without further ado a shiny new episode is
1:12.4	starting now.
1:14.0	Hello, I'm Tracy Ats, and welcome to episode 13,
1:24.4	lucky number 13 of ADHD for smart-ass women.
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