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The Anxious Truth - A Panic, Anxiety, and Mental Health Podcast

EP 131 - Peter Shankman And Why His ADHD Is Actually A Superpower

The Anxious Truth - A Panic, Anxiety, and Mental Health Podcast

Drew Linsalata

Anxiety Attacks, Anxiety, Anxiety Disorders, Health Anxiety, Agoraphobia, Anxiety Help, Panic Attacks, Health & Fitness, Panic Attack, Ocd, Mental Health

4.91.4K Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2020

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

When Faster Than Normal author and podcast host Peter Shankman was officially diagnosed with ADHD, he decided that it wasn't a liability, but rather a bit of a superpower. Peter took action to maximize the things he's really good at, while outsourcing and minimizing the negative impacts of the things he's traditionally not been so good at. This is a lesson on how to find the silver lining in a mental health issue! For full show notes on this episode visit theanxioustruth.com/131 F...

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0:00.0

This is episode 131 of The Anxious Truth.

0:16.5

Thanks for coming by, welcome back to the show and for spending some time with me again.

0:21.0

Today we have a guest and it's a good one.

0:23.0

I've Peter Shankman on, Peter is the creator and host of The Faster Than Normal Podcast

0:28.4

on iTunes.

0:29.5

You can find it at Faster Than Normal.com.

0:31.5

It's actually the number one trending and ranked ADD, ADHD, neurodiversity podcast and

0:37.5

the iTunes catalog today, which is something.

0:41.2

Peter is a super busy guy.

0:43.0

He is a media entrepreneur, he runs a bunch of businesses, he gives keynote speakers

0:46.2

around the world.

0:47.2

He's a big dude, he's been on TV, odds are if you've seen CNN, CNBC, Bloomberg, those

0:53.6

type of channels, you have seen Peter Shankman on TV.

0:56.9

The man knows he's an expert on what he does.

0:59.0

He's also dealt with ADD and ADHD type tendencies and traits throughout most of his life.

1:04.7

And he was officially diagnosed in his 30s.

1:07.2

And he came on today to tell the story of how that happened, what it meant and how instead

1:11.6

of turning that into a liability or accepting it as a liability, it kind of kicked him

1:16.3

into gear to sort of maximize the gifts that his ADHD actually gives him.

1:21.6

So in his Amazon bio it actually says simply put, Peter always seems to have more than

1:25.8

24 hours a day.

1:27.3

How does he do it?

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