EP. 237: What Do I Do If I Really Hate My Job/Career with Shell Mendelson

ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka

Tracy Otsuka

Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 19 July 2023

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

ADHDers tend to be good at a bunch of different things, but just because we're good at something doesn't necessarily mean it's the right career path for us. In fact, career counselor Shell Mendelson is here to ask us: forget about the things you’re good at, what are the skills you love using? As a career coach and counselor of 30 plus years, Shell specializes in supporting ADHD adults in building lasting, fully satisfying careers and businesses. She has developed a unique career counseling system based on Richard Bolles’s book What Color is Your Parachute? that involves taking a deep dive into all the aspects of what would make up an ideal job on an individual level. During our conversation Shell shares her own ADHD backstory before getting into how to identify whether you’re in the wrong job, why building a career foundation based on what excites you is so crucial for ADHD health and happiness, ways to advocate for your specific needs during the hiring process, and much more. Shell believes in focusing on the skills that bring us joy rather than simply what we excel at, a simple yet important mindset shift that just may have you considering a whole new career path. Resources: Website: Facebook: Career Coaching with Shell LinkedIn: Gmail: Tracy’s program: spyhappy.me/mc

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0:00.0	A thing that people need to look for is, if you're ever asking yourself, what good am I doing in this job?
0:10.0	What purpose am I serving by being here?
0:14.0	How is this helping the world in any way?
0:17.0	What is this doing to contribute to society or contribute in a way that's bigger than myself?
0:23.0	Thomas Edison, Richard Branson, John F. Kennedy, Mozart, Michael Jordan, Will Smith.
0:38.0	That sounds like a list of highly successful titans in a variety of locations.
0:44.0	Why is it that we rarely hear that they have or have ADHD?
0:50.0	And you know what we hear even less about?
0:56.0	Serena Williams, Emma Watson, Mel Robbins, Woopy Goldberg, Agatha Christie, Aaron Brockovich, Cher.
1:06.0	Yeah, the successful women navigating ADHD.
1:10.0	And that's exactly why I started this podcast, ADHD for smart ass women.
1:16.0	I'm your host, Tracy Otsuka. I'm a lawyer, not a doctor, a lifelong student, now a coach.
1:23.0	I'm also the creator of your ADHD brain is A-OK, a system that helps people like you figure out what they should do with their life.
1:33.0	And we're here today to talk ADHD, your strengths, your symptoms, your workarounds, and how you proudly stand out instead of trying to fit in.
1:43.0	I credit my ADHD for some of my greatest gifts. And you know what? I spy a happier life for you too.
1:52.0	So without further ado, a shiny new episode is starting now.
2:02.0	Hello, I am your host, Tracy Otsuka. Thank you so much for joining me here for episode number 238 of ADHD for smart ass women.
2:12.0	You know that my purpose is always to show you who you are and then inspire you to be it.
2:17.0	And in the thousands of ADHD women that I've had the privilege of meeting, I've never met a one that wasn't truly brilliant.
2:25.0	That's something, not one. And so for all of these reasons, I am just delighted to introduce you to Shell Mendelssohn.
2:31.0	As a career coach and counselor of 30 plus years, Shell was trained by Richard Bowles,
2:37.0	and he was the first to be a teacher in the field.
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