EP. 4: The One Trait that Everyone with ADHD Shares

ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka

Tracy Otsuka

Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 24 January 2019

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Those with ADHD have a brain that’s wired differently, but we aren’t all the same. That can be frustrating. Understanding ourselves and others is going to help us all. Tracy shares why she doesn’t see her ADHD as a disorder. Hear why she considers some of the traits as part of her super powers. Hear the 2 traits that impact everyone with ADHD. You might relate, but they may have never been explained this way before. ADHD is not a learning disorder; most have a higher than average IQ. Learn the 3 ways a person with a neuro typical brain functions when they need to get things done. Hear the workarounds for those of us who don’t have this type of brain. Learn why procrastination isn’t about will-power or laziness. It’s about our brain and how it works. Hear how ADHD is a huge contributor to danger. Understanding why is a life and death issue. No one is good at everything. How to do more of what you love and get help with the things you don’t enjoy. Tracy shares why fitting in is so hard and encourages those women with ADHD to focus on standing out instead.

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0:00.0	Albert Einstein, Richard Branson, Bill Gates, John F. Kennedy, Tony 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, a lifelong student, not a coach.
0:42.0	I'm also the creator of
0:44.2	Cortography. A patent pending system that helps people like you
0:47.9	figure out what they should do with their life. And we're here today to
0:51.8	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. Hello, I am Tracy Atsuka and I want to welcome you to episode 3 of ADHD for smart-ass women.
1:37.0	Today I would love to talk about the trait that all
1:45.0	wired so difficult to diagnose
1:47.0	because our brains are all wired so differently.
1:50.0	What this always simplify. Sounds like an ADHD brain, doesn't it? One of the things that I noticed is whenever I would be talking about ADHD and I would go through the list with dozens and dozens of potential symptoms, the person who I'd be potential symptoms.
2:13.0	The person who I'd be speaking with,
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