How to do Hard Things - Part 2

Hacking Your ADHD

William Curb

Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 702 Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2022

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Last week we began this series on how to do hard things and looked specifically at how we define hard things and ways that we can work through some of our problems so that they can become more manageable.

This week we’re going to be continuing that conversation but with a lens that focuses on why it can be so hard for us to even attempt to do hard things. We’ll be looking at some of the misconceptions we have about doing hard things as well looking at how acknowledging the hard things we’ve done in the past can help us do more hard things in the present.

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Find the show note at HackingYourADHD.com/hardthingspart2

This Episode's Top Tips

We often discount our ability to do hard things from a mistaken belief that we’ve never been able to accomplish anything hard.
When we mistake failing at simple things for failing at doing hard things it can reinforce the idea that we can’t do hard things. Remember, just because something is simple doesn’t mean it isn’t hard.
Don’t assume the logic in your head is always actually logical. It is easy for us to make logical leaps that don’t hold up to reality - slow down and examine those beliefs. You don’t have to believe everything you think.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to Hacking Your ADHD. I'm your host, William Kerb, and I have ADHD. On this podcast,
0:11.1	I dig into the tools, tactics, and best practices to help you work with your ADHD brain.
0:16.5	Last week, we began this series on how to do hard things, and specifically looked at how we
0:22.2	define hard things and ways that we can work through some of our problems so that they can
0:26.9	become more manageable. This week, we're going to be continuing that conversation, but with a lens
0:32.0	that focuses on why it can be so hard for us to even attempt to do hard things. We'll be looking at some of the
0:38.1	misconceptions we have about doing hard things as well as looking at how acknowledging the hard
0:42.9	things that we've done in the past can help us do more hard things in the present.
0:48.1	If you'd like to follow along on the show notes page, you can find that at hacking your ADHD.com
0:54.1	slash hard things part two.
0:56.9	All right, keep on listening to find out why we need to stop brushing off things as being
1:01.9	easy.
1:07.7	One of the reframes on this podcast is the idea that we can do hard things.
1:13.2	This is a saying I picked up from Eric Tivers of ADHD Rewired,
1:16.8	and I think it's important to remind ourselves of that frequently.
1:19.9	We can do hard things.
1:22.3	Just because something is hard doesn't mean it's no longer in our wheelhouse.
1:26.9	In the last episode, I talked about how I can
1:29.2	have trouble accepting that something is hard. But conversely, in this same sphere of thought,
1:34.3	I can also have issues with believing that I can do hard things. Certainly, some of this
1:39.7	comes from imposter syndrome, but it also comes from a deeper place as well. It's not just that I think I'll
1:45.7	be discovered as an imposter. It's that I truly think I can't do certain things, especially things
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