Are you working toward leaving a legacy? As I am writing this, I am on my way back from Harvard. I went overnight with my mother to meet some “Wurf Scholars.” What, you ask, is a Wurf Scholar? (At least I hope you asked.) They are special scholarships for people in...

What do you see when you look up from working at your desk? I sit at one end of a table and behind the other end of the table is a large three-section window. It is great. Whenever I pause or need to think, I do so looking out at a vista of lovely green trees with a...

I wrote this while flying back from London where I had been visiting my brother and nephew in 2016. It was my mother’s wish for her birthday (a significant one!) to travel to England to visit her grandson at school. My nephew attends the boarding school Eton outside...

Time management is a lie. We can't manage time. What we can manage are the actions we take in the 24 hours we have each day. If we consider these actions and manage them in a way that supports us, everything ultimately works out and the actions we take move our life...

Sometimes I get emails, comments or calls where a person says they are “afflicted” by ADHD and this really bothers me for a couple of reasons. First there is no question in my mind that ADHD is a disability, I know that as I am someone who is affected by ADHD. Note...

Quality Over Quantity I didn't have tons of friends growing up. Not uncommon for someone affected by ADHD. It didn't really bother me because I figured I preferred a few really good friends over a lot of casual friends.  But the problem with having a small circle of...

Those of us affected by ADHD find ourselves often explaining why we are late or didn't get something done. We believe if we just explain what happened (sometimes even with a little prevarication) everything will be OK. But here's the deal, our excuses are not really...