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I think people mean well, but they miss the bigger picture. For many of us, managing ADHD isn’t about peak efficiency—it’s about sustainable living. We need more conversations about support and rest, not just performance.
Proof of this comes when we are truly interested in something. Speaking for myself I can tell you if I get hyper focused on something I can be the most productive person you have ever seen.
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End-stage capitalism is especially hard on us. I'm crazy productive of I can set my own schedule and manage my environment... Two things untenable to the command and control RTO drones.
I agree!!! When did we all become so effing obsessed with efficiency (increasingly defined by squeezing every last ounce of life force oout of an employee)? Amazing ideas and problem solving and empathy and honesty and integrity and ability to tell fact from opinion and commitment and pride in doing a job well are, frankly, more important skills and more in need in many cases. I'm sure I've missed many more attributes of different types of people that are needed for a well rounded team.
To make an annoying (but perhaps more relatable to some) sports analogy, is the slow 300lb offensive back that consistently makes his blocks being criticized for his inferior passing skills or coached to be a lightning quick quarterback? Of course not. Instead, team appreciates the contribution of each role on the team and focuses coaching of each position on leveraging and further improving the unique skills of each player. And together those different players with different skills can make a championship team. NOBODY is great at all things. A team full of quarterbacks would get killed!
Let's focus on being great at exactly who we are. We are all critical members of the team because of who we are...NOT despite of who we are!
And on the other side of the coin we should each use our own experience of being misunderstood, misjudged, and pressured to be more like <insert whatever>, to give grace to those not like us. Seek understanding perspective of those we struggle to connect with AND highlight how we complement one another for team success.
I've started pushing back. "I acknowledge that feedback. I appreciate the value of team members who are terrific at that. While I keep that in mind, focusing on best leveraging my own strengths is of the greatest complementary value to the team. <This> is what I bring to the table that others don't, and how I contribute to the team win."
Maybe I'll add some sports analogies next time. It's tough. Some bosses just can't break the habit of force fitting everyone into a single mold. We have to show them how ridiculous that is. I'm done letting my many strengths be overshadowed by an observation that I'm not a carbon copy of someone else.
To my mind, we want to help our internal and external stakeholders understand the value we add
Our value does not lie in cranking out widgets efficiently.
Instead our value lies in doing what others do not or cannot do.
We think differently, and we can enrich our teams/clients with the unique viewpoints we have.
Both individual and team productivity suffer when we are asked to focus on areas where we are not efficient (but where others are).
Instead, we should be allowed to focus on what we do best
The trick, of course, is to join or create environments that permit us to thrive by spending our time and energy on those tasks in which we excel and minimize time spent on tasks that such the life it of us.
I don't expect to just "be" until I retire, assuming I even can. Unfortunately, productivity is required for me to make a living, so hacks it is.
ADHD is an executive function disorder.
The reason that so many people confuse or conflate it with a “productivity” disorder is that for most people, work is the only area where they may struggle themselves.
Emotional regulation, (healthy) habits, or plain being on time are things that do not require great effort for them. Thus, work productivity is the only struggle they can understand or relate to.
Executive function is a big part of it, but I think it's an oversimplification.
In a perfect world, you have enough projects that you can bounce from this to that. Work on something get stuck move on to the next thing come back that sort of reaction.