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ADHD – Dr. hallowell

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Lots of good stuff

1) Ruled by wrong judgement 

2) ADHD is an explanation but not an excuse 

3) can have Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria (RSD) . Rsd is a condition characterized by an extreme sensitivity to perceived or actual rejection. Individuals with RSD experience intense emotional pain, anxiety, and self-doubt in response to criticism, setbacks, or social exclusion. 

4) like Ferrari but need to learn to work the breaks

Pb – Serving mistakes

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  1. Not pointing front foot where you want the ball to go. Pointing your toe towards your target forces your chest to face the target. Then you will no longer serve across your body . Allows your back leg to come forward and help you drive the ball with your body
  2. Not moving back behind the baseline after your serve, resulting in a misread of the serve return and losing the point
  3. Holding the ball in the wrong spot for the serving hand to hit. You should let arm rest naturally at your side and then lift.

Procrastination

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Procrastination is a habit that you have learned and that you repeat whenever you feel stress.

Procrastination is a “freeze” response to stress in order to protect yourself. It is part of our bodies natural fight, flight or freeze response.

Procrastination gives you relief from stress.

How to respond : 1) recognize that you are doing it; 2) don’t make yourself wrong ; 3) make a choice – continue to procrastinate or interrupt it by doing “5,4,3,2,1” and get back to the thing you are avoiding. 80% of people will continue to work on the item after starting.

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  1. Reading and learning daily (Buffet). Gather and build knowledge. Force yourself to speak up in public (Buffet). Be a good advocate.
  2. Capturing ideas in one place . Library ideas for the future (swift).
  3. 8 plus hours of sleep (James)
  4. Ask what you want. Make the call Blakey)
  5. Regularly wandering and people watching to be creative . Changing routine and environment. Create different inputs and create new connections in your brain. ( Miyamoto)
  6. Follow your gut or Holy Ghost or whatever is your source of internal “know” vs listening to outside “nos.”

Morning routine

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  1. As soon as your eyes open up or alarm goes off, count down from 5 and get up . You will lose motivation after 5 seconds
  2. Make your bed . Reduce clutter and show discipline regardless of how you feel. Won’t get into bed
  3. High 5 yourself in the mirror after you brush your teeth. Accelerate mindset of confidence, uplifts mood, believing yourself and cheering yourself on.
  4. Drink full cup of water
  5. Get outside to get exposed to natural sun light . Helps sets your body to awake stage .
  6. Go for 20 (sunny), 10 min (cloudy) or 5 min (rainy). Combine this step with #5. Walk with