Nancy A. Ratey

“Too many adults with ADHD are so focused on what they can’t do that they forget the positive aspects of who they are and what they’ve managed to achieve, their ADHD deficits notwithstanding. They think that if something comes easily to them, there’s only one of two reasons why: Either they’re doing it incorrectly, or it must come easily to everyone else, too. Having spent their whole lives listening to criticism, they don’t even have language for their own success. Many have practiced for so long covering up their weaknesses that they simply cannot acknowledge that they do anything well.”
― Nancy A. Ratey, The Disorganized Mind: Coaching Your ADHD Brain to Take Control of Your Time, Tasks, and Talents

“If you find yourself not following through on one of your strategies, for example, slow yourself down and list the actions you actually took instead of the actions detailed in your strategy. Use your notes to question yourself the way I questioned David when he wasn’t paying his bills once a week as he had planned. Your answer to “What did I do instead?” might reveal that you need to change your strategy and devise a plan that will work with your strengths and interests, not against them.”
― Nancy A. Ratey, The Disorganized Mind: Coaching Your ADHD Brain to Take Control of Your Time, Tasks, and Talents