ADHD 2.0: New Science and Essential Strategies for Thriving with Distraction - from Childhood through Adulthood

Is often easily distracted.

Exquisite sensitivity to criticism or rejection.

For the variable attention stimulus trait, we do not call what we offer below “diagnostic criteria” at all. Instead, if you see yourself in the following list of descriptors enough that they describe you and set you apart from others, well, then, VAST fits you, and what we have to say about how to live best with this trait may be useful to you.

In the descriptors we offer for VAST below, you will see there is no requirement for impairment, because we are not designating this as a disorder, but as a trait. You will note there is also mention of many strengths. And unlike a formal ADHD diagnosis, for which six out of nine criteria on the axis of inattention or the axis of hyperactivity and

It is in the DMN mode that you can daydream (and miss your exit on the highway) or make interesting connections between concepts (helpful when appreciating riddles or jokes or solving crossword puzzles, or coming up with the Next Big Thing). It was surely in the DMN that the wheel was discovered!

High degree of creativity and imagination.

an array of traits specific to a unique kind of mind. It can become a distinct advantage or an abiding curse, depending on how a person manages it.

We are entrepreneurs ourselves, and the great majority of the adult patients we see for ADHD are or aspire to be entrepreneurs too. The owner and operator of an entrepreneurial support company called Strategic Coach, a man named Dan Sullivan (who also has ADHD!), estimates that at least 50 percent of his clients have ADHD as well.

Often fails to give close attention to details or makes careless mistakes in schoolwork, at work, or with other activities.