As my self-awareness grows, I realize the importance of finding humour in the more challenging aspects of ADHD. For example, I’m really good at solving problems, but please don’t ask me to ‘show my workings’. I have no idea how I worked it out.

When I was at school, I never displayed any of this creativity or entrepreneurialism because I was pretending to be someone I wasn’t. I was so busy shape shifting and trying to be likeable that my personality was constantly changing.

For example, I never understood why I felt so anxious after someone asked me for a ‘quick chat’ without any context. I would overthink, over-analyse and catastrophize. I would be a ball of anxiety until the dreaded ‘quick chat’ occurred and I was reassured that my world wasn’t about to end.

Our natural empathy and drive to make others happy create a powerful source of motivation because we associate the outcome of a task with how someone else is going to feel.

Am I reacting to what just happened or has what just happened caused me to react to something that happened in my past? Repeat this question in your mind three times. As you repeat it, imagine a bird flying over your head. It glances at you as it glides past. Now imagine a plane flying through the sky above. Imagine a passenger looking out of the

You can achieve the same psychological hack by simply texting one person. This could be a family member or a trusted friend. ‘Hi [insert person’s name here], I need to write 500 words today. Can I show you when I’m finished?’ Or ‘Hi [insert person’s name here], can I send you a picture of my sweaty face after I’ve spent an hour in the gym?’

We can also use our ADHD to our advantage. If you’re in a shop and you see something shiny, you can tell yourself you’ll come back next week and buy it. This is a great hack because it bypasses the part of our brain that’s resistant to authority. You’re not telling yourself you can’t have the thing, you’re telling yourself you can have the thing

Success amnesia (we literally forget about our success) creates a feeling of incompetence when we are required to do the same task again – we feel like an unqualified imposter.

The 24-hour rule allowed me to leave time between the ‘ask’ and my ‘response’. When someone asks me if I’m available to help them with something, I immediately say, ‘Thanks so much for asking. Let me check my diary (whiteboard!) and get back to you in 24 hours.’