Adult ADHD: How to Succeed as a Hunter in a Farmer's World (Unabridged‪)‬

It changed my understanding of myself

I heard things in this book that helped me understand myself better. I heard him talk about other people’s experiences in this book which were just like my own, and it was inspiring because many times Those same attributes I had thought of as personal faults, but now I understand they are aspects of ADHD and I’m no the only one who has them which was comforting. It was inspiring to hear about the businesses that Tom and others with ADHD have been inspired to open and how their ADHD actually strengthened them as an entrepreneur. Reading about this gave me confidence that I could handle my own business, which I literally opened right after finishing this book. I would say it was pivotal in increasing my confidence to do so, because I was empowered to see my constant busy adhd mindset as an advantage and not that I was a “flake” or a “spaz” or as “all over the place.” No, “I have a hunter mindset,” I say to myself now, and I just need to find ways to keep that energy and that need for a mission and adrenaline content. I found Toms experience about starting a business inspiring as he shared a story about he and his wife deciding to start a business for a service they had themselves been looking for, but discovered did not exist. So they created a business because they new there was the need and an opportunity in the market. This was a key story for me, and further helped me see how my idea was an opportunity I should pursue. I am a female martial artist in a very male dominated sport, and after reading this book I have now opened a Jiu Jitsu gym with my husband and another close friend of ours. The specific kind of gym I was looking for was not available where I live, but now we have taken that need and created that in our own gym and have had a successful first 6 months. I am spearheading a woman’s and teen girls self-defense Jiu Jitsu program to get more females into the sport because there is a lack in female only classes. As a woman leading this business in a mostly male environment, I’ve got to say that reading this book helped me see that I have a mindset for leading a group and for leadership. My ability to think of a million things and a million different possibilities is a strength I utilize and focus in this way to create things now as opposed to being overwhelmed by them. I believe in myself more now and feel special to have ADHD, not disadvantaged. I heard that many of the organizational mechanisms I have used for years to organize my thoughts are the exact kind of mechanisms recommended to adhd people which was reaffirming, and I also learned new ones to supplement my planning. This book really changed my life. I don’t know that I would have had the confidence to jump on opening our business if I had not read it. I definitely recommend it to anyone who may have adhd or for people who want to understand it better. Thank you for writing it!