Embracing My ADHD: The 'F&%k It and Find Out' Superpower!

In this episode, I delve into what I like to call my ADHD superpower: 'F&%k It and Find Out.' I share how having ADHD gives me an unwavering belief that I can tackle just about anything—whether it's making a baby's patchwork quilt, building websites, or video editing. I discuss the concept of being a multipotentialite and the advantage of being pretty good at many skills, especially in the professional world. Join me as I explore the unique benefits of having ADHD and how it fuels my drive to learn and try new things. Follow me on Instagram @myADHDsuperpoweris for more insights and musings about my ADHD brain.

00:00 Introduction to ADHD Superpower

00:36 Unwavering Belief and Examples

02:25 Multipotentialite and Skill Stacking

04:03 Hyperfocus and Obsessions

04:51 Conclusion and Call to Action

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Transcript

   Hi everyone. So today my ADHD superpower is.  ffff-it and find out.  That's what I like to call it. So essentially what this is is. And it's nothing to do with confidence is nothing to do with that. I, I have this ego, like I'm, I'm a narcissist or anything like that. But.  When you have ADHD, I've heard, I've heard many other people say this. 

So I'm interested, like drop me a comment if you can identify with this, but when you have ADHD, you have this unwavering belief that you can do anything.  So I'll give you an example. I remember years ago, I'm looking at. Say for example, a baby's  patchwork quilt. And thinking, oh, I could make that. 

And then I ended up going to like sewing classes and bought a sewing machine, but all of the kit and then ended up making one of these baby quilts.  The other thing that I've done is also teach myself how to build websites. I've taught myself how to do quite advanced video editing. I've taught myself how to do many, many skills on and it's just, and it's just incredible. Like you just, you know, I'll do the electrics. Like I did the electrics and this office. Um,  And a loads of other things. And you just have this. Kind of like unwavering belief that.  You can just. Have a go and I call this the, f%&k it and find out.  Kind of skills of ADHD.  And it's just phenomenal. 

And I know it's just something that I think is a real advantage because now that I'm in my job right now, for example, the number of times where I've had to do something that is outside of the skillset, like the fact that I can do video editing. Just means that, if we have an internal, um, Have to advertise like an internal, um, event or. There's a project that we want to launch internally, then we can do a really cool video. 

Um, and things like that. Or I can make, slides look really gray. Um, I can do graphic design, you know, Never to like sort of a super advanced level, but way better than somebody. Um, he doesn't, he doesn't have this kind of, um, drive and aptitudes to try and do all of these different things. So I, I often wonder, um, I don't know if you've heard about the multipotentialite. 

This is,  kind of like a movement where it's Disregarding this kind of, um, societal desire that we have to.  Really value people who are exceptionally talented, you know, like I'm thinking of like Mozart or you know, Einstein or, or people that are very, very. Talented,  on one thing. Um, but you know, when, when it comes to other things, Um, in general life  they're not very. They don't tend to be very good.  It's kind of trying to sort of strip back that Mentality  that's what we're all striving for to be these exceptionally talented people and to enter. And really be okay with the fat. 

The is actually very advantageous, especially when you go into the world of work to actually be really.  Pretty, pretty good. A lot of different things. And. And one of the things I really admire about some of these entrepreneurs that are coming out. And saying, you know, that you need this kind of skill stack. 

So.  You know, I can stack communication skills. I can stack, these skills, for  video editing. I can stack on top of that, you know, like finance, cause I'm really interested in finance, and I won't be the only one there's there's many of us have lots of, these talents where we're, pretty okay at them. 

And then when you add them together, they accumulate into something that's really quite exceptional. And that's the kind of unique offer that you have as a person. And I do think with ADHD people, because we have these minor obsessions is probably the same with autism as well. We have these kind of hyper focuses and obsessions. And, and they take us to a certain point where.  It's just interesting enough. 

And then, the interest level wanes.  And then, uh, yeah, we're onto the next thing, you know, so. Yeah. I love to call it the, f%&k it and find out because when someone asked me, if I can do something like, or can we fix theirs or, you know, can you make my baby a quilt? 

I'll have a, I'll have a go at it. I'll f%&k it. I'll find out if I'm any good. And nine times out of 10 then. I'll be just good enough to do something. That's pretty good. Um, and then I'll get bored and. Onto the next thing. So if you like my content, then don't forget to like, and subscribe to my channel.  For more content on ADHD and just general ramblings and musings about my life and my weird.  My weird ADHD brain. 

So yeah. 

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