How to Deal With Attention Deficit Disorder

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Oliver Berkman was diagnosed with attention deficit disorder at a young age. He took medication for a long time but decided it didn't help him do the creative work that he wanted to do. Now he feels like he's been doing it just by sort of pushing himself as hard as he can and mentally standing over his own shoulder going like you didn't fucking do enough today. Oliver: There comes a point no matter what where you're late 60s or early 70s when methods of relating to your time that have served you pretty well start to be revealed as not whole story.

All of us have too much to do and too little time to do it in. Yet the more we try to increase our productivity, the less happy and productive we seem to be. Why, and what’s the solution? This week Oliver Burkeman, author of Four Thousand Weeks, Time Management for Mortals, joins Adam to discuss how to break the cycle of productivity shame with his radical new approach to looking at time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.