Patience, late bloomers, and ADHD

Adult diagnosis of ADHD is, by all our evidence on this show, an enormously liberating thing. We learn so much about ourselves, put a clear and cogent frame around our experience, that we can truly change the way we relate to the world around us. There's baggage that comes to this experience late in life, however: many of us live in a culture that puts outsized value on achievement and success in the young. There's a brewing conversation on the value of late bloomers, particularly but not exclusively in the US, and it's time to talk about the values that come along with blooming late — and what other late bloomers can learn from those who've been blooming late with ADHD all along.

Welcome to the club, late bloomers. Glad to have you.

Links & Notes

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• Rich Karlgaard on WAMC
• Late Bloomers: The Power of Patience in a World Obsessed with Early Achievement by Rich Karlgaard
• Why Late Bloomers are Undervalued — TEDxFargo
• Dr. Elkhonon Goldberg

• (00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast
• (04:20) - A Note of Congratulations to Listener Dave
• (06:27) - Late Blooming, also Pete Uses "Jam" Too Much
• (10:33) - 'Late Bloomers: The Power of Patience in a World Obsessed with Early Achievement' by Rich Karlgaard
• (14:13) - Filtering for Stand-Out Achievers
• (20:17) - Brains bake longer than we thought
• (24:23) - The 6 Core Values of the Late Bloomer... and ADHD Pals
• (28:34) - Repotting
• (33:01) - Support The ADHD Podcast on Patreon

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