Attention Different | Adulting with ADHD ADHD & The Four C’s with Jesse J. Anderson
💡 Let go lightly and quit trying to force yourself into productivity systems that weren’t even built for your brain to start with.
In this episode of the Attention Different Podcast, we sit down with Jesse J. Anderson—author of Extra Focus: The Quick Start Guide to Adult ADHD, writer, speaker, and advocate for over 60,000 newsletter subscribers.
From getting a diagnosis as late as 36yrs old to quickly becoming one of the most recognizable thought-leaders on being an Adult with ADHD, Jesse shares his journey from decades of misunderstanding and shame to finding clarity, strategies, and self-acceptance.
We discuss the various reasons that traditional productivity advice often fails our ADHD brains and, instead, introduces his game-changing Four C’s of Motivation—a framework built for the way we actually work.
From the difference between neurotypical “importance-based” motivation and ADHD’s “interest-based” nervous system, to late-diagnosis identity shifts and the power of community, this conversation is equal parts soulfully validating as it is delightfully practical and immediately applicable.
🌟 Here’s just some what you’ll learn:
🧠 Why “I can focus when it’s interesting” is still ADHD (hello, hyperfocus).
📚 How to make productivity strategies actually stick for ADHD brains.
💬 The Four C’s—Captivate, Create, Compete, Complete—and how to use them daily.
❤️ How getting the ADHD label can be liberating, not limiting.
🌍 The importance of finding a community that truly gets you.
This episode is for anyone who’s ever felt “lazy” or “broken” when the truth was simply an ADHD brain working in a different rhythm.
📺 Watch now on YouTube: Attention Different
We are Attention DIFFERENT not DEFICIT An advocacy and edutainment podcast centered on radical acceptance and neurodiveristy. Attention Different aims to de-stigmatize and build community by exploring the intricacies of living life and "adulting" with ADHD in the modern world. We periodically feature experts, special guests and influencers in the ADHD community.
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