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The ADHD Skills Lab
How Google’s Lisa Ballard Closes High-Value Deals with ADHD: Secrets to Success in Tech
Sep 23, 2024
Lisa Ballard, Director at Google Cloud with 20 years in enterprise tech sales, shares her insights on navigating ADHD in high-stakes environments. She discusses her late diagnosis and the emotional shift it brought, highlighting how individuals with ADHD can leverage their unique strengths. Lisa provides practical strategies for managing overwhelm, such as using planner pads and family planning meetings. Her experiences reveal the importance of community support and mindfulness in achieving professional and personal balance.
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- Receiving a late ADHD diagnosis reshapes self-perception, prompting a journey of understanding and acknowledgment of its daily impact.
- Employing structured strategies like step-in routines and planner pads helps individuals with ADHD manage responsibilities and reduce stress.
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Understanding ADHD Through Personal Experience
Receiving a late diagnosis of ADHD can be a profound experience that reshapes one’s self-perception. The realization often occurs when individuals connect with materials discussing ADHD, leading to feelings of recognition and understanding that they had previously lacked. This journey usually involves not just personal acknowledgment but also a commitment to learning more about ADHD and its impact on daily life and relationships, particularly after initially recognizing it while researching for their children. The emotional complexity of this discovery—feeling both enlightened and overwhelmed—highlights the duality of change, where many aspects may remain the same while the understanding of oneself evolves.
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