This is a work in progress. Looking for feedback, suggestions to make it better. It’s a short book called So, What is ADHD, Anyway?

One of the people who has had the biggest impact on how I think about motivation, habits, and personal growth is Mel Robbins. (And yes, @Bill Widmer too, but this post is about Mel, sorry 😎) I've read her books, listened to countless podcast episodes, and followed her work for years. She also has ADHD and was diagnosed later in life, which is probably one of the reasons her advice resonates with me so much. Whether you love self-development or usually roll your eyes at it, here are five ideas from her books that genuinely stuck with me. 1️⃣ Motivation is a myth Waiting until you feel like doing something is a losing strategy. Mel argues that most of our decisions are driven by emotions, not logic. The problem? Our feelings rarely align with our long-term goals. That's why learning to act before you feel ready is often the difference between staying stuck and making progress. She calls this learning to use a "push" to get yourself moving before your brain talks you out of it. (The 5 Second Rule) 2️⃣ Most adults are just eight-year-olds in bigger bodies A surprising number of adults never develop strong emotional regulation skills. Think about behaviors like giving someone the silent treatment, sulking, or expecting others to read your mind. Those reactions often come from the same emotional place as a frustrated child seeking attention. One idea from The Let Them Theory that really stayed with me is that emotions naturally pass if we don't keep feeding them. (The Let Them Theory) 3️⃣ Sometimes a glitch turns into glory ✨ When Mel's first book, The 5 Second Rule, launched in 2017, Amazon temporarily flagged it as unavailable because the sudden surge of orders from an unknown author looked suspicious. Since readers couldn't get the print version, many switched to the audiobook instead. What looked like a disaster ended up helping the audiobook become one of Audible's biggest successes of the year. A good reminder that not every setback is actually a setback. (The High 5 Habit)

Hey founders, real talk; Running a business with ADHD has it's challenges. Who knew?! But my ADHD isn't the reason I've gone quiet in here. It's actually because, since Rex and I split, I've needed to refocus my efforts on my main business: SEO for B2B SaaS. I've been doing SEO for nearly 14 years now. I've worked with companies like Monday, Oberlo, AppSumo, Ahrefs and, currently, Semrush. SEO was my second love (writing was my first). My runway for running the experiment of making this Skool community my full-time focus dried up a few months ago, and I've had to refocus on my main income earner. I've absolutely loved building this community - especially the defining moments, like celebrating getting the star and becoming a top 1% community with @Tommy Gan and @Izzy Piyale-Sheard. The past year has given me many moments to be really proud of. And many moments that made me want to rip my hair out. (Typical entrepreneurship!) Anyway, here's what that means for this community going forward: I'll commit to writing one post per week. No more, no less. I'd rather show up consistently with something real than try to run a full curriculum I can't sustain. You'll get my honest observations from the trenches of building a freelance SEO business with ADHD, including what's working, what's blowing up in my face, and what I'm learning about SEO in the age of AI. I'm also committed to being there for the Momentum Lab members. @Jen Ritchie @Alena Sladkovská @Emily Satel @Rachel Hasson @Stijn Van Den Bossche @Amber Kay. We've been meeting twice a week every week since this thing started, and they've done some cool shit. (Shout out to Jen for doing her 5-day challenge launch and hitting her MRR target! And to Emily for starting her private practice, to Rachel for launching her new offer and bringing in some new clients, to Amber for massively increasing her prices and finally bringing in a livable wage from her business.)

What are your go-to strategies to manage Time Blindness?

I’m trying to build something genuinely useful for ADHD brains in my country — in Czech, not English. Few weeks ago, I put out a survey and offered people the chance to connect with me for one-on-one online conversations about ADHD. Today I had my first call with someone from that survey, and honestly? I loved it. There were so many moments where I completely understood what she meant. She talked about constantly losing and forgetting things — one of those “classic ADHD” struggles that doesn’t hit me as hard personally. But the truth is, I’m aware that in my case it’s probably overcompensation. I check everything seven times: keys in pocket, phone in bag, car lights on. My brain basically runs on manual verification mode. One thing she mentioned really stuck with me though: the lack of understanding from people around her. Even her boyfriend thinks adult ADHD isn’t real. And I run into the same thing online all the time. Whenever I post about ADHD on Threads, there’s usually at least one comment along the lines of: “Yeah right, another person blaming ADHD for everything.” I was also at a lecture recently where the speaker made one of those jokes: “Nowadays everyone has ADHD, right?” And honestly, I couldn’t even tell whether he was mocking people like us… or reacting to the flood of trendy self-diagnosed content where someone jokes about forgetting the trash outside because they saw a squirrel on the way back in. The weird thing is: in the Czech Republic, a book about women with ADHD recently won the biggest and most prestigious literary award in the nonfiction category. Awareness is growing. And yet there are still so many people who think ADHD is either fake, overdiagnosed, or just “little hyper boys climbing chandeliers. ”The rise of “fake ADHD” influencer content really isn’t helping either. Have you experienced this too? How do you deal with being labeled — directly or indirectly — as lazy, irresponsible, or someone who’s “just making excuses”? And honestly… how do we get actual ADHD awareness outside the ADHD bubble? Because even if I start making YouTube videos, the algorithm will mostly push them toward people already interested in ADHD — not the people dismissing it in the first place.