The Wisdom of ADHD | Katherine Ellison | TEDxMarin
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Published 2021-10-05
Katherine Ellison won a Pulitzer Prize for international reporting two years after surviving an $11 million libel lawsuit for a careless reporting error. Her roller-coaster career is an extreme example of what can happen when you have ADHD. Katherine has more than 30 years of wide-ranging experience in digging for facts, framing messages, and producing vivid prose. From 1984-99, Ellison reported for Knight Ridder Newspapers, winning several awards including a Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting. Since then, she has authored, co-authored, and ghost-written ten books and worked as a communication consultant and speechwriter for clients including Bill Gates, major Silicon Valley investors, the Ford, Packard, and Irvine foundations and Cater Communications. She was diagnosed with the ADHD at age 48, on the heels of her elder son’s diagnosis at age 9, and frequently writes and speaks publicly about the disorder. Her most recent book is the ADHD coming-of-age memoir, “Mothers and Murderers: A True Story of Love, Lies, Obsession…and Second Chances.” More info at katherineellison.com/ This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx
All Comments (21)
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Key Takeaways!!! 1. Mistrust your sense of urgency (do one thing at a time) 2. Limit your Chrono Pagers (or something that eats up your time) 3. Surround yourself with kindness (which starts from you)
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"We've been there and we'll be there again - and again - and again - and again." And we'll still laugh at ourselves! Thank you for this most beautifully inspiring talk, I really needed it!
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I think overwhelm is THE WORD when you have ADHD. Thanks for tips. X
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Thank you for your great talk. An additional ADHD challenge for me has been motivation. My psychiatrist helped me understand how lack of motivation is another challenge that many persons, including myself, have to contend.
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Great Talk. I wasn't diagnosed till aged 50, I empathise.
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Thanks Catherine great wisdom I'm 61 and I've just been diagnosed my world has just come alive I couldn't be happier looking forward to hearing you again 😀
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Misturst your sense of urgency, this is fantastic advise.
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Thank you so much! I have ADHD, and so needed this.
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What a good set of advice and what a good choice to repeat them once more! Thank you so much for speaking up. Especially about the part of kindness and there being enough tough love
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OMG - I'm laugh-crying. I literally just fired off an "upset email" and last night was INCREDIBLY disciplined and did not buy those cool yoga pants that I found through the FB rabbit hole ad.....
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Diagnosed at 50 years of age.
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What a beautiful post. Thank you Mary. 🙏🏻
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thank you especially for the comments on tough love :) x
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Love your use of language and kindness thanks J
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Great talk! Thank you form the heart ♥
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First! This is so informative and helpful for me. Thank you for sharing this talk!
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Love this! Thank you so much!
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Well yes but hyperfocus is generally an unproductive obsession with a nerdy topic or shopping that contributes little to nothing to our quality of life (actually it can be damaging whe you have other things to do)
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This was great! Thanks!
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Also a tip from the video: Try to do one thing at a time.
