ADHD & Productivity with Dr. Ari Tuckman

About this episode

Brendan Mahan interviews Dr. Ari Tuckman about the challenges of ADHD and productivity.

In today’s episode, I talk to my friend Dr. Ari Tuckman about ADHD and Productivity. Ari has been working in the field of ADHD for over 25 years. He’s part of the leadership team for the International Conference on ADHD, speaks all over the world, and is the author of five books on ADHD, including his latest, The ADHD Productivity Manual.Ari and I talk about the essential challenges of ADHD and productivity. We discuss the importance of managing your environment (including screens), the benefit of doing things in ways that work better for ADHD brains even if they’re atypical, why getting clear on why we’re doing the thing can help us get it done, and how our relationship to productivity affects the way we present ourselves to the world. Guest Links: Learn more about Dr. Tuckman and his work here: https://adultadhdbook.com/ Order "The ADHD Productivity Manual" here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F4M3PM4W?ref_=pe_93986420_775043100 Learn More about Brendan and his work at: Learn about & Register for the The ADHD Essentials Online Parent Coaching Groups Join The ADHD Essentials Facebook Community Check out the ADHD Essentials Website Contact Brendan at brendan@ADHDessentials.com…

People in this episode

Host: Brendan Mahan

Guest: Dr. Ari Tuckman

Topics covered

• ADHD
• productivity
• environment management
• self-improvement
• challenges of ADHD

Keywords

• ADHD
• productivity
• Dr. Ari Tuckman
• environment management
• self-improvement

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: International Conference on ADHD, ADHD Essentials, Men’s ADHD Support Group

Books & works: The ADHD Productivity Manual

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