In this episode, I am going back to the Self-Mastery Disciplines and sharing the 4th concept – Trusting the Process.
If you want to review the first three pls listen to episodes 63 Awareness, 64 Acceptance, and Conscious Choice 67.
In this episode, I wanted to introduce you to Brian Fanzo, who shares his journey of a late in life diagnosis.
I was so inspired by his passion for life, family, and most importantly self-compassion as he moves through ADHD in adulthood.
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About Brian:
Brian Fanzo is a digital futurist keynote speaker who translates the trends of tomorrow to inspire change today. His customized and personalized programs showcase real-world stories and examples of forward-thinking people and businesses. He teaches companies of all sizes how to leverage technology in real time in order to engage their customers at the right time. Brian has a gift for bringing people together online and offline. He has worked in 76 countries, highlighting his passion for change, collaboration, and technology. At age 14, Brian won a speed typing contest and his love for computers and technology was born. After years of playing The Oregon Trail, creating in Adobe Pagemaker, and using Napster, Brian earned a Computer Science degree. Prior to speaking, he worked for nine years at the Department of Defense where he managed a global team who deployed collaboration and cybersecurity solutions across all branches of the military – which required him to maintain the highest civilian security clearance. He then pursued his dream job as a technology evangelist for a booming cloud-computing startup, helping companies embrace the rate of change and new ways to innovate. Brian is currently the Founder of iSocialFanz, which has helped launch digital and influencer strategies with the world’s most iconic brands like Dell, EMC, Adobe, IBM, UFC, Applebee’s, and SAP.
Brian has been recognized as a Top 20 Digital Transformation Influencer; a Top 50 Most-Mentioned User by CMOs on Twitter, and a Top 25 Social Business Leader of the Future by The Economist. His followers on social media and podcast downloads rank in the hundreds of thousands, resulting in Brian being an influencer for 19 of the Fortune 100 companies.
More about Brian at https://www.isocialfanz.com/adhd-superpowered
https://brianfanzo.com/forced-to-work-from-home-with-adhd-now-what/
https://www.isocialfanz.com/post/what-adhd-can-teach-you-about-entrepreneur-productivity
Eric is joined by Aran Rees, joining the show from across the pond! Aran has worked in professional development for close to a decade, specializing in self-directed peer-supported experiential learning and believes that learning is a survival skill! You’ll hear about the ways that the “why” behind the “what” we want to learn can affect the ways we learn, how our environments affect how we learn, and what is needed for genuine learning. Topics & Questions in this Episode: How is work changing? How does the move from office-work to at-home work change the way we work? (As of this recording), what is the average job tenure? Is the shift to learning online geared more towards compliance versus actual learning? Eric to Aran: “Whether we are trying to learn a new skill ourselves or a new job, from what you do professionally, what do we know about what is actually needed for genuine learning rather than regurgitation?” What does learning begin with? How does the interest in what we’re learning affect the ways we learn? Are the goals you are pursuing actually important to you, or is this something someone else is encouraging you to do? Is it only important to you because that person is important to you? Then, is that enough of an ‘interest’ to keep you engaged? Once you’ve made a commitment and you care about something and you’ve carved out the time – what else is essential for learning a new skill or new ability? What is Aran’s deep ‘why’ behind wanting more structure in his routines? How can your environment affect learning? How can our environments affect our routines? What is the importance of environmental cues? Resources & Honorable Mentions: “…I want to learn the piano, but actually I don’t want to learn the piano, I want to have learned it.” – Aran “People can’t be made to learn something they don’t care about.” – Aran Book: Book: Book:
In this two-part conversation, Eric is joined by ADHD reWired Coaches Kat Hoyer and Kristin Marts! Janelle Augustin, who is also an ADHD reWired Coaching group Alumni member, also joins all of the ADHD reWired Coaches in the hot seat to figure out action steps to creating and finishing processes. Not only will you be able to listen in on the process of the Mastermind, you’ll also hear suggestions for managing multiple steps and tasks, reframing “done”, cues to be reminded to return to unfinished projects, and more. About Janelle: Janelle was born in Jamaica but grew up in South Florida and joins us in this episode from Tampa! As a mom who enjoys gardening and has a love for cooking, Janelle is also an entrepreneur with her business called Nelly’s Fried Creamery, specializing in deep-fried ice cream. Not long after being diagnosed with ADHD at age 32, Janelle joined ADHD reWired’s Coaching & Accountability Groups and continued her support with the Alumni community. Through the coaching groups, she developed the self-awareness she needed to learn to advocate for herself and learned what she needed for that self-advocacy. – – – Curious about our coaching groups? Ready to get your ADHD reWired? Go to coachingrewired.com to learn more, to add your name to our interest list, and to find the most up-to-date information about our upcoming seasons of coaching groups! Questions/Topics in this Episode: [00:01:40] Introducing Janelle [00:04:45] What is a Mastermind? [00:05:22] Summarizing the ADHD-related issue in the hot-seat [00:08:10] Overall themes, encountering the “unfinished”, and picking a life domain [00:14:59] Janelle goes in depth about her previous processes of creating manuals and the ideas of “done” [00:17:58] Questions about master lists, time-management, and getting stuck [00:20:43] Suggestions on starting a process and avoiding procrasti-planning [00:23:32] Delegating, and how to find the “who” [00:30:22] Writing manuals, facing resistance, and the stories we tell ourselves [00:32:28] “What if it’s not good enough?” [00:35:27] “I’ve never been a first-draft kind of gal.” [00:38:65] Janelle spit-fires a round of processes to be created [00:41:56] “Where do I dump everything and how do I remember to go back to look at it and organize it?” [00:43:36] “It doesn’t have to be boring!” and other ways to create documentation [00:46:14] Managing task lists Other Coaching Questions from today’s episode: What is the smallest domino? Meaning, what is the thing you can do first that will help knock down some of the other barriers and hurdles you may be experiencing that may not seem related, but may actually be related? A project might turn into a system. How do you visualize that before getting started? Do you have a master list of what you’d like to accomplish, start-to-finish? How do you manage your time while working on a project? What are other ways to capture information, other than writing? Do you edit while you write? Check out the Other Podcasts on the ADHD reWired Podcast Network: with Brendan Mahan with Will Curb with MJ Siemens
A mini update
In this episode, I am talking about the power of awareness and the depth and layers of it when it comes to awareness of ourselves, our environment, people, and situations.
I am excited to do a deep dive into this concept and over the next few episodes, I will share other concepts that really provide a framework on tapping into your full potential while using your ADHD as your best asset.
In this episode, my guest Margaux Joffe is sharing the journey of her ADHD diagnosis in her late twenties.
More importantly what she shares is how she went about creating awareness/acceptance of ADHD in her workplace and created a resource group within her organization for those with Neurodiverse Brain wiring.
Her story is beyond inspirational and a great example that once we embrace our unique brain wiring we can not only be a success but also create change to end the stigma of Neurodiversity.
About Margaux Joffe:
She is an award-winning producer and accessibility professional using the power of media to positively impact society. After her diagnosis of ADHD in her late twenties, she started to share what she had learned and founded kaleidoscopesociety.com a community to empower women with ADHD to not only better understand their diverse brain but also to lean on each other as a collective.
Margaux is on a mission to end ADHD stigma and empower all minds. In 2017, she expanded her impact to the workplace where she lead the creation of the first Neurodiversity Employee Resource Group at Yahoo and Verizon Media. In two years she scaled the group to a global network of support for employees in over 35 offices around the world. www.margauxjoffe.com
