Taking Control: The ADHD Podcast
Jul 9, 2026 · 28 min · 11 segments
At the end of the day, when your brain starts tallying everything you didn't finish, where's the credit for everything you did? In the Season 32 finale, we close out the season on the quiet skill that…
And I love, let's start with the title, right? Because I think that you did the title.
And you probably didn't even think I was going to analyze the title as much as I
So without measuring those two words, they're actually doing a lot of work here.
Because measuring typically means that there's some kind of score card that we're aiming for, right? We're tracking and we're trying to get as many check marks.
Streaks, that is more of a thing for my daughter back in middle school with, I think it was Snapchat.
But it's basically all the, did I do the things and that scoreboard or that scorecard was really built for a brain that runs on importance and consistency and likes statistics and likes the facts.
And I have to say, I do have clients who really do want to know how to measure their success.
Like that's important to them to figure out like, you know, are they at the status quo or are they above average? But the problem is that, you know, it runs into so many issues.
The title's real claim here, I think that we need to appreciate is that we're noticing something and that's the skill that replaces measuring it.
And, you know, it's interesting because I know last week you were at the end of the show.
And I'm thinking, yeah, it landed perfectly to go into this show because last show was about not being broken.
And I love, let's start with the title, right? Because I think that you did the title.
And you probably didn't even think I was going to analyze the title as much as I
So without measuring those two words, they're actually doing a lot of work here.
Because measuring typically means that there's some kind of score card that we're aiming for, right? We're tracking and we're trying to get as many check marks.
Streaks, that is more of a thing for my daughter back in middle school with, I think it was Snapchat.
But it's basically all the, did I do the things and that scoreboard or that scorecard was really built for a brain that runs on importance and consistency and likes statistics and likes the facts.
And I have to say, I do have clients who really do want to know how to measure their success.
Like that's important to them to figure out like, you know, are they at the status quo or are they above average? But the problem is that, you know, it runs into so many issues.
The title's real claim here, I think that we need to appreciate is that we're noticing something and that's the skill that replaces measuring it.
And, you know, it's interesting because I know last week you were at the end of the show.
And I'm thinking, yeah, it landed perfectly to go into this show because last show was about not being broken.
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