The Faster Than Normal Podcast: Add | Adhd | Health

This episode is brought to you by ShankMinds: NYC, a day-long business mastermind conference designed for entrepreneurs with an ADHD slant. Built around the premise that the goal of any event should be to improve your business, you'll hear from world class speakers, and spend hours figuring out what's preventing your business from blowing up the way you want it. 44 spots left - It'll sell out fast! Join us: www.shankminds.com/nyc One of the most "mind-blowing" moments of ADHD is when we realize that it's a gift, not a curse. That's what happened to this week's guest, Jack Kosakowski, when he realized that, in his words, "ADHD is essentially how i went from entry-level sales rep to executive/partner in a multi-million dollar agency within 3 years." This interview covers a lot - from addiction, to impulsive behavior, from using your ADHD to get promoted, loving what you do, and yes, even the negatives of having ADHD. Tune in - It's a good one. Thanks to Jack for taking the time! In this episode, Peter and Jack

Thanks to this week's Faster Than Normal sponsor, Bouncy Bands! Bouncy Bands attach to chairs and desks so you can bounce your feet and stretch your legs while you work. Kids usually have to sit still at their desk for 5-6 hours every day in school. Bouncy Bands let kids release their extra energy, anxiety, frustration, and boredom in an appropriate way without distracting others. When students use Bouncy Bands, teachers are surprised how students can stay on task longer and they aren't as anxious when taking tests.They are available on Amazon, tons of colors in stock!  Use code PETERSHANKMAN for a discount. Thousands of teachers have been able to get free Bouncy Bands by getting funded through Donors Choose. Here's a link with tips on getting funded, along with a sample 1-page application to copy and paste: http://BouncyBands.com/DC     Get married, have children, start a company, sink every last dollar you have into it, spend six years on a roller coaster of "will it work, will I lose everything, will it

Another great podcast for you, and I'm thrilled to bring it to you! This week's guest is one of the people I count as not only a good friend, but a mentor who doesn't know he's a mentor. Please meet former US Navy SEAL Jack Walston. I first met Jack when I took part in his "bootcamp" program in Central Park. Two weeks, from 4:45am to 6:45am, of pure hell. Jumping jacks, pushups, running, carrying, repeat. It was brutal. So brutal, in fact, that I've since done his course 12 times. Jack is an amazing man, with great stories of his time in the "teams," but more importantly, he's a true inspiration to me. The value he's provided to me over the years will no doubt transfer over to you, as well. "Mental toughness. It doesn't come in a can." -Jack Walston Enjoy this episode! In this episode, Peter and Jack discuss: Jack's story (02:30) Seal training (3:33) Winners vs losers (06:05) Mental toughness (07:14) Dealing with hard times (10:28) Making decisions (11:53) Rituals (13:11) Lifers program (16:18) Overcoming fea

Welcome to those who joined us last week thanks to our wonderful conversation with Tony Robbins! We're thrilled you're here! This week's episode is all about conversation. Without conversation, you can't grow. Our guest this week believes that, as well. Larry Hagner runs The Good Dad Project, a podcast and site dedicated to helping men become the best they can possibly be - The best dads, the best husbands, the best human beings they can possibly be. ADHD plays a crucial role in our communication - And how we interact with others. Larry talks about all of this, including ADHD in kids, school, and the benefits (and curses) of not following the norm. Enjoy the conversation, and thanks for listening!  In this episode, Peter and Larry discuss: Larry's backstory (02:25) Acting on advice (06:13) ADHD in kids (07:13) School (08:45) Not following the norm (10:53) Society's expectations (12:18) Rituals (14:15) Diet & gym (15:45) Cooking in bulk (17:09) Dealing with addictions and weaknesses (19:05) Links/Mentio

Ladies and Gentlemen, WE'VE GOT TONY ROBBINS ON THE PODCAST!! I'm just over the moon here - This is such an amazing interview - Tony was gracious enough to give us close to 40 minutes of solid gold here, from the concepts of "burning your boats," why you shouldn't listen to experts, Tony's diet, how he stays fit, how he deals with uncertainty... There is so much AMAZING wisdom in this interview, I have no doubt you're going to love it! Amongst everything else Tony does, he also has a great new book coming out, called Unshakeable - I've read it already - It's pretty amazing. There's some economic brilliance in this book, whether you're just starting your first saving account, or you work with money for a living. You don't want to miss this book. (Click the link above for some special gifts if you pick it up, as well.) Again - Thanks for listening - I'm just so proud of this episode. If you love it, please, please, drop us a review on iTunes - That's how we get more people to understand that ADHD is a gift, no

Sometimes, for people with ADHD, inspiration comes from the most random of places. For this week's guest, Nick Berry, it arrived in the form of a military enlistment, followed by a tour in Operation Enduring Freedom. Once out of the military, Nick used the hyper-focus from his ADHD to launch SendLift, an online service that sends handwritten thank you notes all around the world. He's a huge believer in therapy, and knows he has his ADHD to thank for his success. Best tip of the episode: The Chrome Extension "Kill Newsfeed." (See below.) In this episode, Peter and Nick discuss: Nick's background (02:07) Thank you cards (03:18) Military life (05:07) Routines and schedule (06:45) Tips for daily life (07:27) Work and family balance (08:45) Hyper focus (10:58) Working on tasks that you hate (12:39) Notifications (13:49) Additional tips and tricks (15:21) Links/Mentions Nick Berry (Facebook) Sendlift (Nick's company) Bulletproof Coffee Pomodoro Method Kill news feed (Chrome extension) As always, leave us a comm

Let's talk success, failure, and WRESTLING!! This week's guest is Jim Harshaw Jr., a former Team USA Olympic wrestler, and someone who knows a bit about being at the top, and falling to the bottom. I'm thrilled Jim was kind enough to join us! Specifically, listen to him talking about fixing things that don't work, working on accountability, and more! Great interview here! Enjoy it! In this episode, Peter and Jim discuss: Jim's background (02:08) Improvement and Asthma (04:25) Learning from Failure (07:08) Feeling stuck (09:26) Blueprint for success (11:26) How to keep going during difficult times (15:50) Pain and suffering (18:23) Links/Mentions Jim Harshaw Jr (Website | Twitter) Failure (TED talk) Success Through Failure (Podcast) Dr Mike Fisher As always, leave us a comment below, drop us a review on iTunes (PLEASE!) and of course, subscribe to the podcast if you haven't already! Know of anyone you think should be on the FTN podcast? Shoot us a note - We'd love to hear!

The Faster Than Normal Video Course is out! 36 videos to teach you how to take back control of your attention, your time, and your life! Check it out here!  This week's guest is Preston Bealle. Preston was one of the last bosses I ever had before I went out on my own back in 1998. He taught me much - specifically, he taught me to be a generalist. It never occurred to me that doing so is exactly what allows many of us to master our ADHD. Preston touches on some very scary topics in this interview, including feeling like a fraud, failures, and raising kids. He also talks about life rules and doing work that excites you. If you've ever felt like you're not doing the right thing in your life, this is one FTN that you don't want to miss! In this episode, Peter and Preston discuss: Preston's back story (02:47) ADHD and formal education (03:44) Work that excites you (05:55) Feeling like a fraud (08:01) Be a generalist (09:54) Being a boss (12:18) Failures (14:19) Contact with customers (15:54) Raising kids (16:32)

THE ADHD SUPERPOWER WEBINAR IS THIS THURSDAY! Sign up here! It's totally free, and is a hour chock full of the best advice from the guests of the past 45 episodes! Talk about perfect for the ADHD set - It's 45 episodes of advice, crammed into one hour, totally free! Sign up for it here! PS: It's also awesome for all your friends who DON'T have ADHD, but just want to learn to be more productive! Be awesome and share it here! This week's guest is Cindy Goldrich. This is a good one, guys. It's for everyone, but especially for parents! Cindy is a mental health counselor who works nationally with parents, teachers, and counselors, and has written the book "* Keys for Parenting Children with ADHD." Her basic premise here is that pills don't teach skills, and medication, while not bad, isn't for everyone, and certainly shouldn't be a first line of defense. Take a listen. I'm thrilled with this interview. In this episode, Peter and Cindy discuss: Is ADHD a weakness (02:01) Cindy's story (02:56) Types of clients (03:

The Faster Than Normal Video Course is out! 36 videos to teach you how to take back control of your attention, your time, and your life! Check it out here!  So this week, I've been placed in the hotseat, since we've got the webinar coming up next week, I thought I'd give you a preview of what you'll get from it, as well as talk about some of the best tips our guests have given us in the past ten months. It's been a wild ride to get here, and we couldn't be happier. Again: The Finding Your Inner ADHD Superhero Webinar will be NEXT THURSDAY, January 19th, at 1pm EST - Totally free! We'll go over the best tips and tricks from our best guests on the podcast, including John Lee Dumas, Seth Godin, and more! You won't want to miss this! In the meantime, enjoy the preview podcast! You'll learn some stuff! In this episode, Peter and Matthew discuss: Being yourself (04:02) The Lamborghini idea (05:34) Making tweaks for ADHD (07:41) Triggers (09:27) Knowing yourself (11:37) Ignoring events (13:27) Procrastination (14:4

The Faster Than Normal Video Course is out! 36 videos to teach you how to take back control of your attention, your time, and your life! Check it out here!  This week's guest is Dan Harding, who managed to talk his way out of being held up at gunpoint, so who knows how he can help you? Dan discusses OCD, which is surprisingly close ADHD on the spectrum, so you're going to get a ton of useful tidbits out of this episode. Added bonus: He goes by four E's: excitable, extroverted, enthusiastic, and encouraging. Second added bonus - He works with Follow Up Then, a company I've been screaming about for years - It's the ADHD DREAM - Check it out - A free way to never forget anything again! In this episode, Peter and Dan discuss: Being held up at gunpoint (02:42) Dan's story (06:03) Diagnosis of OCD (07:48) Turning OCD into a benefit (11:15) Different spectrums (12:34) Making up your own rules (15:11) About the company (16:15) Why calendars don't work (18:04) Dan's life rules (21:04) Links/Mentions Dan Harding (We

The Faster Than Normal Video Course is out! 36 videos to teach you how to take back control of your attention, your time, and your life! Check it out here!  When you have ADHD, it sometimes feels like you can't control one thing in your life, right? It's like, as soon as you put your attention into this thing over here, this other thing over there demands it from you. Hence, nothing gets done. Well, imagine someone who's able to not only use his ADHD to make sure that never happens, but to do it in such a way that he's able to support upwards of 100 clients at the same time! Pretty insane, huh? Meet Jordan Lark. In addition to having killer tattoos, Jordan runs Evolutionary Health, and undertakes a practical approach to nutrition. He believes that most clients have the knowledge but the trouble lies in the implementation. (Sounds like us with ADHD, right?) Check out this podcast to see how Jordan uses his ADHD to structure his life, his work, and his work/family balance. It's pretty amazing! Happy New Year! I

The Faster Than Normal Video Course is out! 36 videos to teach you how to take back control of your attention, your time, and your life! Check it out here!  You know what never ceases to amaze me about ADHD? The fact that no matter how many things are similar, there are so many differences amongst the people who use ADHD to their advantage. This week's guest, Joe Caserta, proves the same. Joe is a recognized authority, author and educator in big data and data analytics. Big data. Analytics. That's like, a lot of math. The stuff that used to get me into a nervous tizzy every day in school, and nearly got me kicked out of college, is how Joe created a multi-million dollar business. Joe took his inability to sit still and turned it upside down, building a hugely respected company in the process. ADHD. I'll tell you. It's never boring. In this episode, Peter and Joe discuss: Joe's back story (02:54) Immersion learning (05:13) Tips for non exciting work (08:20) (VALUE-BOMB) Hyper focus (09:51) Life work balance (

The Faster Than Normal Video Course is out! 36 videos to teach you how to take back control of your attention, your time, and your life! Check it out here!  Imagine for a second, if you will, a man who doesn't hold back in the slightest. He works with some of the top celebrities in the world, yet doesn't have the remotest of filters on his brain, mouth, or actions. Imagine that, and multiply it by a thousand, and you get this week's Faster Than Normal Interview, Vinnie Tortoritch.  This man is legendary. He didn't want to become a trainer. He didn't want to host a ridiculously popular podcast. He didn't want to do any of the things he does - Yet now he does them, and he's famous for it! Why? ADHD. Listen here. You'll like it. In this episode, Peter and Vinnie discuss: Vinnie's background (01:48) Beginning of the personal training (02:45) The fitness podcast (04:15) Internet famous (06:06) Zone of focus (06:50) Caffeine and concentration (07:41) How healthy habits affect the brain (08:40) Kids with problems o

The Faster Than Normal Video Course is out! 36 videos to teach you how to take back control of your attention, your time, and your life! Check it out here!  This week's guest is Scott Jordan, founder of the wildly popular SCOTTEVEST line of clothing! (Full disclosure, I'm on Scott's board, and he's a personal friend.) Scott is known for many things, and "holding back" isn't one of them. In this episode, Scott talks about his lovely better half, Laura, manages her ADHD. He doesn't pull punches, he talks about the positives and negatives. You might get angry, you might agree - But you'll definitely learn something in probably the most controversial FTN interview ever! In this episode, Peter and Scott discuss: Scott's story (02:42) Spouse with ADHD (04:00) Marrying a complete opposite (05:07) Avoiding conflict (07:42) Forgetfulness (09:46) ADHD and intelligence (10:44) Certified crazy (11:43) Medication (12:49) How to deal with a spouse with ADHD (15:39) Introverts (17:37) Tips for someone married to a spouse w

The Faster Than Normal Video Course is out! 36 videos to teach you how to take back control of your attention, your time, and your life! Check it out at www.ftncourse.com! ADHD Nation is currently THE hot book to read in the ADHD world. I've read it, and it's a very worthwhile read. I was fortunate to get the author, Alan Schwartz, on the FTN Podcast to discuss the book, his research, and give us his take on ADHD and the pharmaceutical industry. Don't worry, I'm not going off on a "don't take medication ever!" rant. As you know, I'm not anti-medication. But I do believe that throwing our children (or even our adults) on ADHD medication simply because they're not acting like everyone else is a mistake, and medication should be a last resort, not a first strike. I believe that if I were on medication as a kid, my creativity wouldn't have been anywhere near as strong, and I doubt I would be where I am now, in any capacity, from my personal life to my professional life. I believe that by not taking medication, I

This week's guest is Marina Darlow, with a fascinating discussion on how systems can blow your ADHD up into your biggest benefit ever! In this episode, Peter and Marina discuss: Marina's back story (01:50) Shame and ADHD (04:05) Management of symptoms through systems (05:07) Key qualities of a good system (06:15) Having reminders (07:51) Conscious decision making (11:19) Limiting choices and flexibility (12:04) When to ditch systems (13:48) Speaking at a conference (17:20) Links/Mentions Vision Framework Pinterest David Allen The yelling mom (app) Inventive Labs Incubator As always, leave us a comment below, drop us a review on iTunes (PLEASE!) and of course, subscribe to the podcast if you haven't already! Know of anyone you think should be on the FTN podcast? Shoot us a note - We'd love to hear!  

What if everything you knew was wrong? What if you were tracking all the wrong metrics on your path to what you thought was success? Our guest today experienced that, and came out transformed for the better on the other side. Meet Mike Merriam. What really got to me about this interview was the fact that Mike wasn't diagnosed with ADHD until he was 37. Like myself, and I'm sure many of you, Mike spent years just assuming that he was "different in a bad way," as opposed to learning to turn his talents towards good. When he finally did, everything (and I mean everything) shifted for him. Listen to this interview, and explore the six fundamental questions that radically changed Mike Merriam's life, and might do the same for you. Enjoy! PS: Added bonus: We touch on the keto diet and biohacking in this interview, as well!   In this episode, Peter and Mike discuss: Mike's backstory (02:25) Creating a massive change (06:02) The six fundamental questions (09:15) Daily practice (10:50) Tracking progress (12:44) Bio-h

The Faster Than Normal ADHD T-Shirts are live! Grab yours before the campaign ends next week! So whenever I talk about taking ADHD meds, I call it my "expense report medication." That is, if I'm forced to take medication, it's only for things that truly won't get done otherwise - I don't take Concerta all the time, usually rarely. But occasionally, it's needed, for those things people with ADHD just simply don't want to do. Like expense reports. Or benefits forms. Or claims forms. That's why this week is a special treat for us: Josh Verne has founded multiple companies, and as always, comes from a place where he realized that what he has is a gift, not a curse.We're going to find out how all of these things can be done, with ADHD, by talking this week, not to someone with ADHD, but with OCD. We're going to find out how Josh uses his OCD to do some of the things that we couldn't imagine doing - And the best part? Josh's secret lies in two things: His outlook on life, and enjoying what he does. You know who els

If I can't get the real Oprah on FTN, the next best thing is the "Oprah of China," Dominic Johnson-Hill. Meet this week's guest, and learn how he went from growing up having a truly awful fear of failure and hating everything about school, to learning to channel his ADHD into his work and projects, allowing him to become the most successful t-shirt entrepreneur in China! We've all been there - He'll talk about how his quest for continued excitement led him to leave home and settle in China - completely by himself. His success has come from him using his ADHD to come up with and implement those ideas everyone else thinks are crazy - until they work. You'll like this interview. If you do, PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW ON ITUNES! The link is below! Thanks!! In this episode, Peter and Dominic discuss: Dominic's story (01:57) Schools and teachers (06:02) Being competitive (06:37) Seeking excitement (08:04) Seeing the future (09:20) Regrets (11:52) About the t-shirt company plastered (13:19) Not knowing how to say no (