Wed 4 Jan 2012
ADHD and Career Choices
Posted by cameron under ADHD and Professionals, ADHD and Work
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I’m not a career coach but I do know how ADHD impacts a career, both positive and negative. Considering a new career is a great opportunity to align your passions and interests with your cognitive preferences. Here is an excerpt from an article I wrote for Task.fm titled,
How should adults with ADHD factor ADHD into their career choice?
Selecting a new career is also a wonderful opportunity to make great strides towards what you are truly passionate about or what I like to call “A Life that Fits.” As one client suggests, entertaining a new career path allows her to focus on doing the right things instead of figuring out how to do things right. I specialize in the latter a.k.a. improving work performance but I can certainly comment on ADHD and work fulfillment.
Adults with ADHD can bring a lot to the professional table but only when they are clear on what all is showing up at the table. Asking how ADHD should factor into a career choice is like asking how “unique brain wiring” or cognitive preferences should factor in. If we step back for a moment and look at all the factors that go into career choice – strengths, aptitude, experience, personality, history, preferences and interests – our unique brain wiring provides the blueprint for all of these factors. Given that ADHD is neurobiological in nature it will influence all of these factors and in truth it already is.