My Biggest Failures As A Leader Come From Ineffective Communication So I Focus On These Two Things

If you want to be an incredible leader, become a world-class communicator.

Growing up in sunny Naples, Florida, I was blessed with ADHD. But my grumpy first-grade teacher had a brilliant idea; let’s sit Nate on a T-shaped stool to help control his disorder.

She didn’t realize that her revolutionary stool didn’t control my legs, so they continued to dance, bouncing up and down off the ground like a beautiful ADHD symphony.

As I shed my adolescent skin and put on my professional facade, I learned that my ADHD mouth would be a blessing and a curse.

I struggled deeply with communicating.

I’d talk fast.

Words flew out of my mouth like the roadrunner on Looney Tunes while half my thoughts remained in my brain.

My working memory is flawed. Studies show that people with ADHD have a significant deficit in working memory. But, other people have a different problem. They don’t think before they speak, or they speak ineffectively as if they have a different type of disorder.

Over the years, I’ve learned that my communication failures have caused me so many problems.