Nir Eyal
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And every time I was distracted, my brain would go over to this limitation as opposed to,
It's a map, right?
That a diagnosis is a map.
It's you're here, you're trying to get there, and yeah, you're at a different place than other people might be.
Okay, we all are.
Now, it could be that you have certain conditions that make it a little bit more difficult here and there, so your path might be a little bit further.
The problem was I was becoming the map.
This diagnosis became my identity.
but it's not useful.
It wasn't helping me.
As opposed to now, I don't tell myself, oh, I have ADHD.
It's a chronic condition.
I'm never going to get better.
I'm never going to start spitting out.
Instead, I say, I'm learning another skill.
This is an opportunity to get better.
And eventually, I would learn that skill and get better.
For example, I learned, I've written three bestsellers.
You know what I learned?
That when I'm really into a topic,