Jim Clemmer on Action and the Obvious
Taking Action. My years of research and work with behavior-based skill development methods clearly show that we act our way into new ways of thinking far more easily than we can think our way into new ways of acting. Throughout this book you may find yourself nodding or thinking “I know that already. When’s he going to get to the new stuff?” Whenever that happens, ask yourself “So what I am doing about it?” I’ll try to nag, spur, inspire, prod, and otherwise move you beyond knowing to doing.
– Jim Clemmer in the introduction to Pathways to Performance: A Guide to Transforming Yourself, Your Team, and Your Organization
I don’t think Clemmer was thinking about ADDexecs when he wrote this, but consider this question:
How many of us know what our daily priorities are, but still don’t do them?
“Well, we can’t because our attention deficit disorder is getting in the way.”
So then, a second question: How many of us know we need to do more with our ADD but aren’t giving it enough (or any) energy?
For some of us, discovering that we have ADD was a great gift. Finally, we had an explanation for many of our challenges. But having the explanation isn’t the same thing as having the solution…
