episode 23: When ADHD Meets the Artificial Structures of Work with Dr. Kourosh Dini
"Without time, you don't have attention; without attention, you don't have time.”
This week on the show, we're exploring the artifice of bureaucracy and administrative structures of traditional work, and how it can be difficult to navigate with an ADHD brain, and we have the perfect guest to help us do it. Dr. Kourosh Dini is a board-certified psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, author, and musician, and most recently, he created the Waves of Focus course and community for those struggling with ADHD and other "wandering minds.”
Along the way, we look at the social and administrative contracts at work, and how to positively adapt our behavior toward managers and other authority figures while dealing with anxiety, fear, and RSD. We discuss Dr. Dini's concept of the wandering mind, how it applies across domains, and the struggle of “holding it all together” for the world while deeply struggling internally. Finally, we explore the idea of “hiding” ADHD at work for those trying to find a place to fit in.
If you relate to any of this, you owe it to yourself to listen to this show and check out the robust catalog of Dr. Dini's fantastic contributions to the world of productivity with kindness.
- (00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast
- (01:12) - Support the Show!
- (03:27) - Introducing Kourosh Dini, MD
- (04:19) - The Wandering Mind
- (08:10) - What if we're out of sync?
- (14:33) - Adjusting to Artificial Structure
- (15:22) - The Visit
- (18:53) - Hyperfocus and Flow
- (23:47) - Moving to Practice from Pattern Recognition
- (27:57) - Risks and Stress Testing
- (34:41) - The Edge of Action
- (36:41) - Hiding ADHD