ADD and the Traffic Cop

I have a traffic cop analogy for defining ADD/ADHD and how coaching will help you.

When I think about ADD/ADHD, I sometimes think about a traffic cop directing traffic at an intersection. He is telling the cars exactly where to go. As long as the drivers pay attention to him, everything moves along efficiently. Now imagine if the traffic cop directs traffic in the wrong direction, too fast or too slowly. This intersection becomes a snarled mess and we have gridlock. This is what happens in the mind of someone with ADD/ADHD. Their thoughts are moving at light speed through their minds and without direction sometimes they get jumbled. It is a random jumbling of thoughts therefore harder to regain efficiencies.

Here is where coaching comes into play. A coach helps individuals to install traffic lights which will help to automate the traffic patterns. This frees up the traffic cop to focus on other items. A coach will help the traffic cop do better more consistently. However, more importantly it will help identify where the traffic light will take the place of the traffic cop so it’s more automatic. The traffic cop will monitor bigger things while the traffic light will monitor the details automatically.

Thanks and I hope you will come along this journey of learning about ADD and how coaching will help you or your loved ones enjoy a fulfilling life.