2024届高考英语一轮复习外刊阅读学案：How to Find a Career That Fits Your ADHD Brain 多动症人群适合什么样的职业选择？

How to Find a Career That Fits Your ADHD Brain Apply your strengths to land work that you love. KEY POINTS ADHD brains are motivated for things that interest them. Certain careers keep people with ADHD more engaged and productive than others. Informational interviewing, although intimidating, can help you learn about different professions. Nurture resilience by recalling and focusing on previous successes. Many older teens and emerging adults struggle with figuring out what profession to pursue. You may feel pressure to earn a certain amount of money or find a career with a particular status. But this may not be the best approach. Of course, you need to consider your salary and your opportunities in a given field. But it’s more useful at the beginning of this process if you can zoom out and consider what you actually like to do. Given that many people with ADHD wrestle with staying focused and engaged in activities that don’t interest them, reflecting on what captivates you before thinking about other aspects of a career points you in a direction of real possibilities. If you don’t like a subject or task, there may not be much longevity in that career for you. How to Identify a Good Career Fit Start by asking yourself these questions: What grabs my attention? When do I stay focused? When am I the least overwhelmed or distractible? What brings me pleasure either in my free time, when I am studying, or when I am working? What activities or tasks make me happy when I’m doing them? What have I enjoyed or found tolerable related to work in the past? If I had three wishes for myself related to a profession, what would those be? What negative messages do I tell myself that thwart me before I even begin on this path? Once you have some answers, it’s time to reflect on your executive functioning strengths and challenges. There are several work-related challenges for people with ADHD. First, time management, related to the common ADHD issue of time blindness, can be a r