Episode Summary: Welcome to JDHD!

Welcome to JDHD! You've just found the world's first —and only—website, community, and podcast for lawyers with ADHD (whether they know they have it or not).

Episode Notes: Welcome to JDHD!

Lawyers with ADHD have loads of superpowers. But attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder can be a nasty little sidekick, too. This new podcast will help lawyers with ADD learn to maximize their superpowers, minimize their weaknesses, develop their productivity, avoid their procrastination, and take control of their lives, their relationships, their law practices, and their brains. I really hope you enjoy this little trailer as much as I enjoyed making it.

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Time Stamps

[00:39]	There is a massive group of attorneys—lawyers with ADHD—who are hiding their best, most game-changing talents.
[01:54]	Undiagnosed and untreated adult ADHD is a sneaky, vicious, unrelenting, powerful, and silent foe.
[03:00]	I'm Marshall Lichty. I'm a lawyer, and I am dripping with ADHD. I'm also a coach, a consultant, an investigative marketer, a writer, and a bestselling author.
[03:56]	What can you expect from JDHD?
[04:57]	Let's make ADHD easier. Law is hard enough.

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Transcript: Welcome to JDHD!

Marshall Lichty: Here's something I know for sure… There is a massive group of lawyers out there who are hiding their best, most game-changing talents. These people have superpowers in spades, like a magnificent sense of humor, like their energy and compassion and charisma. They have an ability to inspire others, an extraordinary sense of fairness, the ability to perform well under pressure, make calculated risks, and they are voracious learners and researchers with an entrepreneurial spirit and boundless creativity. These people might actually be the closest thing that our grand old profession has to bona fide superheroes. Here's the thing: Being a kickass superhero (or lawyer) means maximizing your superpowers. But it also means minimizing your exposure to kryptonite. And lawyers with ADHD—we call them JDHDs around here—have plenty of kryptonite to deal with. Did you know that three of every four adults with ADHD don't even know they have it? Or that people who are really smart are exponentially more difficult to diagnose and treat than your run-of-the-mill ADHD folks (who are already hard to diagnose and treat)? ADHD left undiagnosed and untreated is one of the most sneaky and vicious and unrelenting, powerful, and silent foes that we know. And that's why our protagonist superheroes struggle with all kinds of things that can hamper their ability to excel in their practices and in their firms and in their lives. They struggle with organization and focus and billing. They struggle with attention to detail. My wife talks about my struggles with time optimism and emotional regulation. We talk about perfectionism and procrastination. My memory is garbage and I feel lonely and we have trouble maintaining relationships. We struggle with shame, depression, and intensity. And that is why you're listening to a brand new podcast about lawyers, about productivity, and about attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder or ADHD. I call this podcast JDHD, and its a podcast for lawyers with ADHD (whether they know they have it or not). I'm your host, Marshall Lichty. I'm a lawyer and I am dripping with ADHD. I'm also a coach, a consultant, an investigative marketer, a writer, and a bestselling author. Did you ever wonder why you're such a perfectionist? Why you have a hard time getting started? Why you have a hard time getting finished? Maybe you struggle to track your time every day (or week) (or month)? Maybe you get bored with any long list of mundane tasks that most lawyers tend to handle on the daily. Or maybe you're just trying to pick up a couple of tips to help you make this week just a little bit better than last. Those are all really, really good reasons to keep listening. Here's what you're in for: We're going to publish two shows per week, and we've got two different types of shows. On Sundays, we'll publish 40 to 60-minute conversations with health care professionals, productivity gurus, and lawyers living the ADHD life. On Thursdays, we'll publish a very short, very practical, and very useful solo episode featuring tools and apps and tricks and processes and other life-alteringly awesome tips to help you become a better lawyer, whether you have ADHD or not. So, what's next? There are three very simple things you can do. One, of course, go subscribe in your favorite podcast app. This thing drops on October 1st, which is the first day of ADHD awareness month and it couldn't be a better time. Second, you can grab your seat in an absolutely free 10-day “Introduction to ADHD for Lawyers. It's an email course and it's at TheJDHD.com/ten-day-course. Finally, send me your questions, your stories, your ideal guests, and your greetings. Send them to marshall(at)thejdhd.com. I read and respond to every single email I get, productivity be damned.