INNOVATION CAFE

ADHD: The Inventor’s Secret Sauce

Innovation Cafe with Gary Shuster, patent litigator and prolific inventor.

Transcript

Hey, welcome to Innovation Cafe. I want to talk with you briefly about a battle that two of my innovation superpowers are constantly having with each other. First, I have some OCD traits, which means I want to put out a short video every day, and I feel like I have to. That’s OCD for you. But I also have ADHD, which allows me to flit from idea to idea, connecting things that really don’t seem like they should connect.

But it also means that I’ll forget sometimes to put out the short every day. So how do those work? I don’t know. It’s kind of tough. I can either make my ADHD happy or make my OCD happy. But in any event, it’s important to recognize these are really powerful tools for inventors. But they don’t come without a cost. So neurodiversity is great. Do learn how to manage it for yourself. Catch you next time.