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Do you look at your unfinished projects, abandoned systems, and half-followed-through plans as proof that you're falling short of your potential?
In this episode, Coach Mande John challenges that story. The problem usually isn't discipline, desire, or capability - it's that most success advice assumes a brain that doesn't work the way ADHD brains do. Decisions don't always stay top of mind. Motivation fades. A perfectly good plan on Monday can feel like it belongs to someone else by Thursday.
Mande introduces the Three R's - Review, Revise, Recommit - a tool she uses with her coaching clients to build success in a way an ADHD brain can actually sustain. Instead of aiming for a system you never fall off of, the goal becomes noticing sooner and coming back faster, without turning every pause into a verdict on your character.
✅ Why "just make a plan and stick to it" doesn't hold up for ADHD brains
✅ The preparation trap — when learning and planning quietly become a way to avoid the risk of trying
✅ Why failure is data, not a verdict, and inaction is the real worst case
✅ How shorter feedback loops keep a goal from silently disappearing
✅ A redefinition of consistency: getting better at returning, not never drifting
✅ The Three R's: Review, Revise, Recommit
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