In fact, Neeleman invented e-tickets because he kept misplacing his airline tickets every time he flew. A lot of entrepreneurs, entertainers, politicians, and business leaders have ADHD, including the CEO of JetBlue, David Neeleman. “I help them see that having ADHD is not a negative thing. “When people with ADHD come to me for treatment, they’re often unhappy in their professional life, and have a very low self-image,” says Kathleen Nadeau, Ph.D., a Silver Spring, Maryland, psychologist and the author of ADD In The Workplace (#CommissionsEarned). It doesn’t have to be that way: Adults with ADHD frequently excel in the workplace, once they adapt to their disability and develop coping skills. People with ADHD change jobs frequently - often impulsively - and are more likely to be fired, to miss work, and to have troubled relationships with co-workers. On average, studies suggest, college graduates with attention deficit disorder ( ADHD or ADD) earn $4,300 less per year than their peers who don’t have ADHD. But for adults with ADHD, staying on top of details is an endless struggle - one that brings conflict with managers, missed promotions, and a stalled career. Are you always late to work? Are you so distractible that you have trouble completing projects on time, or do you get bogged down for hours on some minor task? Maybe you can’t find your phone under the mountain of paperwork on your desk.įrom time to time, everyone confronts such things on the job and could use a little career advice.
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