S2 E2 - What can ADHD teach us about Quitting? w/Matthew Bellringer

Knowing When to Quit

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S2 E2 - What can ADHD teach us about Quitting? w/Matthew Bellringer

Sarah Weiler

Dec 09, 2022

What can ADHD teach us about Knowing When to Quit? Today's guest Matthew Bellringer has some ideas...

Matthew is a divergent innovation guide, neurodiversity advocate and social entrepreneur. They believe that with the right support, unconventional people can make a unique contribution to addressing big, messy problems that affect everyone. Working with (mostly) neurodivergent professionals, academics, and entrepreneurs, Matthew helps establish original approaches to complex issues. They also work with organisations to create the kind of spaces which support this work.

In this episode we explore:

🧐 Why having a short attention span can be a good thing

👨🏻‍⚕️ Matthew's journey with ADHD and Dyslexia diagnoses

🎢 The difference between appetite for risk and appetite for uncertainty

🤹🏻‍♀️ How Matthew realises it's time to move away from a hobby and what they do to honour the completion

😩 How to know where to start when you're feeling overwhelmed with options

👎🏽 The stigma around being a generalist

👯‍♀️ How the desire quit plays out when they're working with others

Matthew's website: matthewbellringer.com

Find Matthew on Linked in: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-bellringer/

Matthew's podcast: https://www.matthewbellringer.com/delightful-dissent

Navigating Neurodiversity, for people exploring and figuring out what to do with diagnosis, before and after:

https://iaq.matthewbellringer.com/notes/wkfywxei831rn1ncukspxjc/

and its counterpart for those supporting a neurodivergent person personally or professionally, Supporting Neurodiversity:

https://iaq.matthewbellringer.com/notes/89tai34f8kpwdcj4zbp5oo3/

Matthew as a speaker/writer - https://iaq.matthewbellringer.com/notes/fwbn4nd6nooqxdqcewd2o1i/

Knowing When to Quit - Instagram - @knowingwhentoquit

Podcast homepage - www.sarahweiler.com/podcast/

Editor - Johnny Hall / Music - Sarah Weiler / Artwork - Tom Pauling

This was recorded in April 2022

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Knowing When to Quit

I'm Sarah Weiler, TEDx Speaker, coach and creative multi-passionate. I'm fascinated by how we navigate quitting and the uncomfortable feeling that come up when we entertain bringing things to a close.

In this podcast…

I’ll talk to entrepreneurs, ex-politicians, athletes and PhD students who all have one thing in common – they all at some point wanted to quit the thing they cared about. They’ll share how they made the decision and impart wisdom for others in similar situations.

We’ll hear from experts about their take on quitting through the lens of intuition, natural cycles and start-up ideation.

And I’ll be coaching people LIVE on their current quitting issues and guiding them to either make a decision, or embrace the uncomfortable uncertainty…

This is the podcast for anyone who has ever wanted to quit and not known what to do - I hope you'll find solace, permission, relief and in seeing yourself in others' stories.

I believe that quitting is a skill that we can understand better and even master.

If we allow it, quitting really is the facilitator of joy.

Podcast Artwork - Tom Pauling

Editor - Jonny Hall

Music - Sarah Weiler

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