That was probably the episode of my life! What a unique experience seeing inside my brain! Would you have your brain scanned!? So much to talk about in this one! Please let us know why you watch these vlogs in the comments & if you liked the episode please hit the like button on the video (we use that as a way to see how we’re doing) Let’s discuss below! - Steven xxx
Ahh, already headed back to London, then? Hope you enjoyed your visit out here and had a chance to enjoy some of the good eats! I watch for a mix of reasons... Validation, personal growth, insight, neuroplasticity, the production quality, and of course that lovely accent!
Earlier this year I was diagnosed with ADHD at the age of 37. I burst into tears the moment I was told, not because I was upset that I had it, but suddenly it all made sense. It brought me a feeling of comfort and quite honestly, it helped me to 'go easy' on myself. I felt seen in a way I'd never experienced before. I don't let it define me, I let it guide me.
Dont trust it unless you're planning a 2nd and 3rd opinion. The Meds are obviously brutal with horrific side effects. I've seen this over and over and over unless you're in college, of course Lol
after 50 years thinking I was normal but a really bad person...aka neurotypical...I found out I am neurodivergent. Perspective is key..it is the key to my freedom....I no longer believe I am wrong as a person. I am different than most. I know that my people are rare in this world....but they are there!!! AuDHD is my superpower!!!!!!
Wecome to the club Steven, it's an honour to have you on. ADHD needs to be de-stigmatized and revealing this is not only very kind and thoughtful of you but also helpful for the community because you're THE LIVING EXAMPLE that we're still amazing and highly creative and hardworking, even if our brains are different :) THANK YOU FOR YOUR BRAVERY
Another true 10/10 episode. As a videographer and editor, I can spot cool nuggets added to each episode to make them better and better (and note how much extra work those types of things are). As a request, I'd personally love an overview of gear used for DOAC (cameras, lenses, lights, audio interface, etc.). Already looking forward to next week's episode!
Thank you for keeping your explanation about labeling so personal to your situation but still allowing people with all kind of brains to understand the significance of the terms and how everyone is free to apply them to their own situations. So refreshing. I’m a mom of 2 autistic kids (and still figuring out my own brain in the process) and I always tell my kids that the way their brain works might be different from the norm but they’re still also just themselves and the ‘label’ can be an explanation for behavior and feelings but not an excuse. You make your own story in the world regardless and own up to it!
Love the focus on ADHD here. I'm neurotypical but all the closest people in my life are neurodivergent with most having ADHD. I've seen the challenges ADHD can bring, but have also seen the immense possibilities it can present too. ADHD really is a superpower! ❤️❤️❤️
I think labels are useful if you think of it as a way to index and find information. Having a diagnosis allows you to search for and find tools, resources and communities. Upon realising I have adhd I was able to find tools that have made my life significantly more manageable and most importantly stop feeling shame about things I thought I should be able to control but couldn’t. I also realised those I thought of as kindred spirits actually had adhd too 😂
Love that you say you're just Steven, as it should be. Unfortunately many people use their diagnosis as an excuse for whatever behaviours they show.. Takes away from people genuinely struggling and doing the best they can. Personally I'm tired of all these labels and just wish people would understand we all have different strengths and weaknesses.
How are you meant to know what you're working with unless you understand the condition you have? Try having an addiction caused by ADHD and then just calling it a weakness. It's not about a label, it's about understanding. You wouldn't tell someone with cancer to stop wanting a label would you?
That’s great, but actually people judge other all of the time. Isn’t that what you’ve just done? We are expect to fit the mould. Goodness me, that’s what schools are all about, teaching to the Bell curve! And if you don’t fit the curve, you’re screwed, and made to feel a failure!
@agneswatson9592 ADHD is a deficit in the functionality of the uptake of dopamine and noradrenaline in the brain. ADHD brains crave stimulation due to a lack of the correct chemical activity. This leads to issues like addiction, as individuals with ADHD seek stimulation not by choice but due to the chemical activity taking place in the brain. People don't want labels; they want understanding of why they keep repeating the same behaviors. I was 33 when I was diagnosed, and it has since changed my life. With understanding, the correct support, and treatment, I can control destructive behaviours. These behaviours are more than just strengths and weaknesses, as you referred to them. Unsupported ADHD nearly caused me to take my own life, but with understanding, I am now here trying to help others comprehend it. Out of 85,000 prisons, 55,000 have been excluded for "persistent disruptive behaviour," closely linked with ADHD. About 25% of the prison population has ADHD, and that's a conservative estimate. What drives crime? Addiction, impulsivity, poor emotional regulation-symptoms of ADHD that can be so destructive. One in three people in prison has a learning disability. It's not a choice, and it's not an excuse for behaviour.
@agneswatson9592 Adhd brains are naturally lacking in dopamine and drive behaviours that result in dopamine production. So...anything that results in dopamine production can be addictive to a person with adhd. These habits can be healthy or unhealthy. This is how it was explained to me and how i cognitively manage it, and it seems to work fine 👍
Hey Steven, I hope the start to your year has been good. I have been watching DOAC and subscribed for some time. You mentioned that you put the success down to "the systems, the process, and the technology." These may aid your analysis and promotion, but 100% is not why we follow. It is your manner of interviewing, sincere interest, and pressing for truth and meaning - getting people to be honest and vulnerable by making them feel safe and heard. It is asking questions on behalf of your audience and getting interesting guests. I can not recall all the names, but some interviews have had a huge impact on my life - Mo, the comfort crisis, food as medicine (I hope I can come back to edit this). Steven, you can not underestimate the role you play in having people follow DOAC. Absolutely key! Thank you, from the bottom of my heart.
A little question I'd love for you to address at some point. Given your schedule, how do you manage illness or deep fatigue? I understand quality sleep is an important component of your lifestyle but how do you manage a tough fever or other regular health issues with so little room for unexpected events? Very impressed by what you and your team are delivering to the world. Take care guys and thank you so much for the amazing work!
Loving these vlogs. Will is doing an amazing job. I think you made the right decision hiring him and he made a great choice dropping out of uni to work with you!
I laughed and swore like that during my testing, too. I knew you had ADHD well before he told you, but it takes one to know one, I suppose! ❤❤❤❤ Neurodivergent FTW!
This was such an eye opening episode! Always filled with pockets of gems (knowledge insights)! Also huge shout out to you for doing the brain scan and sharing the results with us! It seems like the most nerve racking but coolest thing! Looking forward to next weeks episode!
1. When my boyfriend told me “do you know who uploaded a video?”, I got sooooooo happy!!! I forgot that the videos are weekly now, so it really felt great to look forward to this. So thanks for making that upgrade! 2. Best vlog so far, not necessarily because of the value, or because of what you were doing, but mainly because the editing is getting soooooo gooooood! Really enjoyed it. 3. I guess another thing that made me like this one more is because I actually laughed out loud. I love your content, but it’s not something that necessarily makes me laugh. But I feel like now you are showing more of your personality, and your cheeky little jokes, it makes it more fun! I personally like it 4. The ads, 😫 ooh, the ads! I hate them. I preferred when there were no ads, maybe 1 mid advert is ok, but 4? 😭 it completely breaks the flow. You’re rich already, can you remove it? 😂 5. I started reading happy sexy millionaire! LOVE IT. Even better than DOAC 33 laws in my opinion. Thanks for the motivation! You and your team are truly my biggest sources of inspiration. See you next week
What's truly important isn't our weaknesses but how we overcome them and shine despite them. Just as stars always shine brightest in the dark, we, as humans, reveal our strength and character through challenges and experiences. Regardless of our shortcomings, our humanity shines through our efforts to improve and care for others. This resilience and compassion define us, making us heroes in our own right, and that's what truly matters. Big love for Steve and all of the team! Aklog, from East Africa, Ethiopia.
I had my brain scanned and rigorous testing (8hrs straight) = confirmed my different brain style + a life lived long with ADHD. I work to help de-stigmatize perception and bring more normalcy to being neuro. That which makes us each different in our own way is what makes us the best version of our inimitable selves. Welcome to the table, we saved you a seat! ADHD allows me to have incredible focus, creativity and drive. Knowing is key so that you can gain a better understanding and finesse your needs. And---for those who push for you to bring on "more CEOs" for DOAC, I would beg of you to keep on keeping with what you're doing. Your episodes have influenced my life in the most positive ways---and as CEO, of my life---that's what I need to start with and get right the most. Thank you!
Diagnosed with BPD AT 55, has changed my life in a fabulous way. Lost 30kg Finally finding out who I am after trying to be the person I thought others wanted me to be. Understand why I behaved the way I do. It’s been freeing, before was the prison of fear, anxiety and people pleasing It’s been a slow change. At 57 I’m going to start uni and learn to be a social worker. Not to please others but because it’s who I am to help
This episode I found very interesting and insightful. I recently got an autistic diagnosis at the age of 47 and have ADHD traits and have found it a relief to know and to understand how my brain works , giving me an understanding. I have also found it hard but listening to you on how you feel about “labels” has given me another perspective and your right I am Rachel , the good , the bad and the ugly and I’m ok with that 😊 so thank you
Steven, I just wanted to say how valuable these behind-the-diary episodes are. I have been watching the main channel for a long time and you are my most watched subscription. What you do on the main channel and the guests you have are always amazing. The new Behind the diary episodes are just plain inspirational. My wife and I have a small business and a youtube channel and I have just so many questions. I am picking up some from watching. sometimes I quickly open a new tab to look up something you mention, other times, it all makes sense an episode or two down the road . We are artists so technology and what is possible are not the easiest or obvious things to master but I do try hard and my editing gets better by that 1% all the time and I am trying. I watched the timelines Anthony showed at 17:52 in his breakdown of how the story is king and the one percent and well, Just shit man, I have a long way to go and these behind the diary episodes are a huge shot in the arm to just do more. Thank you Steve and thank you Anthony.
Loving the Vlog! So happy you're going weekly with it. I watch because it seems really honest-you share a lot with us and I value the transparency-good and bad. I also wastch for personal growth. I'd love to be as succesful and stable as you financially but I work in care so i just cant see that happening. And finally, I watch because I think you've worked so hard and deserve everything you get and I want to help support that :)
Incredibly emotive episode this week, thank you so much for peeling those layers back and sharing your thoughts and feelings. I guess none of us know what we may/may not have unless we are tested and the labelling theory is so important to understand. Please keep filling my inspiration bucket 🙏🏻
My husband and was diagnosed adhd as an adult, my son with autism at 3. I have characteristics of both. While I don’t think labelling is always good, I personally found the knowledge I learned so useful. It actually helped me to achieve more. Before I realised I probably was neurodivergent - I didn’t exercise. After I found out, I ran several marathons and started my own business which completely changed our lives. Knowledge can be power when it comes to this. It makes you understand some of those things you find difficult and they stop holding you back xx
I love Steve’s view on the ADHD, I mean, it is important to know yourself, and maybe finding out a label that helps you move forward and learn about yourself is good but it’s equally good not to base your whole self identity around that label. It’s important to find a balance for between those two. I personally would love to get my brain scanned too, and I probably would find out I have ADHD too.
I love your perspective on labels and neurodivergence. Over the last few years I have been diagnosed autistic and ADHD, and it is so useful to understand why I am the way I am, but the fear of letting the label define me is real. My labels are helpful (as opposed to preiously used labels like "difficult") but they alone should not define me. My eldest is waiting to be assessed for both autism and adhd and I worry for his mindset being defined by labels too - he's already ruled by anxiety in ways that I can’t seem to help him overcome. I will definitely be explaining it to him in the way you have done - he is him, pure and simple. I don't want anything holding him back in life like it did for me at times.
I also think the questions you ask and how deep you allow yourself to go also play a huge role in the success of your show. I've watched Jada P. be interviewed by Jay Shetty, Lewis Howes, DOAC and others and this one was by far the best.
This was interesting, fun to watch, thank you! Also, the LABEL (adhd) is just for doctors to give you the "right" drugs/treatment, just like medical issues, as they are all tied to the "right drug" choices given. I LOVE your comment on divergence ... the opportunity to deliver divergent results. Perfect.
Thank you so much for sharing this episode. It takes a lot of courage to open up like that; especially in a world that is so quick to judge and put out labels with negative connotations. We are all different and blessed with different gifts. We should love and celebrate our differences, instead of putting each other down ❤
Steven, you've got an important platform to frame what ADHD means to people, but more specifically, high-performing individuals. To me, having lived this way for 50 years, seeing family born and grow up with it, having studied neuroscience, it's only another variation of who we are, like foot size or skin colour. It becomes a condition or a disorder if it creates problems - that's when we pathologize it - otherwise it's just a way of thinking. Used to your advantage, it's a valuable asset. Like the F-16 is designed for inherent instability so it can perform feats other jets can't, a brain that's wired differently can do things others can't. The most important things I've learned are to work with (and not against) the flow, and to put in place structure and develop habits to direct that flow. Doesn't meant life's not a struggle, and particularly if you grew up in a highly critical or emotional traumatic or destitute environment your abilities may be forever limited (you might cut it as an entrepreneur, but not a CEO). You've got a really important story to tell here about a certain group of people who think this way, and I hope you can keep refining it.
Your words... really make me feel like I should love and appreciate myself more. I need to believe in myself more too. Thank you Steven for all your hard work and educational vogs and podcasts!
I think this episode will have a great benefit for the ADHD community especially in the UK as obviously with our healthcare funding, brain scans aren't the norm and so the majority of people think ADHD is like a personality /mental health disorder with a cause, effect and a cure but to see your sleepy cerebellum and compare it to your achievements just shows that working with your strengths and having alternatives there for your weaknesses (tools/people) the goals you want to achieve can be reached. A big problem we have is comparision and measuring ourselves against the norm....this is where getting the label does help....all of a sudden we aren't dangling on the edge of the bell curve but are on a completely different chart (more like a scatter graph!).
I was diagnosed at 32 as a highly successful tech sales executive and entrepreneur. It helped me to explain why I always felt different. It also explained why I was a terrible student in formal education. I am an EXCELLENT student of life and things that interest me. I can become an expert easily. It's a superpower. Many ADHDers don't get this because the label hindered them, unfortunately. And it is those that don't have ADHD that tell us that different is bad. Einstein doesn't agree. Cheers! I KNEW I related to you.
Really cool episode. Love the brain scanning stuff. First time I’ve watched - now binge watching the all previous eps! I’m on my own ADHD journey but being failed miserably by my GP. I’ve been asking for a referral for 6 months but the GP just cannot do the admin properly. Even once I have finally been referred I’ll have to wait 5 years! Our system is so broken and it’s making people more unwell, it’s making me more unwell and the hopelessness feeling is horrible.
Loved this episode, as always wanted a dr Amen brain scan, as going on 79 feel it’s too late and I live in Western Australia. Love, love DOAC! Thank you❤
Does Steven ever sleep, always on the go😅! My only critique in this ep would be the text message overlays at the beginning were a little too fast to read, but otherwise great insights into the brain scans! Glad you made your flight!
I loved this episode!! Especially your insights on labels and stereotypes are inspiring and helped me understand myself a little bit more. It helps greatly to start the reflection process about labels we and society puts on ourselves. Thank you so much for that!!
I'm an entreprenuer with an ADHD significant other and neurodivergent family members. It's likely I'm a bit neurodivergent as well. Thank you for this video. This is pure genius. Genuinely genius bro.
These Men who have adhd are intelligent people. They could not sit in classrooms for 8 plus hours to learn. They learn at their own speeds. This label should not hold anyone back. This is a brain that is active that needs room to grow and learn not in a box/classroom but out in the world.
Sometimes an official 'label' can help to assuage a less informed, but more damaging, socially critical judgement. I've been looking into ADHD recently as i'm starting to wonder... but i'm interested to learn more from a trauma perspective. It's interesting to observe the medical pathway against a therapeutic one. Thanks for a great episode!
Birds of a feather… I knew before he said I could tell a mile away. Why? I don’t watch tv. I read and research. I have the same infinite curiosity! I love listening to and talking to experts, it saves me time reading what they have! 😂 Being diagnosed with autism and ADHD in my late 40s has totally explained why I behaved like I did in my childhood (eg getting my parents barred from social clubs for swinging on curtains!) and why I picked the jobs and partners I did throughout my life. I think labels can be beneficial as long as you keep it as just that, a label of what “might” apply to you in what I like to call the spectrum of the tree branches of behaviours. I’m now a psych/neuro final year undergrad (a second time) at 50! Completely the opposite of what I do!?🙏💙
Oh gosh now I'm really looking forward to watching Jade's interview. I have a guest request and a question. Guest request: can we interview Will Smith? Question: what happens to your private driver when you travel overseas? Does he come with you and drive the rental car? How does that part of your life change in keeping that rhythm of being able to do things on the run having a private driver?
Another fantastic episode 🤟 Hearing you discuss the process around the live A/B testing of the podcast blew my mind 🤯 Oh, and I personally love your "label" #Steven ❤ Cheers to you and the crew for another fantastic, beautiful episode 🙏🏻
I have hypothesized for some time that EDS is how we are really different....the neurodivergence is how it shows up in the brain. My nurse side geeks out on the tangible measures for the brain. We have ignored her for so so long, this is epically exciting!!
Very interesting episode, i know us ADHDers would have hyper focused on this one 🤣 i got diagnozed at 29 years old, its crazy how many of us got missed
"...it's the system, the technology, and the process that has made the podcast successful". No, Steven, YOU and your TEAM has made the podcast successful. You are the Best!
Yay! First to comment. 🎉 DOAC Vlog is my fix to start my working week positively😊. Not a fan of Jade. As for the brain scan, amazing what they can do but, YOU are so right about "labelling". I LOVE your take on that. Just stay the amazing Steve that you are. I'm going to re-watch and eyeball what else you had in your schedule. It àlways looks so gruelling! Your team do an excellent job 👏 👏 👌🙌. Thanxx, see you here next week 😘
Brave of you to go through your process publicly. I was diagnosed as an adult last year and I know what you mean about self-worth. I struggled with the label and can never identify with 'is a superpower' messaging, the whole shebang was like wearing an ill-fitting jacket. Looks like you figured out the game pretty well I'd say. Fascinating snippets of DOAC here. I am beginning to see why some peeps are so scared of AI 😂 Sending virtual hug and high five. It does take some getting used to even if you don't label it.
Will there be fuller episodes relating to the neurodivergent topic? I think this is a huge topic that isn't being talked about enough to begin with. But also isn't being talked about enough from different angles. You have a unique opportunity here to unearth some very powerful stuff for a community that has been given very conflicting information for decades and beyond.
By the time I was in grade 2, teachers labelled me with A.D.D (ADHD has it's known now). I could never stay still and focus on the school work. Going through the school system and finishing college, having ADHD, though not professionally diagnosed, was just me. It wasn't until I "played in the devil's playground" with drugs and alcohol, a suicide attempt, and being admitted into a psych ward did I found out, yes, I have ADHD, but also bipolar 1 disorder. After that time, those labels really became a part of me. But, I've been learning over the last two years that these labels don't DEFINE me. All these bts episodes have been phenomenal, but this one felt reassuring. Like Steven said, he's just Steven. And I'm just Adriana and I like that ❤
My 12 year old daughter was diagnosed with ADHD this summer, I have found that a lot of the school concerns that they have for my daughter were the same for me at her age! I'm 46 and trying to get a diagnosis of ADHD. ADHD would explain a lot of things that I have noticed for years but didn't know that it may be ADHD
Interesting to learn about the changing thumbnails. I really don’t like the ’cheap’ clickbaity thumbnails, though. But I guess those are optimized for the clicks…
Bravo! Great work here If I may give you some Mama Bear advice…Don’t go anywhere without your stress allies. Keep B complex in your system Herbal allies… Milky Oats tincture… You probably know this already✨ Keep up your great work!
In the midst of all the "organised chaos", when flying don't forget to make a note of plane type. If 737 and sat by a door, strap in and keep hold of the mobile ! :)
I, too, dislike labeling. As you mentioned, we are shaped not only by the good but also by the bad and ugly aspects of ourselves. I don't think I'll ever undergo a brain scan. I love the behind-the-scenes stories of Jada's interview. I'm eager to watch the Morgan Hounsell episode. I've started listening to "It's Plenty" by Burna Boy & love it. I hope you'll share about your music preferences in future episodes.
I’m not surprised you have ADHD. It surprises me that you are surprised. It’s all in what you do. I’m mother of 3 and 2 are ADHD. It’s not a terrible thing to have but once you know you can arrange your life to suit.
I hope the ADHD bandwagon does more good than harm. Normalising the spectrum could be great, but I doubt it. People have no comprehension of actual ADHD. We really need a new name for the mild stuff, and things that are not ADHD but a variable.
It's very interesting this thing of labels. I always say that words have done something strange in society, they name what in nature is nature u know. Always cool to learn something on the vlog. Also just so cool to watch someone 's life in business for us who are obsessed with business. So big up Team
1:20 ok, with that music and editing style this is now a real “vlog.” My mind automatically: “Sit, relax, take some popcorn 🍿 and let’s see if we get entertained for a minute or so.” ☺️❤️
00:01 Doctor scanning my brain to find out if I have ADHD 03:39 A close friend getting shot in Las Vegas 06:08 Brain scan reveals blood flow and memory issues 09:12 Podcast optimization and distribution 11:59 Buying a house is a lifestyle decision, not just a financial investment. 13:42 Getting brain scan results for ADHD diagnosis 16:04 Brain scan cannot diagnose ADHD directly 18:24 Embracing neurodiversity as an opportunity 20:28 Busy week with meetings and investments
Steven!! know your team reads the comments… I’d love to see the captions edited for future episodes. I work in CZcams so these things stand out to me 🥰 (I announced you to the stage last year, it was my MC career highlight!)
There was recently a study to suggest that the amount of time we spend on our phones is contributing to ADHD... The constant bombardment which breaks our attention span. I have had people suggest that I have ADHD... But, could it be down to the fact I'm interested in doing lots of things and panicking that I'm running out of time 😂
Makes sense to me. Entrepreneurs are more likely to be neurodiversity. I am what you call a stealth dyslexic and also twice exceptional. Career choice and way to thinking will demonstrate in their personality. I feel I might have also ADD as I have hyper focus moments and moments with no focus.
That was probably the episode of my life! What a unique experience seeing inside my brain! Would you have your brain scanned!?
So much to talk about in this one! Please let us know why you watch these vlogs in the comments & if you liked the episode please hit the like button on the video (we use that as a way to see how we’re doing) Let’s discuss below!
- Steven xxx
Thank you!@@Entrepreneurs_App
Ahh, already headed back to London, then? Hope you enjoyed your visit out here and had a chance to enjoy some of the good eats!
I watch for a mix of reasons... Validation, personal growth, insight, neuroplasticity, the production quality, and of course that lovely accent!
I wish I could 😞
I wish I could afford it.
Wow, Steven, your dedication is inspiring. Seeing your daily routine makes me want to be more efficient and focused on my own goals.
Earlier this year I was diagnosed with ADHD at the age of 37. I burst into tears the moment I was told, not because I was upset that I had it, but suddenly it all made sense. It brought me a feeling of comfort and quite honestly, it helped me to 'go easy' on myself. I felt seen in a way I'd never experienced before. I don't let it define me, I let it guide me.
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Doesn't everyone have it tho
@@juliemichaud9439 No, you look at social media too much. It's vastly underdiagnosed.
Dont trust it unless you're planning a 2nd and 3rd opinion.
The Meds are obviously brutal with horrific side effects. I've seen this over and over and over unless you're in college, of course Lol
after 50 years thinking I was normal but a really bad person...aka neurotypical...I found out I am neurodivergent. Perspective is key..it is the key to my freedom....I no longer believe I am wrong as a person. I am different than most. I know that my people are rare in this world....but they are there!!! AuDHD is my superpower!!!!!!
This 👏👏❤️
Wecome to the club Steven, it's an honour to have you on. ADHD needs to be de-stigmatized and revealing this is not only very kind and thoughtful of you but also helpful for the community because you're THE LIVING EXAMPLE that we're still amazing and highly creative and hardworking, even if our brains are different :) THANK YOU FOR YOUR BRAVERY
Another true 10/10 episode. As a videographer and editor, I can spot cool nuggets added to each episode to make them better and better (and note how much extra work those types of things are). As a request, I'd personally love an overview of gear used for DOAC (cameras, lenses, lights, audio interface, etc.). Already looking forward to next week's episode!
Please !! This would be amazing for aspiring content creators like myself
So true
LOVE the brain episodes! As a neuroscientist myself, it is so exciting to see other people thinking about their brain
Thanks for your support! 🫶🏻🧠
Thank you for keeping your explanation about labeling so personal to your situation but still allowing people with all kind of brains to understand the significance of the terms and how everyone is free to apply them to their own situations. So refreshing. I’m a mom of 2 autistic kids (and still figuring out my own brain in the process) and I always tell my kids that the way their brain works might be different from the norm but they’re still also just themselves and the ‘label’ can be an explanation for behavior and feelings but not an excuse. You make your own story in the world regardless and own up to it!
Love the focus on ADHD here. I'm neurotypical but all the closest people in my life are neurodivergent with most having ADHD. I've seen the challenges ADHD can bring, but have also seen the immense possibilities it can present too. ADHD really is a superpower! ❤️❤️❤️
I think labels are useful if you think of it as a way to index and find information. Having a diagnosis allows you to search for and find tools, resources and communities. Upon realising I have adhd I was able to find tools that have made my life significantly more manageable and most importantly stop feeling shame about things I thought I should be able to control but couldn’t. I also realised those I thought of as kindred spirits actually had adhd too 😂
Love that you say you're just Steven, as it should be. Unfortunately many people use their diagnosis as an excuse for whatever behaviours they show.. Takes away from people genuinely struggling and doing the best they can. Personally I'm tired of all these labels and just wish people would understand we all have different strengths and weaknesses.
How are you meant to know what you're working with unless you understand the condition you have?
Try having an addiction caused by ADHD and then just calling it a weakness.
It's not about a label, it's about understanding.
You wouldn't tell someone with cancer to stop wanting a label would you?
That’s great, but actually people judge other all of the time. Isn’t that what you’ve just done? We are expect to fit the mould. Goodness me, that’s what schools are all about, teaching to the Bell curve! And if you don’t fit the curve, you’re screwed, and made to feel a failure!
Please explain such addiction, genuinely would like to understand @carl-mumford
@agneswatson9592 ADHD is a deficit in the functionality of the uptake of dopamine and noradrenaline in the brain. ADHD brains crave stimulation due to a lack of the correct chemical activity. This leads to issues like addiction, as individuals with ADHD seek stimulation not by choice but due to the chemical activity taking place in the brain.
People don't want labels; they want understanding of why they keep repeating the same behaviors. I was 33 when I was diagnosed, and it has since changed my life. With understanding, the correct support, and treatment, I can control destructive behaviours. These behaviours are more than just strengths and weaknesses, as you referred to them. Unsupported ADHD nearly caused me to take my own life, but with understanding, I am now here trying to help others comprehend it.
Out of 85,000 prisons, 55,000 have been excluded for "persistent disruptive behaviour," closely linked with ADHD. About 25% of the prison population has ADHD, and that's a conservative estimate. What drives crime? Addiction, impulsivity, poor emotional regulation-symptoms of ADHD that can be so destructive.
One in three people in prison has a learning disability.
It's not a choice, and it's not an excuse for behaviour.
@agneswatson9592 Adhd brains are naturally lacking in dopamine and drive behaviours that result in dopamine production. So...anything that results in dopamine production can be addictive to a person with adhd. These habits can be healthy or unhealthy. This is how it was explained to me and how i cognitively manage it, and it seems to work fine 👍
Hey Steven, I hope the start to your year has been good. I have been watching DOAC and subscribed for some time. You mentioned that you put the success down to "the systems, the process, and the technology." These may aid your analysis and promotion, but 100% is not why we follow. It is your manner of interviewing, sincere interest, and pressing for truth and meaning - getting people to be honest and vulnerable by making them feel safe and heard. It is asking questions on behalf of your audience and getting interesting guests. I can not recall all the names, but some interviews have had a huge impact on my life - Mo, the comfort crisis, food as medicine (I hope I can come back to edit this). Steven, you can not underestimate the role you play in having people follow DOAC. Absolutely key! Thank you, from the bottom of my heart.
A little question I'd love for you to address at some point. Given your schedule, how do you manage illness or deep fatigue? I understand quality sleep is an important component of your lifestyle but how do you manage a tough fever or other regular health issues with so little room for unexpected events? Very impressed by what you and your team are delivering to the world. Take care guys and thank you so much for the amazing work!
I thought the same when he said I'm not feeling well. It must be hard to miss and realign that schedule. I also wonder like you.
@@darko.todoroski Me too!
Loving these vlogs. Will is doing an amazing job. I think you made the right decision hiring him and he made a great choice dropping out of uni to work with you!
I laughed and swore like that during my testing, too. I knew you had ADHD well before he told you, but it takes one to know one, I suppose! ❤❤❤❤ Neurodivergent FTW!
This was such an eye opening episode! Always filled with pockets of gems (knowledge insights)! Also huge shout out to you for doing the brain scan and sharing the results with us! It seems like the most nerve racking but coolest thing! Looking forward to next weeks episode!
I have been noticing the thumbnails of these videos changing every so often. So intriguing to see the impact of live A/B testing.
1. When my boyfriend told me “do you know who uploaded a video?”, I got sooooooo happy!!! I forgot that the videos are weekly now, so it really felt great to look forward to this. So thanks for making that upgrade!
2. Best vlog so far, not necessarily because of the value, or because of what you were doing, but mainly because the editing is getting soooooo gooooood! Really enjoyed it.
3. I guess another thing that made me like this one more is because I actually laughed out loud. I love your content, but it’s not something that necessarily makes me laugh. But I feel like now you are showing more of your personality, and your cheeky little jokes, it makes it more fun! I personally like it
4. The ads, 😫 ooh, the ads! I hate them. I preferred when there were no ads, maybe 1 mid advert is ok, but 4? 😭 it completely breaks the flow. You’re rich already, can you remove it? 😂
5. I started reading happy sexy millionaire! LOVE IT. Even better than DOAC 33 laws in my opinion.
Thanks for the motivation! You and your team are truly my biggest sources of inspiration. See you next week
Thanks for your feedback Lara! So glad you're excited to see us uploading weekly. See you next week!
What's truly important isn't our weaknesses but how we overcome them and shine despite them. Just as stars always shine brightest in the dark, we, as humans, reveal our strength and character through challenges and experiences. Regardless of our shortcomings, our humanity shines through our efforts to improve and care for others. This resilience and compassion define us, making us heroes in our own right, and that's what truly matters.
Big love for Steve and all of the team!
Aklog, from East Africa, Ethiopia.
I've loved seeing the behind the scenes, find these videos both comforting and inspiring 👏
Glad you enjoyed it!
May I say the music choice is epic. Yussef Dayes and Tom Misch are so good!
I had my brain scanned and rigorous testing (8hrs straight) = confirmed my different brain style + a life lived long with ADHD. I work to help de-stigmatize perception and bring more normalcy to being neuro. That which makes us each different in our own way is what makes us the best version of our inimitable selves.
Welcome to the table, we saved you a seat! ADHD allows me to have incredible focus, creativity and drive. Knowing is key so that you can gain a better understanding and finesse your needs. And---for those who push for you to bring on "more CEOs" for DOAC, I would beg of you to keep on keeping with what you're doing. Your episodes have influenced my life in the most positive ways---and as CEO, of my life---that's what I need to start with and get right the most. Thank you!
Diagnosed with BPD AT 55, has changed my life in a fabulous way.
Lost 30kg
Finally finding out who I am after trying to be the person I thought others wanted me to be.
Understand why I behaved the way I do.
It’s been freeing, before was the prison of fear, anxiety and people pleasing
It’s been a slow change. At 57 I’m going to start uni and learn to be a social worker. Not to please others but because it’s who I am to help
This episode I found very interesting and insightful. I recently got an autistic diagnosis at the age of 47 and have ADHD traits and have found it a relief to know and to understand how my brain works , giving me an understanding. I have also found it hard but listening to you on how you feel about “labels” has given me another perspective and your right I am Rachel , the good , the bad and the ugly and I’m ok with that 😊 so thank you
That’s awesome! Glad you found value in this episode! 🙌🏻
Steven, I just wanted to say how valuable these behind-the-diary episodes are. I have been watching the main channel for a long time and you are my most watched subscription. What you do on the main channel and the guests you have are always amazing. The new Behind the diary episodes are just plain inspirational. My wife and I have a small business and a youtube channel and I have just so many questions. I am picking up some from watching. sometimes I quickly open a new tab to look up something you mention, other times, it all makes sense an episode or two down the road . We are artists so technology and what is possible are not the easiest or obvious things to master but I do try hard and my editing gets better by that 1% all the time and I am trying. I watched the timelines Anthony showed at 17:52 in his breakdown of how the story is king and the one percent and well, Just shit man, I have a long way to go and these behind the diary episodes are a huge shot in the arm to just do more. Thank you Steve and thank you Anthony.
Loving the Vlog! So happy you're going weekly with it. I watch because it seems really honest-you share a lot with us and I value the transparency-good and bad. I also wastch for personal growth. I'd love to be as succesful and stable as you financially but I work in care so i just cant see that happening. And finally, I watch because I think you've worked so hard and deserve everything you get and I want to help support that :)
Thank you so much!! Your support means the world 🌍
Every week i learn something new. Labelling theory has hurt me so much but your
"This is me, is so helpful"
I was watching while having dinner and hoping the video doesn't end, thank you guys this is so inspiring
Incredibly emotive episode this week, thank you so much for peeling those layers back and sharing your thoughts and feelings.
I guess none of us know what we may/may not have unless we are tested and the labelling theory is so important to understand.
Please keep filling my inspiration bucket 🙏🏻
My husband and was diagnosed adhd as an adult, my son with autism at 3. I have characteristics of both. While I don’t think labelling is always good, I personally found the knowledge I learned so useful. It actually helped me to achieve more. Before I realised I probably was neurodivergent - I didn’t exercise. After I found out, I ran several marathons and started my own business which completely changed our lives. Knowledge can be power when it comes to this. It makes you understand some of those things you find difficult and they stop holding you back xx
I love Steve’s view on the ADHD, I mean, it is important to know yourself, and maybe finding out a label that helps you move forward and learn about yourself is good but it’s equally good not to base your whole self identity around that label. It’s important to find a balance for between those two. I personally would love to get my brain scanned too, and I probably would find out I have ADHD too.
I love your perspective on labels and neurodivergence. Over the last few years I have been diagnosed autistic and ADHD, and it is so useful to understand why I am the way I am, but the fear of letting the label define me is real. My labels are helpful (as opposed to preiously used labels like "difficult") but they alone should not define me.
My eldest is waiting to be assessed for both autism and adhd and I worry for his mindset being defined by labels too - he's already ruled by anxiety in ways that I can’t seem to help him overcome. I will definitely be explaining it to him in the way you have done - he is him, pure and simple. I don't want anything holding him back in life like it did for me at times.
What a great perspective Katie! Thank you!
I also think the questions you ask and how deep you allow yourself to go also play a huge role in the success of your show. I've watched Jada P. be interviewed by Jay Shetty, Lewis Howes, DOAC and others and this one was by far the best.
This was interesting, fun to watch, thank you! Also, the LABEL (adhd) is just for doctors to give you the "right" drugs/treatment, just like medical issues, as they are all tied to the "right drug" choices given. I LOVE your comment on divergence ... the opportunity to deliver divergent results. Perfect.
Thank you so much for sharing this episode. It takes a lot of courage to open up like that; especially in a world that is so quick to judge and put out labels with negative connotations. We are all different and blessed with different gifts. We should love and celebrate our differences, instead of putting each other down ❤
Absolutely!
Sunday really is the best day now 😍
Welcome back!
Steven, you've got an important platform to frame what ADHD means to people, but more specifically, high-performing individuals.
To me, having lived this way for 50 years, seeing family born and grow up with it, having studied neuroscience, it's only another variation of who we are, like foot size or skin colour. It becomes a condition or a disorder if it creates problems - that's when we pathologize it - otherwise it's just a way of thinking. Used to your advantage, it's a valuable asset. Like the F-16 is designed for inherent instability so it can perform feats other jets can't, a brain that's wired differently can do things others can't. The most important things I've learned are to work with (and not against) the flow, and to put in place structure and develop habits to direct that flow. Doesn't meant life's not a struggle, and particularly if you grew up in a highly critical or emotional traumatic or destitute environment your abilities may be forever limited (you might cut it as an entrepreneur, but not a CEO).
You've got a really important story to tell here about a certain group of people who think this way, and I hope you can keep refining it.
Your words... really make me feel like I should love and appreciate myself more. I need to believe in myself more too.
Thank you Steven for all your hard work and educational vogs and podcasts!
You got this!
I think this episode will have a great benefit for the ADHD community especially in the UK as obviously with our healthcare funding, brain scans aren't the norm and so the majority of people think ADHD is like a personality /mental health disorder with a cause, effect and a cure but to see your sleepy cerebellum and compare it to your achievements just shows that working with your strengths and having alternatives there for your weaknesses (tools/people) the goals you want to achieve can be reached. A big problem we have is comparision and measuring ourselves against the norm....this is where getting the label does help....all of a sudden we aren't dangling on the edge of the bell curve but are on a completely different chart (more like a scatter graph!).
Well said on acceptance of Neuro Diversity Steven😊 - from an Audhd mum and son. Love your channel.
Thanks so much! Your support means the world!
I was diagnosed at 32 as a highly successful tech sales executive and entrepreneur. It helped me to explain why I always felt different. It also explained why I was a terrible student in formal education. I am an EXCELLENT student of life and things that interest me. I can become an expert easily.
It's a superpower. Many ADHDers don't get this because the label hindered them, unfortunately. And it is those that don't have ADHD that tell us that different is bad. Einstein doesn't agree.
Cheers! I KNEW I related to you.
who threw the yussef dayes / tom misch music in there? get them a raise asap
Great work! 9:58 But how are you split testing before the podcast goes live? Where is this being shown/tested?
Really cool episode. Love the brain scanning stuff. First time I’ve watched - now binge watching the all previous eps! I’m on my own ADHD journey but being failed miserably by my GP. I’ve been asking for a referral for 6 months but the GP just cannot do the admin properly. Even once I have finally been referred I’ll have to wait 5 years! Our system is so broken and it’s making people more unwell, it’s making me more unwell and the hopelessness feeling is horrible.
Love that chat at the end, so empowering and reassuring about our brains and labels ❤
Loved this episode, as always wanted a dr Amen brain scan, as going on 79 feel it’s too late and I live in Western Australia.
Love, love DOAC!
Thank you❤
Does Steven ever sleep, always on the go😅! My only critique in this ep would be the text message overlays at the beginning were a little too fast to read, but otherwise great insights into the brain scans! Glad you made your flight!
Thanks for the feedback! We’ll keep working on improving these so your feedback is super appreciated🫶🏻
I loved this episode!! Especially your insights on labels and stereotypes are inspiring and helped me understand myself a little bit more. It helps greatly to start the reflection process about labels we and society puts on ourselves. Thank you so much for that!!
I'm an entreprenuer with an ADHD significant other and neurodivergent family members. It's likely I'm a bit neurodivergent as well.
Thank you for this video. This is pure genius. Genuinely genius bro.
These Men who have adhd are intelligent people. They could not sit in classrooms for 8 plus hours to learn. They learn at their own speeds. This label should not hold anyone back. This is a brain that is active that needs room to grow and learn not in a box/classroom but out in the world.
You're so funny. What a lovely human. I enjoy watching behind the scenes so much.
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Sometimes an official 'label' can help to assuage a less informed, but more damaging, socially critical judgement.
I've been looking into ADHD recently as i'm starting to wonder... but i'm interested to learn more from a trauma perspective. It's interesting to observe the medical pathway against a therapeutic one.
Thanks for a great episode!
Birds of a feather… I knew before he said I could tell a mile away. Why? I don’t watch tv. I read and research. I have the same infinite curiosity! I love listening to and talking to experts, it saves me time reading what they have! 😂 Being diagnosed with autism and ADHD in my late 40s has totally explained why I behaved like I did in my childhood (eg getting my parents barred from social clubs for swinging on curtains!) and why I picked the jobs and partners I did throughout my life. I think labels can be beneficial as long as you keep it as just that, a label of what “might” apply to you in what I like to call the spectrum of the tree branches of behaviours. I’m now a psych/neuro final year undergrad (a second time) at 50! Completely the opposite of what I do!?🙏💙
Oh gosh now I'm really looking forward to watching Jade's interview. I have a guest request and a question. Guest request: can we interview Will Smith?
Question: what happens to your private driver when you travel overseas? Does he come with you and drive the rental car? How does that part of your life change in keeping that rhythm of being able to do things on the run having a private driver?
Bro Youssef Dayes for the soundtrack? Let's go!
Another fantastic episode 🤟
Hearing you discuss the process around the live A/B testing of the podcast blew my mind 🤯
Oh, and I personally love your "label"
#Steven ❤
Cheers to you and the crew for another fantastic, beautiful episode 🙏🏻
Awesome! Thank you!
I have hypothesized for some time that EDS is how we are really different....the neurodivergence is how it shows up in the brain. My nurse side geeks out on the tangible measures for the brain. We have ignored her for so so long, this is epically exciting!!
Very interesting episode, i know us ADHDers would have hyper focused on this one 🤣 i got diagnozed at 29 years old, its crazy how many of us got missed
"...it's the system, the technology, and the process that has made the podcast successful". No, Steven, YOU and your TEAM has made the podcast successful. You are the Best!
Yay! First to comment. 🎉 DOAC Vlog is my fix to start my working week positively😊. Not a fan of Jade. As for the brain scan, amazing what they can do but, YOU are so right about "labelling". I LOVE your take on that. Just stay the amazing Steve that you are. I'm going to re-watch and eyeball what else you had in your schedule. It àlways looks so gruelling! Your team do an excellent job 👏 👏 👌🙌. Thanxx, see you here next week 😘
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Brave of you to go through your process publicly. I was diagnosed as an adult last year and I know what you mean about self-worth. I struggled with the label and can never identify with 'is a superpower' messaging, the whole shebang was like wearing an ill-fitting jacket. Looks like you figured out the game pretty well I'd say. Fascinating snippets of DOAC here. I am beginning to see why some peeps are so scared of AI 😂 Sending virtual hug and high five. It does take some getting used to even if you don't label it.
Thanks for your support Ally!
The power of labelling theory is a really interesting theory! That was my highlight today! 👏
Will there be fuller episodes relating to the neurodivergent topic?
I think this is a huge topic that isn't being talked about enough to begin with. But also isn't being talked about enough from different angles.
You have a unique opportunity here to unearth some very powerful stuff for a community that has been given very conflicting information for decades and beyond.
By the time I was in grade 2, teachers labelled me with A.D.D (ADHD has it's known now). I could never stay still and focus on the school work. Going through the school system and finishing college, having ADHD, though not professionally diagnosed, was just me. It wasn't until I "played in the devil's playground" with drugs and alcohol, a suicide attempt, and being admitted into a psych ward did I found out, yes, I have ADHD, but also bipolar 1 disorder. After that time, those labels really became a part of me. But, I've been learning over the last two years that these labels don't DEFINE me. All these bts episodes have been phenomenal, but this one felt reassuring. Like Steven said, he's just Steven. And I'm just Adriana and I like that ❤
Diagnosed at 41. I knew you had it from what you said in another interview.
My 12 year old daughter was diagnosed with ADHD this summer, I have found that a lot of the school concerns that they have for my daughter were the same for me at her age! I'm 46 and trying to get a diagnosis of ADHD. ADHD would explain a lot of things that I have noticed for years but didn't know that it may be ADHD
Love this one! You’re so great to do this and share! Thank you!
Thanks so much!
Interesting to learn about the changing thumbnails. I really don’t like the ’cheap’ clickbaity thumbnails, though. But I guess those are optimized for the clicks…
another amazing episode! love listening and watching. Keep up the great work you all do
Wow what a talk session. So good.
Hate labels! That’s why no one should be labelled as anything other than you are who you are without labels!
The editing of this video evolves with every episode.
Bravo! Great work here
If I may give you some Mama Bear advice…Don’t go anywhere without your stress allies. Keep B complex in your system
Herbal allies… Milky Oats tincture…
You probably know this already✨
Keep up your great work!
In the midst of all the "organised chaos", when flying don't forget to make a note of plane type. If 737 and sat by a door, strap in and keep hold of the mobile ! :)
I, too, dislike labeling. As you mentioned, we are shaped not only by the good but also by the bad and ugly aspects of ourselves. I don't think I'll ever undergo a brain scan.
I love the behind-the-scenes stories of Jada's interview.
I'm eager to watch the Morgan Hounsell episode.
I've started listening to "It's Plenty" by Burna Boy & love it. I hope you'll share about your music preferences in future episodes.
So glad you are liking the music choices, thanks for your support!
I’m not surprised you have ADHD. It surprises me that you are surprised. It’s all in what you do. I’m mother of 3 and 2 are ADHD. It’s not a terrible thing to have but once you know you can arrange your life to suit.
Really enjoy the behind the scenes episodes!
I hope the ADHD bandwagon does more good than harm. Normalising the spectrum could be great, but I doubt it. People have no comprehension of actual ADHD. We really need a new name for the mild stuff, and things that are not ADHD but a variable.
Much love your way man🤍 keep going champ🫡
Thank you! Will do!
Hi Steve 🤗gorgeous, humble and able.
Take care xx
I remember doing that test during my ADHD/autism assessment and I am both (ADHD and autistic) 😂 I wonder if my brain scan would be similar to yours.
It's very interesting this thing of labels. I always say that words have done something strange in society, they name what in nature is nature u know.
Always cool to learn something on the vlog. Also just so cool to watch someone 's life in business for us who are obsessed with business. So big up Team
Oh man, I love your attitude about labels
Love this.
ADHD is more prevalent than ppl realise.
Own it, make it work for you.
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1:20 ok, with that music and editing style this is now a real “vlog.” My mind automatically: “Sit, relax, take some popcorn 🍿 and let’s see if we get entertained for a minute or so.” ☺️❤️
Glad you enjoyed it!
00:01 Doctor scanning my brain to find out if I have ADHD
03:39 A close friend getting shot in Las Vegas
06:08 Brain scan reveals blood flow and memory issues
09:12 Podcast optimization and distribution
11:59 Buying a house is a lifestyle decision, not just a financial investment.
13:42 Getting brain scan results for ADHD diagnosis
16:04 Brain scan cannot diagnose ADHD directly
18:24 Embracing neurodiversity as an opportunity
20:28 Busy week with meetings and investments
The expert said he has ADHD
Absolutely loved this episode!
Steven!! know your team reads the comments… I’d love to see the captions edited for future episodes. I work in CZcams so these things stand out to me 🥰 (I announced you to the stage last year, it was my MC career highlight!)
Thanks for the idea! We'll work on this for sure!
Welcome to the club! Black male with ADHD too. Would love to work with you one day. Focused on the goal!!!
Please allow the download function 😊
Adhd I'd a disadvantage in school because the system expects you to sit still and listen. And it's not possible for all kids...
Another brilliant video. Thanks Steven
Again, a great ep. What’s the thumbnail A/B testing software you use please?
11:11 Vídeo Approved: “When you know you got really good talented gentleman and editor in your team.” 😮💨☺️
Please get Dr lain McGilchrist on the podcast!
Love the music at 1:30 and 20:20 --> so cool.
That was so interesting about mold, i just had to leave a workplace because of it and i think it affected my brain.
There was recently a study to suggest that the amount of time we spend on our phones is contributing to ADHD... The constant bombardment which breaks our attention span.
I have had people suggest that I have ADHD... But, could it be down to the fact I'm interested in doing lots of things and panicking that I'm running out of time 😂
I'd be interested to hear if you followed up on the mold testing
Makes sense to me. Entrepreneurs are more likely to be neurodiversity. I am what you call a stealth dyslexic and also twice exceptional. Career choice and way to thinking will demonstrate in their personality. I feel I might have also ADD as I have hyper focus moments and moments with no focus.
Brilliant as always. Thank you team
Thank you too!