Podcast Summary: "ADHD Is a Curse — Until You Learn This"

Podcast: Andy Elliott's Elite Mindset Motivation and Sales Training
Host: Andy Elliott
Guest: Dr. Jim (Fast Brain Academy)
Date: September 11, 2025

Overview

In this energetic and heartfelt episode, Andy Elliott is joined by Dr. Jim, a veteran clinician who has dedicated his life to reframing ADHD—what he calls “Fast Brain”—as a powerful asset, not a curse. Drawing on decades of experience with over 10,000 patients and an impressive 94% success rate, Dr. Jim shares how so-called attention issues can be an entrepreneur’s, a salesperson’s, or any achiever’s greatest strength—provided they understand and harness it. Andy and Jim dive deep into shifting mindsets, overcoming stigma, and practical approaches for those who think and operate differently.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. The Tortoise and the Hare: Rethinking the Narrative

• Dr. Jim questions the classic moral: “Slow and steady wins the race? Hasn't happened in any of my things. It doesn’t work in any business. Slow and steady—hang it up.” (01:31)
  • Instead of trying to make high-energy, fast-thinking people slow down (“making rabbits into turtles”), Jim champions letting “rabbits” perform like rabbits.
• On mislabeling and medication: “Let's give all the rabbits out there some Adderall, some Ritalin, and make a rabbit a turtle. That’s what we’re doing in life.” (02:14)

2. What Is "Fast Brain"? The Power of Renaming

• Redefining ADHD: Dr. Jim tells how he once realized, “I don’t have an attention problem. I can play a video game for an hour. My kids can. It’s not attention deficit, it’s fast brain.” (02:33)
• Origin of the term: After a thoughtful interaction with a patient, he concludes, “That night, 2 in the morning, I think we got to change the name. And so we’re changing this to Fast Brain.” (04:24)
• Creating Fast Brain spaces: “Fast Brain was born. We have Fast Brain in my clinics—Fast Brain Academy, Fast Brain Learning Center…because this is go, go, go.” (05:29)

3. The Horse 26 Story: The Value of the Underdog

• Jim’s signature story: At a Kentucky Derby party, he compares “Fast Brains” to horses in a race: “Everybody’s given up on horse 26…his mom and dad are upset…One day he may turn out to own the place.” (06:17)
• Triumph of the underdog: “Look at horse 26!...he comes around the last turn and he’s in fourth place. I am really screaming. And then he wins the race…You know who’s going to win—the horse 26.” (07:34)
• Emotional resonance: “Every mother there would tear up because they felt their child was in last place. I took every one of those kids to first place. But I didn’t do it. They did it.” (07:40)

4. Building Confidence and Focusing on Strengths

• The 62 is in you: Jim’s golf lesson parable: “The 62 is in you. The sales is in you. What Fast Brain does is it tells you—how do I crush sales? How do I get my quotas done? It’s in you, but I just don’t know how to get it out.” (09:36)
• Focus on strengths, not deficits: When working with kids, Jim focuses on their successes (“Give me five. I hate English. Didn’t you?”) and redirects to their strengths, like their B+ in math or sports achievements. (10:37)

5. The Problem with Traditional School and Work Environments

• On why “Fast Brain” individuals struggle: “School was built for the 1800s…for factories.” (11:25)
• Contrast with real-life skills: Video games offer control, restart opportunities, and excitement, while classrooms demand stillness and compliance.

6. Reframing ADHD as a Superpower

• Andy’s experience: “He’s like, man, that's a superpower. It's fast brain. It means that you're built to do big stuff. And people don’t say stuff like that to people like us.” (12:48)
• Interest drives mastery: “If I'm interested in any book, I'll master it. I will master anything that I'm interested in...But if I'm not interested, I just get like I'm ready to move because I'm a very active person.” — Andy (14:45)
• Street smarts vs. book smarts: Andy’s insight: “I’m street smart because I can adapt very fast…People always like, ‘How'd you figure that out so fast?’” (18:44)

7. Fast Brain Sales Advantage Course

• About the course: Dr. Jim, inspired by Andy, develops the Fast Brain Sales Advantage Course: “Complete transformation...What are your advantages? Your being Fast Brain is an advantage over the salesperson down the street.” (13:49)
  • Includes tools for self-discovery, tactical deployment, mastery, accelerated learning
  • Comes with a 150-page PDF book and over 30 training modules, all for $99
  • Andy vouches: “Guys, just so you guys know, I don’t promote other people’s stuff. Every one of you needs to support Jim.” (14:52)

8. The Power of Why and Support

• Dr. Jim’s personal why: “My why for living—I had a brother that died of cerebral palsy…My job is to help that one person and that’s my why. So if you’re a Fast Brain, find your why and get a support group.” (15:52)

9. The Upside of Fast Brain—Pattern Recognition, Adaptability, and Hyperfocus

• Jim: “We do phenomenal pattern recognition. We’re ahead of the game…I know exactly what I’m doing…I am adapting, we adapt so dagum fast.” (17:39)
• On hyperfocus: “Every one of you guys can hyperfocus. And that’s the beauty of this.” (19:43)

10. The Importance of Self-Acceptance and Embracing Your ‘Fast Brain’

• Be the rabbit, not the turtle: “Don’t let the world turn you from a rabbit into a turtle.” (20:37)
• On being misunderstood: “They make statues out of people who are misunderstood. Turtles don’t get statues.” (20:48)
• Balance and understanding: “But we need to also understand the turtle. They're both good. And they both can teach the other person.” (21:54)
• Take risks, win and lose: “Do you lose at taking risks? Yeah, you lose at taking risks...But then I would win and they would go, gosh, how’d you do that?” (21:55)

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “Slow and steady, you better hang it up.” — Dr. Jim (01:31)
• “We’re trying to make rabbits into turtles.” — Dr. Jim (02:14)
• “It’s not attention deficit, it’s Fast Brain.” — Dr. Jim (02:33)
• “Everybody’s given up on horse 26…One day he may turn out to own the place.” — Dr. Jim (06:17)
• “Every mother there would tear up because they felt their child was in last place. I took every one of those kids to first place. But I didn’t do it. They did it.” — Dr. Jim (07:40)
• “The 62 is in you. The sales is in you. The trick is to get it out every time.” — Dr. Jim (09:36)
• “School was built for the 1800s and early 1900s for people that…work in a factory.” — Dr. Jim (11:25)
• “Being Fast Brain — we are fast, we’re not slow, and it is such an asset.” — Dr. Jim (21:55)
• “Be you. That’s what I want.” — Dr. Jim (22:52)
• “Turtles don’t get statues.” — Dr. Jim (20:52)
• “Don’t let the world turn you from a rabbit into a turtle.” — Andy Elliott (20:37)

Timestamps for Key Segments

• Fast Brain vs. ADHD reframe: 01:24–04:24
• The Horse 26 story (Underdog Rise): 04:24–07:34
• Golf story & "The 62 is in you": 08:10–09:36
• Problems with school/old model: 10:37–11:25
• Andy’s hyperactivity & self-acceptance: 12:48–14:45
• The Fast Brain Sales Advantage Course: 13:49–15:39
• Finding your why/support system: 15:52–16:46
• Pattern recognition/adaptability/hyperfocus: 17:39–19:43
• Rabbits, turtles, and acceptance: 20:22–22:52

Final Thoughts

This episode is a high-octane, affirming call for anyone who’s struggled with labels like ADHD or ADD to recognize, celebrate, and strategically harness their own “fast brain.” Both Dr. Jim and Andy deliver an empowering roadmap: look beyond the medicalized stigma, focus on real strengths, and leverage the natural entrepreneurial, creative, and energetic wiring that so many successful people share. For sales pros, business leaders, parents, and teachers alike, the message is clear: your Fast Brain is not a curse, it’s your greatest competitive edge.

For more on Dr. Jim’s teachings and resources, Andy encourages listeners to check the course link and email for questions.