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The 28 superpowers

The short version Strengths that people with ADHD describe again and again. Find yours.

Idea Powers

More ideas, stranger ideas, and links that jump out before the obvious ones.

No. 1 Collected Idea Fountain Divergent thinking Your brain makes ideas in a flood, and some of the strange ones are ideas nobody else had. No. 2 Collected Box Breaker Conceptual expansion You look at the same thing everyone else sees and find a way to build it differently. No. 3 Collected Remix Vision Unusual-uses thinking You can look at an ordinary object and see five other jobs it could do. No. 4 Collected Dot Connector Associative thinking One thought in your head pulls in a hundred others, and sometimes two of them click. No. 5 Collected Notice Everything Wide-open attention You take in a lot of the room at once, and that is where the good details come from. No. 6 Collected Movie Mind Imagination and image thinking You think in pictures. Stories, plans and ideas play in your head like a movie. No. 7 Collected Many Threads Several thoughts at once Several trains of thought run in your head at once. It’s a real power, and like any big power it takes practice to control.

Explorer Powers

Going looking: new places, new projects, new ways. And a nose for when to move on.

No. 8 Collected Dead-End Detector Exploration You can tell when something has stopped paying off, and you move on while others keep digging. No. 9 Collected Trailblazer Novelty seeking New things pull you in. You’re the one who goes first, starts the thing and tries the untried. No. 10 Collected Turbo Engine High energy You have a motor that keeps running. Aimed at something you care about, it’s stamina. No. 11 Collected Game Maker Interest-driven motivation You can turn a boring job into a game, and once it’s a game your brain shows up. No. 12 Collected Opportunity Spotter Seeing opportunities You notice openings: the gap, the shortcut, the chance other people walked straight past. No. 13 Collected Yes Mode Spontaneity You say yes to the moment. Plans change, something fun appears, and you’re already in. No. 14 Collected Always Learning Curiosity You’re pulled toward anything you don’t know yet, and when a subject grabs you, you go all the way down.

Action Powers

Moving when it matters. Fast choices, deep focus, and a last-minute sprint.

No. 15 Collected Calm in the Storm Calm under pressure When something goes wrong, you get clearer instead of messier. No study has tested it, but lots of people with ADHD describe it. No. 16 Collected Lightning Decisions Fast intuitive decisions Your answer arrives before the reasons do, and that speed starts things nobody else would start. No. 17 Collected Laser Lock Hyperfocus When something grabs you, your attention locks on so hard that the rest of the world goes quiet. No. 18 Collected Deadline Rocket Urgency-driven focus A deadline turns a task your brain refused to start into something you can finally do. No. 19 Collected Take-Apart Brain First-principles thinking You take a messy problem apart until it makes sense, then build a simpler version that works. No. 20 Collected Bounce Back Resilience You get knocked down more than most people, and you get up more too. That counts. No. 21 Collected Quick Switch Fast context switching You walk out of one thing and into the next already up to speed, as if your brain kept every project loaded.

Heart Powers

Big feelings, often pointed at other people. Fair, funny and honest.

No. 22 Collected Fairness Radar Justice sensitivity You spot unfairness fast and feel it hard. You feel it for other people as well as for yourself. No. 23 Collected Sixth Sense Intuition Your gut works fast. You often know how a thing will go before you can explain why. No. 24 Collected Truth Teller Candor You say the true thing out loud, even when it is awkward. That honesty becomes trust once people know you. No. 25 Collected Big Heart Caring and helping Your feelings run big, and you point a lot of them at people who need someone on their side. No. 26 Collected Swiss Army Mind Broad interests You collect skills and hobbies, and the mix is the point. Few people can combine them the way you can. No. 27 Collected Quick Wit Humor You find the funny in the room fast. Adults with ADHD rate humor as one of their strengths more than other adults do. No. 28 Collected Spark Plug Enthusiasm When something excites you, you light up, and you pull other people in with you.

How to read the cards

Every card is honest about its evidence. Each superpower page carries one of three badges:

Every card also shows its flip side. Super speed makes it hard to slow down, and these work the same way. Each page names the cost and one way to handle it.

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Find out which are yours

Four quick rounds. About 2 minutes.