“Before you can set goals and work towards them, it helps to have a mental picture of what you want to create. The most commonly asked question in coaching is, “What do you want?” Lots of time is spent developing the skill of “metaview,” meaning seeing things in The Big Picture. This is an area that tends to be weak for people with ADD, especially the Overfocused subtype. We use metaphors like gardening to help clients get an image of what they want the “landscape” to look like, what type of flowers they want to plant, and what sort of care the garden is going to require. Clients often find that they are spending too much time nurturing a flower they don’t even like or studying one part of the garden while not seeing that another section is dying.”