Running On Full — The ADHD Professional's Guide to Sustainable High Performance (Paperback)

Your Brain Isn't Broken. It's Running on Nuclear Power in a Solar-Powered World.

You've been told to slow down, focus up, and follow the system. You've tried the systems. You've read the books — the neurotypical ones, the ones that assume your attention is a dial you can simply turn. And you've watched yourself either blow past every boundary in a state of hyperfocus, or grind to a halt in a fog so thick you can't remember what you were doing five minutes ago.

Running On Full introduces The Reactor Protocol — a four-part framework designed specifically for ADHD professionals who are done white-knuckling their way through careers built for different brains.

The Reactor Protocol: Four Systems That Actually Work With Your ADHD Brain

The Reactor Protocol is not a productivity hack. It's a complete operating model for how ADHD professionals can lead, execute, and sustain high performance without burning out, masking, or pretending to be someone they're not.

• Protocol 1 — Containment: How to channel hyperfocus so it works for you instead of consuming you. Structure that holds without suffocating.
• Protocol 2 — Regulation: Managing the energy cycles — the peaks, the crashes, the RSD spirals — so you stop losing entire days to dysregulation.
• Protocol 3 — Output: A task and communication framework built for nonlinear thinkers who do their best work when given the right conditions, not the standard ones.
• Protocol 4 — Calibration: The ongoing practice of knowing your limits, reading your own signals, and adjusting before you hit the wall — not after.

Who This Book Is For

Running On Full is for ADHD professionals who are performing — sometimes brilliantly — but at a cost that isn't sustainable. It's for you if:

• You've been high-functioning enough that nobody noticed you were struggling, which made it worse
• You've been told you have "so much potential" while wondering why it feels like you're working twice as hard for the same results
• You've experienced burnout that looked like laziness from the outside
• You lead a team, run a business, or manage a complex career — and you want to do it in a way that's actually built for your brain
• You're tired of productivity advice that doesn't account for time blindness, working memory gaps, or emotional dysregulation

What Readers Are Saying

"This is the first leadership book I've read that described my actual experience — not a softened version of it, not ADHD as a quirk. The Reactor Protocol gave me language for things I'd never been able to explain about how I work."

"I finished this in two hyperfocus sittings and immediately bought a copy for my manager. Required reading."

About the Author

PJ Levingston is the founder of My ADHD @ Work and has spent over two decades in high-performance sales and leadership roles while navigating an ADHD diagnosis that came late. Running On Full is drawn from his own experience, the research, and the thousands of conversations he's had with ADHD professionals who are brilliant at their jobs and exhausted by the effort it takes to be there.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is this a self-help book or a business book?

Both. It reads like a business book — it's practical, direct, and framework-driven — but it addresses the emotional and neurological reality of ADHD at work in a way most business books don't touch.

Do I need an official ADHD diagnosis to benefit from this?

No. If you recognize yourself in the description — the hyperfocus, the crashes, the time blindness, the pattern of brilliance and paralysis — this book was written for you regardless of where you are in the diagnosis process.

How does this pair with the Agile Minds ADHD Daily Planner?

The planner is the daily execution tool. Running On Full is the "why" — it explains the framework that the planner is built around. They're designed to work together. If you want the complete system, start with the book and use the planner daily.

What format is this? Is an ebook or audiobook coming?

This is the paperback edition. Digital and audio formats are in development — join the email list to be notified first.

How fast does this ship?

Orders ship within 1–3 business days from a US fulfillment partner. Standard shipping is 3–7 business days within the continental US.

Pair With the Agile Minds Planner

Get the complete ADHD at Work system: the strategic framework from Running On Full, applied daily through the Agile Minds ADHD Daily Planner. Two tools built to work together.