Millar: Simon Sinek says blank listening expressions are an ADHD trait
Helen Millar · There Is Always A Gift In The Grit · Apr 7, 2026 · at 29:00
Entrepreneur Helen Millar and host Sean Weisbrot discuss how neurodiversity and intense listening can cause individuals to inadvertently display blank resting facial expressions.
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“Simon Sinek said it was a ADHD trait that he'd been told about, and he now works deliberately hard to be more animated.”
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