Lauren Comito is a cape wearing, ukulele playing, sword swinging, activist librarian in NYC. She is currently a Neighborhood Library Supervisor at Brooklyn Public Library, Library Journal's 2020 Librarian of the Year, and is founder and the Chairwoman of the Board of Urban Librarians Unite, a national c3 not for profit focusing on providing training, advocacy, and support for front-line library staff working in large urban systems. Lauren has spent the last 30 years figuring out how to make her ADHD work for her, and has done a pretty good job of it. She is creative, passionate about connecting library patrons to the services they need, and a true believer in the ability of the library to change people’s lives and communities for the better. Enjoy!   ***CORONA VIRUS EDITION***   In this episode Peter & Lauren discuss: 1:32-  Intro and welcome Librarian of the Year, Lauren Comito!  Ref: Library Journal 3:05-  So what happens at a Librarian of the Year awards banquet?? 4:15-  What are the lion’s names at the New York Public Library on 5th Ave? What are the Muppet critics’ names? 4:48-  So when were you diagnosed with ADHD? 5:50-  How does someone with ADHD end up loving libraries? 7:14-  Would you say libraries are mm… like the last bastion of societal levelazation, if that’s even a word? 8:20-  On new and antiquated “library tech” 9:40-  How do you thrive with your ADHD? 11:53-  What’s the hardest part about having ADHD?  Also, what’s the hardest part about having ADHD as a Librarian? 12:48-  So how are you handling the quarantine? 14:00-  Sometimes the more you do, the less productive you are, or become. Have you hit any wall, or law of diminishing returns? 15:00-  How do you say “no” when we always kinda need to say “yes”? 16:00-  What’s the best piece of advice you’d give to our listeners, especially during this era of Covid-19? 17:18-  Other than being Librarian of the Year, what is the best, strangest, or whatever moment you’ve ever experienced as a librarian? 18:54-  How can people find you? @Librarianator on INSTA or via www.LaurenComito.Rocks 19:19-  Thank you Lauren for joining us today! And thank YOU for subscribing, reviewing and listening. Your reviews are working! Even if you’ve reviewed us before, would you please write even a short one for this episode? Each review that you post helps to ensure that word will continue to spread, and that we will all be able to reach & help more people! You can always reach me via peter@shankman.com or @petershankman on all of the socials. You can also find us at @FasterThanNormal on all of the socials. STAY HEALTHY - STAY SAFE - PLEASE WEAR YOUR MASK.. until next time! 20:00-  Faster Than Normal Podcast info & credits As always, leave us a comment below and please drop us a review on iTunes and of course, subscribe to the podcast if you haven’t already! As you know, the more reviews we get, the more people we can reach. Help us to show the world that ADHD is a gift, not a curse! Do you know of anyone you think should be on the FTN podcast? Shoot us a note, we’d love to hear! We have a new sister video cast called 20MinutesInLockdown! A video podcast devoted to learning fascinating lessons from interesting humans all around the world, all in 20 minutes or less!  20 Minutes in Lockdown was born in early April of 2020, when we were in fact, in lockdown, and couldn’t do much of anything. Realizing that more than ever, people could benefit from learning from people outside of their comfort zone – people with interesting stories to tell, people with good advice, people with useful ideas that could help improve lives, we started hosting short Facebook video interviews, and we grew from there. (Plus, you can actually see my hair colors change before your very eyes!) Check it out:  www.20MinutesInLockdown.com   TRANSCRIPT: Hey guys, Peter, Shankman welcome to another episode of faster than normal. Coronavirus edition episode. I don't even know at this point, literally does it matter? Li