5 Time-Wasters of Biblical Proportions

“One thing we ADHDers never have enough of is time. So if there’s one thing we should never be wasting…it’s…yep…TIME!”   – Alan Brown  I’m not one for brow-beating my fellow ADHD tribesters, but when it comes to time-wasting, I do get a little preachy. In fact, I was writing part of a Crusher™TV episode about … Read more

3 Ways to Grow Your Brain…By Moving Your Body?

Simple activities restore your gray matter…and more Most of us think about movement, exercise and fitness in terms of making our bodies healthier. But research also confirms that physical activity – not to mention regular workouts — can grow your brain and have a dramatic impact on improving your mind and memory both near- and long-term. … Read more

Win Your Battle of Activity vs Action

Don’t “Just Do It” … “Get ‘er DONE”!  That’s the Difference Between Activity vs Action. You’re busting your butt and working hard, yet too many long days end with a nagging feeling that you haven’t gotten much done — at least not much that you (and your boss) deem really important. Despite your labors, the … Read more

Change Your Posture, Fire Up Your Brain

Sit up and take notice: Bad posture is bad for your ADHD brain! I’ve talked a lot about the brain-body connection as it relates to productivity, and a recent New York Times article highlights the effects poor posture can have on the body, such as back and neck pain, muscle fatigue, and arthritic joints. Slouching … Read more

Top 3 Procrastination Brain Hacks from 3 Top Experts

Procrastination. We all know how much we ADHDers are doing it… …and we all know the costs, the aggravations of procrastination. (Someone might be yelling at you right now cuz something hasn’t gotten done yet! Or maybe that unpaid parking ticket is just a few days from morphing into a brief jail term!) So I’ll … Read more

How You May Be Wasting 3.5 Hours a Day

The Classic Time-Wasters at Work A really easy way to get more stuff done every day would be to identify a few things you’re wasting time on every day – not just the classic time-wasters, but importantly, the things you don’t realize are eating up your precious time. Now, you can Google up all kinds … Read more

Are Productivity Apps Wasting Your Time?

Beware the False Promise of Productivity Apps Would you like to have an extra day each week? Of course you would. We never have enough time! And as I often say, “If there’s one thing we ADDers never have enough of, it’s time. So the last thing we should be doing is WASTING IT!” I … Read more

How to Get Clutter Outta Your Workspace!

Simple Steps to De-Clutter: Peace of Mind…via Peace of Place Here’s the third in my trio of blog posts about clutter. In the first, I talked about why it’s so dang hard to get rid of; in the second I laid out the brain barriers clutter creates. In this post, I share the indispensable keys … Read more

What Clutter Does to Your Brain

There is Great Mental Power to Be Had in a Place of Peace …and great frustration to be had in a cluttered, visually noisy environment! Do you have a fortress of solitude where there is no visual noise to interfere with your budding big-ass ideas and potent problem-solving? I do. I always say, Peace of Mind … Read more