“Your life is a product of your own choices. So if you don’t like your life, it’s time to make better choices.” OK, sure. But better decision-making is easier said than done. If we always made the best decisions, we’d all be Richard Branson, right? So many of the most consequential decisions in our … Read more
“Energy, not time, is the fundamental currency of high performance.” – Tony Schwartz, CEO The Energy Project There’s plenty written about time management. But what about energy management? After all, you can’t increase the number of hours in your day, but you can manage, expand and better focus your energy. “If you could wake up … Read more
“Most of the actions that result in an extraordinary life are small and easy.” That’s a quote from my friend, personal development guru Jonathan Butcher. And those small, easy things he’s referring to are just habits, routines and productivity rituals practiced over and over again. Yes, habits, routines and rituals are the secrets to getting … Read more
“Each morning I am aware that there is a finite amount of time and energy in this day.” – Oprah Winfrey Oprah knows about Energy Vampires. Imagine if you had more energy every day…What would you do with it? Start on that project you’ve been putting off? Finish that thing that you just haven’t had the energy … Read more
“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
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
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
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
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
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
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