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Part 2 – How ADHD Adults Can Finally Fix Their Love-Hate Relationship with Habits

(originally published September 5, 2013, updated February 11, 2022) While habits help ADHD adults do what is important to them, you know it is hard for ADHD adults to adopt habits. I explored this along with steps you can take to change your habits in Part 1 How ADHD Adults Can Finally Fix Their Love-Hate Relationship…

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How Thriving ADHD Adults Create Successful Accountability Partnerships

DESCRIPTION: Learn how ADHD adults benefit from accountability partnerships in order to follow through on what’s important to them and feel good about it!   KEY TAKEAWAYS: ADHD adults may resist accountability because of their history with this concept. The right kind of accountability — curious accountability — can feel affirming, though. Accountability partners can…

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ADHD Adults Need to Know This to Create the Change They Want

Can ADHD adults effectively maintain changes? Recently, in our online membership mastermind group one of our members mentioned one of the strategies she uses to get started on a task she doesn’t know how to do is to tell herself: I don’t know how to do this, yet. And by using this phrase she can…

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These Are the 4 Steps ADHD Adults Need to Take to Reduce Distractions Now

It would be an understatement to say that ADHD adults are prone to distractions. But does that mean you can’t do what you intend? Of course not. Sure, you’ll need to work at it, but you can learn and apply strategies to reduce ADHD distractions and their impact in your personal and professional life. No…

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What ADHD Adults Can Do to Stop Being Busy and Start Being Productive

Description: You’re busy. I know. But you really want to be productive – do what’s important to you. ADHD adults who use this 3-step process can do that. Key Takeaways: Busy is not the same as productive. Being productive means you are doing the right activities to reach your goals. The 1st step is to…

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Effective ADHD Adults Take These Steps to Curb Procrastination

DESCRIPTION: If you’re an ADHD adult and want to procrastinate less, stop focusing on procrastination and get at the root causes. Here’s how to do that. KEY TAKEAWAYS: Procrastination is a symptom. Force will not work to manage your procrastination. To procrastinate less you’ll need to come up with solutions for the root causes. Some…

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The 6 Strategies ADHD Adults Use to Make Transitions Easier

DESCRIPTION: Transitions are hard for ADHD adults. There’s a reason for that related to your ADHD. And here’s what you can do to make transitions throughout your day easier. KEY TAKEAWAYS: Transitions are hard for ADHD adults. The first step to make it easier is identify those transitions you find challenging. Then you can adopt…

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ADHD Adults Need These 4 Tips To Successfully Adopt Habits

DESCRIPTION: Adopting the right habits help ADHD adults be more productive. Here’s how to do that with greater ease. KEY TAKEAWAYS: Adopting habits can be a challenge for ADHD adults. ADHD symptoms is what makes it hard to both form habits and persist in using them. There are 4 techniques you can use to make…

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Part 3 – The 3 Strategies You Should Use to Execute on Your To-Do List

DESCRIPTION: If you have a master task list, that’s great! Now you need to execute on those tasks, right? Here are strategies you need to use to do that. KEY TAKEAWAYS: You may avoid your task list, if you don’t know how you’re going to follow through on the tasks. Weekly planning is one technique…

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Part 2 – If You Want to Execute Better, Craft Your Tasks This Way

  DESCRIPTION: How you write your tasks on your list can help or hinder you when it’s time to execute. Here’s how you can craft each one to make follow through easier. KEY TAKEAWAYS: For better follow through: clearly define each task on your task list in actionable terms include as much information as possible…