Alex Partridge

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15, noise-canceling headphones.

I think everyone will be familiar with the noise-canceling headphones.

I've been a big wearer of Loop earplugs in the past, but there are many others.

And again, not a sponsor, just a big fan.

I think the story that's cemented

it for me and how much of an impact like lowering your exposure to external noises was back in 2016 I worked in a marketing agency and my job was to grow their Facebook it was a really busy overstimulating office there was a ball pit music was playing everyone was chatting this was before I knew I had ADHD so I didn't understand why in that environment I was completely frazzled unable to think

But then I asked if I could work downstairs where it was a lot quieter, in the cafeteria.

And in the next three months, I had grown their Facebook from zero to eight million followers.

And I remember the difference, actually, just shielding myself from all of that background noise, and the difference it made to not only my anxiety and well-being and happiness in the office, but the trajectory of...

the outcome of my results it was huge all because i had just recognized that external noise or too much of it made me overstimulated and actually paralyzed my ability to be creative don't wear noise cancelling headphones when you're in an argument with your spouse because it will make it worse yeah i remember a waitress once was wearing them loop and she got all of her orders wrong

So this one is email or write down what you want me to do.

Really clear written instructions.

I think in advocating and having the confidence to ask people to give you those is so important.

I am allergic to verbal instructions.

If someone tells me to do something, a lot of the time it will just turn into absolute gibberish in my head and I won't remember any of it.

And then I'll be like full of shame, full of embarrassment because I haven't