Chapter 1: What are some effective ADHD hacks to improve focus?
12 ADHD hacks that actually work. And when did you put these into practice?
So I think it's important to say, I don't speak about it too much, but before my ADHD diagnosis, I had a 10-year business career where I started two global social media brands, one called Unilad and one called Ladbible. And it was really interesting. When I got my ADHD diagnosis, I really reflected on the conscious and subconscious habits
hacks that i had implemented that enabled me to bypass to get through some of the the the challenges that i was probably facing with things like disorganization and motivation and procrastination so i really wanted to put a list together of the hacks that i used that helped me make lab bible really helped me make this podcast too to share with the audience in the hope that it will benefit them too
Chapter 2: How can starting with 'No' help manage commitments?
Right. And so there's 12 of them. 12 of my best hacks, yes. Right. I've read through them and some of them are absolutely genius.
Chapter 3: What is a dopamine menu and how can it help with motivation?
They do get better as the list goes on. They're really, really good.
Chapter 4: Why should you leave your laptop charger at home?
Really, really clever. And then a couple of them are just outright bizarre.
Chapter 5: What is the task finisher hack and how does it work?
Yeah, some of them are a bit bizarre, but I think we're incredible problem solvers. And I think if we let our ability to think outside the box lead sometimes, we're actually capable of finding really interesting, unique ways to almost hijack our ability to not procrastinate. And looking back on what I was subconsciously doing through my business career and in the
Yes, they're definitely out of the box, but I promise you they are incredibly effective.
And very simple to implement.
Chapter 6: How can you differentiate between a to-do list and a backlog?
You could do these today.
None of them require any money, no investment, just a little bit of knowledge and a little bit of ability to try something new.
Right. Right, should we start? Let's go.
Chapter 7: What is the 'scary hour' and how can it help with daunting tasks?
They're sort of written in code, so I'm going to say them. I have no idea what they mean. You're going to explain them. Yeah. And we're starting at number 12.
Chapter 8: How does checking your tribe impact your self-belief?
Yes. And then they get way more interesting as the list goes on. Yes. Right, which is very exciting. Okay, right. Number 12. Pinch your thoughts.
Yeah, so this is something anyone can do now. If you take an object near you, I'm going to use this pen for an example, and hold it out in front of you, and really try and focus on this one object. Really notice the nuances there. of it, what color is it, what shape is it, how the light reflects off it, what texture it is, really intentionally try to focus your attention on this object.
And by doing this, you're squeezing out all other distractions, other things that might be pulling your attention in different directions. It's like a bicep curl for your attention. And it's a really simple exercise, but if you do this often enough, you can train your attention to really focus on the important things that come up in our lives. Interesting.
You're manifesting your attention into one thing. If you really, really hold one object out in front of you and focus on it and really notice the details, the minuscule nuances of that object, like the color, the texture, how light bounces off it, using your intention to focus your attention.
And we take our bodies to the gym and work out our muscles to get fitter, but we don't always work out our brain. You can use little exercises like this to really strengthen that mental muscle that enables you to really tunnel vision your focus when it really matters.
But do you think you could pinch your thoughts too efficiently and you might miss your train stop by just holding out the pen like this for too long?
Yeah, well, that's when hack number seven comes in and we'll get to that.
Right, yeah, yeah. Hack number seven is a real good one. It might change my life when I start implementing that. Right, should we go on to the next one? Number 11, start with no.
In all of our lives, people will ask things from us. They'll demand our time. And I think it's so easy when you have ADHD, particularly when you are fearful of letting people down, to make your default answer to people asking things of you as yes. So the advice is to start with no. If someone asks something of you, start with no.
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