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| Sep 05, 2005 10:03 pm |
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Benefits of ADD |
Stephanie Frank
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Sue:
I agree with you that discussing the benefits of ADD is a giant plus here on the network. After all, ADDers:
- Multitask
- Are highly intuitive
- Get more done in a day than most do in a month (even if it's in your head)
- Can advance multiple projects at once
- Are creative and funny
- Are smarter than most
- See details that others miss
- Are big picture thinkers
- Learn new things quickly
- Wake up with "answers"
Hey, we're a lively bunch! The challenge is that we don't allow ourselves to be okay with the fact that things like organization and prioritization don't come easily to us. REMEMBER, these things are part of the executive function of the brain - the actual wiring in the pre-frontal lobe makes organization and prioritization difficult for us.
So what?
There are hundreds of things you can do to get organized. Over my 20 years in business, I've been forced (and I bet you have too), to develop little systems that work for me. They aren't conventional (I"m a big sticky note fan too) but they work. Here are a couple of things I do for organization:
1. Each morning, I write the 3 things I will accomplish before I go to bed. Then I ask myself if it's realistic. If I find I'm saying "well, IF this and IF that" to get the things done, then I'm looking at projects, not tasks, and I break it down a bit further. Then I write the reward I get at the bottom of the list. Yesterday, I was done with everything on my list by 10:00 a.m. YES, the reward was that good!
2. I love magazines and I get alot of them. When I'm done with one I leave it somewhere and I can't remember if I read it or not. So my simple system for this is to turn the magazine over on its face. Now I know easily when I've read something and when I haven't. Cleanup is easy - I just pick up the magazines that are turned over and dump them. The rest go into a magazine rack so there is no mess.
3. Sticky notes vs. planners vs. PDAs. I use them all. Here's how. I use my PDA for contacts, appointments, synching with my computer. I use my sticky notes for things I will do today, and I use a planner with customized tabs to write everything else. What are the tabs? Here are a few:
1. Names of people who I delegate work to:
2. Movies
3. Books
4. Ideas
5. Things I want to pick up (then when I'm out, I can just look at the book and get what I need)
No matter what system you use, don't try to fit into a box. It won't work. Ask yourself "what do I need to be able to be productive?" and tweak it until it works.
Maybe I'll do a class on organizing, what do you think?
Stephanie
Stephanie Frank, author
The Accidental Millionaire
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