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Adult Adhd: The Magic Egg Timer Trick}

Submitted by: Tellman Knudson

For people with Adult ADHD, focusing long enough to get even a small task done–if it is boring–can seem almost impossible! Heres what I do when I have to focus on something that I really don’t like to do, especially sitting at my desk.

Adult ADHD makes it hard to try to sit still and do something–but now and then you just have to. Here’s a couple tricks I’ve learned to get boring tasks done.

First, when I come in and get started, I’ve trained myself to immediately have a certain pattern of activity that happens. My brain automatically associates that pattern of activity with, “Now we’re going to sit down and do something.”

Its simply a habit. If you have Adult ADHD try this sometime you have to do paperwork or organize something:

What I do is I come in and I have two candles that I light. I have a certain kind of music that I listen to, classical music. I turn that on. I turn on a little water fountain. It is important for people with Adult ADHD to make sure to engage all the senses, it really helps because it keeps the Adult ADHD brain active and able to focus.

Whenever I do that sequence, I can sit down for a short period, not forever, but for a short period, and actually get something done that I don’t like to do.

I can organize a pile, or try to prioritize something, or something that might be hard as well. Another advantage to getting all those senses involved is the brain is at least doing something else and not focusing on being bored.

Theres nothing worse for the Adult ADHD brain than focusing on how bored you are.

There is second method that I use, and that is to set a self-imposed deadline.

Often people with Adult ADHD say they work best “under pressure” when they have a deadline–and some people with Adult ADHD even say they can’t get anything done at all if they don’t have a deadline. What happens to Adult ADHD people in that case is, they perform well at work (where deadlines are imposed) but things fall apart at home.

So here’s the other trick I’ve learned, using an egg timer. See if you can do this. Make it like a game. “Hey, lets see if I can get through this pile in 15 minutes. I’ll set a timer” This is one of the best tricks for us people with Adult ADHD.

I have two egg timers around my house and I use them all the time. I test myself. “Lets see if I can file this pile of paper in 10 minutes.” I set the timer and go. Now, we’ve just invoked the real kicker: to focus. It works like a charm.

So, you’re kicking it into high gear, working on mea-speed, and most of the time it works, but what if…you don’t finish it in 10 minutes? Then what?

Well, then I look at that and say, “Do I want to go for another 10, or do I want to do this later?” Thats what I do.

Either way, I got a whole bunch done in 10 minutes that wouldn’t have been done otherwise.

That brings me to one more thing people with Adult ADHD will benefit from doing. We’re so forward thinking that we’re always onto the next thing, and the next thing. Those with Adult ADHD tend not to look at what they do accomplish and feel good about it.

If you take a moment to say, “Look what I just did in 10 minutes,” and actually reflect on, “Hey, I got something done,” versus going through to the next thing immediately, you’ll feel a lot more motivation on a continuing basis.

If you’d like to get more great tips for how to focus with Adult ADHD, using common things you find in your everyday environment, see below!

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Go For No! Audio Book By Richard Fenton And Andrea Waltz}

Submitted by: Ben Sanderson

Many of us, if not all of us, have heard the word “no” throughout our lives, in many different settings. Authors Richard Fenton and Andrea Walz have discovered an entirely new way to turn those “nos” into promising and lucrative “pushes” to better ourselves in business, as well as in life. Normally, the word “no” brings thoughts of dejection and despair, however in Go for No! Yes is the Destination, No is How to Get There Richard Fenton and Andrea Walz teaches listeners to take that simple negative word and use it toward achieving goals and overcoming obstacles. Words are only as powerful as the individual makes them and through this delightful audio book, Go for No!, you will learn how to take the negative power from “no” and turn it into the utmost powerful and positive word you will ever hear or experience.

Read by authors Richard Fenton and Andrea Walz, Go for No! will captivate and hold listeners’ attention throughout the entire two CD collection. Told as a fictional story, Go for No! focuses on four days out of the life of Eric Bratton, wonderful husband and brother, not-so-wonderful copier salesman. Suffering fear of failure, Eric has an eye-opening experience, during which time he awakes one morning to discover all of the promises that the future will hold for him – including a dream house, if only he can get past the pain and constant worry of failure. If Eric can learn to take those fears and turn them into incentives and overcome his unconscious, self-limiting beliefs, the things that he will accomplish is astronomical.

How true this is in many lives, not just the fictitious Eric Bratton. Go for No! is a lesson, not only in business, but in life. Whether people self-limit themselves consciously or unconsciously, there is a lot to be learned through this short and entertaining story by Richard Fenton and Andrea Walz. Easy to understand and relate to, this audio book is unlike several self-help books out there on the market today. Books that aim to help but may seem more to preach or use uninteresting strategies to educate people how to overcome fear of failure and/or that preconceived evil word “no”. Go for No! educates while it entertains, allowing listeners to walk away feeling satisfied and with an entirely new outlook on life. Imagine the possibilities that lie before those who are willing to open themselves up to the idea of embracing any possible negativity and learning from it, charging through it, rather than having it stand in the way, like an obstinate roadblock, to success. Envision your life ten years from now. Will it be following the same road as the present, or will it be similar Eric Bratton who was lucky enough to get a peek into his life ten years down the road and the possibilities life holds, if he would only allow himself to smash through that wall of fear. Though it is far from easy to re-program and re-think your life and business strategies, the benefits far outweigh any negatives. Go for No! by Richard Fenton and Andrea Walz will help listeners to embrace their fear of failure and learn to succeed beyond their wildest dreams.

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