👉 Difficulty planning
👉 Finding delayed gratification almost impossible
👉 Trouble managing/controlling your thoughts & emotions
👉 Challenges with organization
👉 Time blindness
👉 Self-unawareness
There are many more examples but if you experience executive dysfunction, today's extremely simple 8 step framework below will help you flex a muscle that may be weak- one you can build to infinite strength.
If you DON'T experience this kind of ED, use this same framework below to absolutely SLAY at project planning/management:
1. Find one item in your office (or home or car) that's not where it belongs. It's important that you know what the item is, and where it goes.
Not two items, not a bag of items. One. Single. Item.
2. Hold it in your hand.
3. Envision where it goes. Feel free to close your eyes and imagine it in the place it belongs.
4. Estimate how long it would take to place it where it goes. Write it down or say it out loud.
5. Set the stopwatch.
6. Put the item away.
7. Note whatever strikes you about this experience.
8. Rinse and repeat.
If you followed Steps 1-6, you've just executed a project plan magnificently.
You identified the goal, envisioned it, stayed focused and executed on it to completion.
If you added in Steps 7 and 8, gold star!
It might sound way oversimplified.
Think: distractions, procrastination, beating yourself up, ideas that were never launched, running late.
Instead of the status quo of the masses, you can start today to slay- to focus and achieve at your pace. Start small- tiny- and build the skills needed to succeed while practicing not only project management, but self-awareness.
Next week I'll share an amazing story about a Tango teacher I had and the many lessons I learned from her that relate to this.
Until then, try this simple, tiny framework and let me know what you learn!
Leah Fisch is the Founder of CEO Rise and philanthropist co-founder of Cultivar Cartagena — otherwise known as the Jewish Mother Dominatrix.
A self-described messy kid with "lots of potential" she never seemed to live up to, Leah spent her first decade in business as a Professional Organizer specializing in hoarders threatened with eviction in New York City. She learned, very tangibly, how to help people cut what they don't need, get clear on what they do, and make change that actually lasts — even for the people everyone else had given up on.
Today she brings that same framework to ADHDish entrepreneurs — helping them build businesses that work in their weird and wild way.
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Helping ADHDish entrepreneurs & creatives declutter, focus and grow.
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