Double Your Productivity using this ADHD System (Invented by a NASA Engineer)

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For my ADHD peers -------------------------------- I. The ADHD system is designed to help individuals who are higher up on the ADHD Spectrum. II. It addresses challenges such as: 1. Having too many ideas 2. Struggling to focus 3. Getting easily distracted 4. Difficulty with task completion. III. The system aims to provide a simple yet advanced approach to productivity. IV. It focuses on four pillars of productivity: 1. Clarity 2. Prioritization 3. Time Management 4. Execution. V. The system emphasizes the importance of self-talk in overcoming resistance and fear of failure. VI. Consistency is key in successfully implementing the system and enhancing productivity. VII. Although there's a plug at the end for a course, the process is explained in full in the video.

I realized that staying up past 10pm wasn’t adding anything to my life. Like i wasn’t doing anything i was proud of after 10pm. So i started going to bed earlier and getting up earlier. I feel better about the things i do in the morning than the things i used to do between 10pm and midnight

"This video was made out of frustration..." I was hooked in 100% when you said that

good insight from SpaceX example, I'll try that 1. set goal with the intention to fail 2. gain data how and what caused the failure 3. iterate until completion

The best thing I have come to understand after living with ADHD and mental health issues: there's more to life than "being productive."

This is the most all encompassing productivity system that I have seen. When he said "other systems only focus on the execution step, like Pomodoro". Wow.

This is Quality stuff. Exactly what I was looking for, I was seriously self diagnosing my procrastination, and came up with the same reasons, only very poorly articulated. This is dope, no one's inherently lazy or a procrastinator, it's the lack of clarity and the self talk. \m/

Bro, thanks for the content, if I may add on the procrastination part, it is not just about the logic part, most of the time its because of our feelings. Most of the time we are even too distracted to process our own feeling that we dont even realise its about fear of failure, or trauma, or whatever response triggered. We just felt negative and we procrastinate. The key is to be aware of that feeling and process it, this takes some time, mostly quiet undistracted time, to translate it into “talks” before we can even start the self-talk properly

Anyone else desperately trying not to click another video while watching this?

THANK YOU! I have always been in awe of other ADHDers who can achieve so much. I am not on medication and I can barely do the housework well, not to mention trying not to set the kitchen on fire when I'm cooking the dinner. As a mature woman I cannot stress enough the importance of HORMONE balance and the link between EXCESS progesterone and depression in women with ADHD. I only recently learned this (in my 50's) and it has helped enormously. Blessings to you all. 🙏🙏🙏

Ok this is crazy, I think I saw one of your posts on linkedin about landing your dream job at NASA and I found your profile very inspiring. Now youtube recommends me your video.

Great points here. I know we are tired of notion templates, but I feel I have to point out August Bradley's Pillars, Pipelines, and Vaults (PPV) system. Particularly the pillars and pipelines part is very much aligned with what you say here. You start with clarity about the pillars (core values, responsibilities) in your life and then define "pipelines" consisting of projects and action items that support the maintenance of your pillars. The key principle with PPV is ALIGNMENT. Alignment of your pillars to your heart and mind, and alignment of your pipelines to your pillars. Well defined pillars also helps a lot with prioritization as you can get a good grasp of the actual impact of each task on your life.

"Why can't I do it right now?" Is such an important question to ask yourself. When you can answer this then you are on the right path. Thanks!

This is by far the best explanation on how to focus/hyper focus with the theme of ADHD. The only thing I’d explain a little more is the divide and the execution (executive function) to help flesh out these concepts. This is coming from someone who’s been struggling for 15 plus years to extract my full potential and has a hard time understanding things. I plan to watch this video over and over and make my own system. I’m glad someone else was frustrated with all the other types of videos/channels that talk about “Just do it!”. It’s not that easy. It’s more nuanced for someone who struggles to pick an idea/prioritize something, let alone start that thing. Thank you!

I'm a software engineer and I recently suck with motivation and productivity. This is just genious. Thanks mate.

It's been two weeks I've been applying it. First i deleted all social medias that was messing up with my priorities of studying as a engineering student. My PC now only has the softwares i need for work/UNI and chrome for google classrom and studies Website, as I'm learning my fourth language (mandarim), I've been getting much faster results nos. I gotta tell you, I've never felt more productive in my life. It feels like you just took away a big heavy iron bag from your shoulders. I organize myself at night what I'm gonna do the next day by writing in a small book. And i also only use 1,5hr a day my phone just to talk with parents and deal with university issues. I've been exercising regularly to stay sane keep my mind healthy because it helps me. I feel more productive and also more motivated to do stuffs. After you remove your obstacles, all the other things becomes easier to do.

The thing I like about this is there’s a bunch of advice that says “only do ONE thing” or “only do five things and make sure you don’t work on anything else” and that never made sense. But the subtract idea makes perfect sense.

I had a hard time following the explanation for some reason but I think there’s some good advice in there. I scrolled through the comments and found a quick description that helped me understand so I’ll leave a summary here too: Subtract - Remove obstacles to goal (ie get rid of things that make it harder) Add + Add support systems (ie identify what makes it easier / what works and do more of that) Divide / Self-Observe (ie self reflect) Multiply x Continue process (ie replicate results)

I dont have ADHD and I dont need this how to video, but it's 100% correct. I use this for at least the last ten years and it works good. Especially the subtract and the prioritize waypoints are sometimes more important to me than doing the real job. For me it's sometimes about getting my tools to supply me better, so then I code on the solution and boom. yet another small stepp of more time or better productivity kicks in. And never forget: consistency is king and quality comes from quantity