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ADHD at Work
Добавлен 16 фев 2024
I mostly cover having ADHD in the workplace.
How to actually get off your phone
In this video, I share practical strategies for managing ADHD and staying off your phone. From understanding why it’s so challenging to reduce phone usage to exploring creative solutions like analog replacements and setting boundaries, this video offers insights to help you reclaim your focus and productivity. Discover how to implement sustainable habits that work for you, improve your mental health, and break free from phone addiction.
If you have your own tips and experiences, please share them in the comments to help others on their journey.
If you have your own tips and experiences, please share them in the comments to help others on their journey.
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Having ADHD is like being a stunt double
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Navigating work with ADHD presents unique challenges, often unnoticed by colleagues. Discover strategies to manage the demands of a professional life and stay cognitively fit in our latest video. From structured morning routines backed by research to minimizing device usage and scheduling daily 'timeouts,' these techniques help balance the constant effort required to perform at work. Watch now ...
ADHD in the Workplace: Bad Days
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Learn practical strategies for navigating bad days at work, especially when dealing with ADHD. Discover how radical honesty, self-forgiveness, and effective communication can help you maintain productivity and well-being in the workplace.
Managing your ADHD at work
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I've been managing my ADHD well enough to launch a successful career as a Program Manager at a big tech company in the Silicon Valley. This is the single idea that underlies everything that matters about managing your ADHD in life but especially at work. Good places to keep reading: My ADHD page: www.adamgrant.info/adhd Attention Span Sugar: www.adamgrant.info/attention-span-sugar More on manag...
Authentic French Baguettes at Home
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My French Baguette Recipe I've perfected over many years to get that real traditional taste at home with tools, ingredients, and techniques you can find in the United States. Find the recipe and the tools I use at adamgrant.info/french-baguette-recipe
Light Bio Bioluminescent Petunias
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Genetically modified from actual organisms with natural bioluminescence, these petunias are now commercially available to the public and I got to be one of the first to get my hands on a little pot of my own.
No one talks about effort and ADHD
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There's too much emphasis on the outcomes of ADHD: Attention, focus, concentration, etc. and not enough on the crucial resource of effort and will power. Understanding how effort plays a role helps to manage ADHD. Read more about my experience with ADHD at adamgrant.info/adhd
The Abstract Ladder: A Conversational Technique
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The Abstract Ladder is a useful conversational trick to control the dynamics of planning versus alignment.
Little bits of joy sustain happiness
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Tapping into happiness is easier when our expectations are simple, we allow for even small and silly moments of joy, and always have something to look forward to. Read and watch more at adamgrant.info
Idleness is your most important productivity tool
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I have come back down from the mountaintop of extreme productivity tool usage many have hoped to climb, and I came back with the realization that being idle was the most important tool of all.  I post these videos as supplementary media on my personal site adamgrant.info
The greatest gift you can give humanity is making space for someone.
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The greatest gift you can give humanity is making space for someone.
Your ADHD Symptoms may not be your ADHD
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Your ADHD Symptoms may not be your ADHD
🤯 I’ll chew on this for a while but I think this is going to revolutionize our understanding on ADHD!
Woman can’t just take a walk without their phone on them like men can though
I can literally sit here for hours just thinking without being on my phone… theres no difference lol
Well said!
Thank you
Ok I’ll just get of my phone and on the same subject I’ll grow 6 feet taller
Very easy
That's an amazing ring!
How do I phrase things as a question in a way that the question itself isn't perceived as 'confrontational'?
For the Sunday newspaper do you just use it that day or do you just keep it around for several days so that you can enjoy reading it for several days without getting on your phone?
Thanks for your comment. I enjoy it all week. Plenty of content.
This was. Well done! As I home school mom of teenagers due to being behind academically, Due to these issues that even Mom has, its harder than when I worked. I cant leave this job. I have to keep the daily shedule of all of us and have us check each task in Order to follow through until Bedtime. All of this discipline has been so rewarding to see , Especially when others not eating well or working out are looking on. One of the most rewarding things Was handing My kids the bible Allowing them meditation time which brought such peace to our crazy scedules. For me it was thirty years ago when a doctor gave me medication. Didn't work out. I returned it to him and picked up the bible. Yes the Lord balanced me out, He helped me of many Unhealthy choices And then led me to a great schedule like You're doing. I'm gonna show this to the kids and let them be encouraged , Other people have the same struggles, Thanks for being vulnerable with ur beautiful video, Thank you dearly❤
I'm so happy to hear this was helpful to you and you've found your own path that supports you and your family.
I have ADHD and autism makes for a difficult work life for sure
this is why I make 2 grocery lists the first is based on my house, cuz i walk the house to make the list the second list is based on stores. 1 column for walmart, the second column for whole foods, and a 3rd section for whatever 3rd store may have other odds and ends, say seafood market or whatnot the second list is optimized for how i do my grocery run. personal hygiene, then pharmacy, then cleaning products, dairy, sodas, rear grocery store items working my way forward until i get to front grocery items. essentially i enter from the right, go to the back left and work my way forward, and make a note on what items walmart is missing and buy that from my local grocery store. namely Mccormick Grill mates, my local store has ALL OF THEM. but walmart only has a few maybe 3 or 4 flavours.
Nice idea! I usually just make the list i order of where the items typically is, like milk and cheese together :)
Unless you ask why, apparently that's confrontational? I'm sorry I'm just always confused
Welcome to the club! :)
lmao I don't recall commenting this XD
I have this ring in silver.. it is a nice ring.
It sure is!
Thanks
awesome Ring
Gasp/ genius
I thought i was the only person who had this specific problem 😂
That’s a cool ring man
Silicone wedding band. I spend allll day flipping it inside out.
Brilliant!
I got one! I love it!!
Mine is still hanging on! Fingers crossed
Wow Adam this is so helpful I have been implementing some similar things in my life. I would like to add that sleeping and waking at roughly the same time each day (hard bc regular work-day hours are too early for most of the population and we end up sleeping too late on the weekend), eating organic with the "dirty dozen" and close to a plant-based diet and at regular intervals, getting enough light/vitamin D to regulate our circadian rhythm and limiting stress are all crucial for me to battle the lack of concentration and inattention that comes from trauma and trauma recovery. The studies you showed of cognitive impairment mimic my own experience of using my phone, but may i add one thing: it is not just "screen time" but also the quality of screen time. I can no longer pretend that it is not negatively affecting my brain to read articles online with ads flashing in and out of my vision. Also, shortening my commute time was essential in reducing stress (in the forms of noise, alertness to danger in the proximity, and the flashing ads in the subway as well). Thank you for mentioning exercise as an important part of mental hygeine. I look forward to keeping on top of your channel as it is informative, gentle and practical. I will add that de-cluttering has been essential for me, as well as having almost bare walls in my home and minimal furnishings so that i have more non-thinking programmed into my day by virtue of a space that is "quiet on the eyes." Have you looked into blue light? Also, i think you might have mentioned this, but spending time in nature and with an animal can support heathy endorphins and have a calming effect. I like how you made clear that there is no one perfect solution, but putting some good ideas together in a routine can help some of us tread water and keep our jobs while we continue to make incremental change. Great video!
I purchaed 3. 1 for the wife, sister in law and mother. All 3 glow just like that. Its a pleasure to view.
As I said before, thank you for posting this. I look forward to your viewpoint on accommodations. I find it hard to explain to others why true accommodations are needed.
Thanks for the encouragement. Yes, to be honest I'm really challenging myself with pledging to do a video on that in the near future. I'm slowly realizing that the work really is on the community to tell companies what we need, and that is a daunting task. Like I wonder if I had a company, what would I do? How do you strike the balance between accommodating employees but still keep your business running, making sure people in their roles are able to do them effectively. Do you think it's hard to explain why they're needed because people don't understand the effort we have to put in in the first place?
I'm gonna propagate it anyways, lol. It's not a crime if the cops don't know. I wonder if the genetics would carry on if I cross pollinated it.
"It's not a crime if the cops don't know" I'M TELLING. ;)
I made a video on these too! Yours is much better!! We had better luck when put under artificial light, but we're in the PNW. You got any grow tips?
Oh nice. Well yours are probably doing better. I put them outside in the ground. Lots of flowers, not a lot of leaf growth so I'm not sure if they are healthy or just going out with a bang.
Great video.
Glad you enjoyed it
Thank you for making these videos. I really like your calm tone of voice and way of explaining things. Very inspiring. Even though i'm a single mom, and my life situation is a lot different from yours, your advice and your examples of what you do are still super helpful, and inspired me to do some things differently myself. I don't have the option to reschedule stuff, and time off is rarely time off when you have kids, as there is an endless list of stuff that needs to get done. But here are my thoughts, maybe they will inspire someone else too. -On bad days, dinner is one of my toughest hurdles to get through. So making double portions of freezer-friendly dinners will be a priority for the next while, so i have something that is easy to get ready. -Maybe a saturday just gets to be a Disney marathon instead of cleaning the whole house and trying to get kids to do as they are told and not get in the way. -Or maybe we go to a park with a playground, so the kids can run around and play while i sit in peace on a blanket in the shade. - Here is something i already try to do: tell people close to you that you are having a bad day might help too. That way, they will know that today is not a good day for that big thing they need to discuss with you. And if you end up snapping at them, they might treat you with kindness and forgiveness because they understand where it came from, rather than take it personal, get angry at you and snap back. This has to be done in a good way of course, and maybe you need to talk with them beforehand on a good day, explain where you are coming from, and make an agreement with them about what you each do in those situations. Listen to their point of view too. It can't just be the "you better not cross me today -approach". I have an agreement with my kids, that they can always ask me how i am doing, or if i am angry, and i will be honest and kind with them. If i am just busy or energetic, they get an explanation, and if i am actually having a bad day, them asking me is often a sign to me that i need to slow down, recenter myself, and give them some reassurance and positive attention. This takes some practice, but a hug and a sincere apology goes a long way.
Thank am going to give it a go hopefully my memory improves too I have become very forgetful!
You got this!
I heard someone once say that having ADHD is like having bees in our brain. That makes so much sense in this context. So the ADHD is the bees, and all the distractions we engage ourselves in are like feeding the bees sugar. They get all hyped up like toddlers at a birtday party, and start multiplying, so now you have even more bees, who crave even more sugar.
Love this analogy.
This was great, and it was helpful. Please make more videos. As a tech worker with ADHD, I struggle with this constantly, and I appreciate the perspectives and how others cope with their ADHD in the tech industry. The point about RUclips is so spot on too.
Hearing this is gold. I hear this need for more coverage on this topic from tech workers especially and I know that struggle personally. Thanks so much for your comment.
2 weeks in, they are glowing significantly brighter for me - especially new flowers. I can see them glow even in dim light at night without letting my eyes adjust. I think they're absolutely incredible!
Love it. Where do you keep yours?
@AdamGrantDotInfo They're under a 100W full spectrum led grow light since my apartment gets no direct sunlight. I put them in bigger pots with miracle grow soil which really helped!
@@gabelastnamechannel8718we found they thrive under artificial lights. We had one near our balcony and one under an aero garden light, after fertilizing and keeping constantly moist they are doing alright. It's weird though one (the heartier with less petals) glows more in the stems and the one with more flowers glowed brighter on the petals
I'm wondering how this could work for people who live in a small space where they don't have an extra room that is relatively empty. I'd say that I could find distractions anywhere in our flat. Even if it's just cleaning it 😅. I think I often take this "time out"time when I wake up in the morning and "don't manage" to get up. Then I look in the air and let my thoughts wander around. The only bad thing with it, is that I usually have a reason why I wanted to get up and this often ends up in me beeing late 😅. Even though I'm often angry at myself for staying in bed and everything I know for sure that my system also benefits from it. Would be great to manage to take that "time out time" consciously - also without being in nature... 😊
Good question. I have the luxury of having rooms in my house where I could be doing this which is a big difference from my apartment in NYC. ...but I don't use that room. I prefer to do this at work and I will actually book a meeting room for just me. It's actually better that I'm not at home with the temptations of home comfort pulling me out of time out. Depending on your work environment, this may not be an option for you either. At which point I would say this is something you'll need to explore more. Is there somewhere you could go that is separated from your usual space? I've also used a shower room without turning on the shower or the couches in the atrium of a neighboring building with my AirPods playing ambient music to drown out noise.
@@AdamGrantDotInfo thanks for sharing. I'll keep exploring :) Even if I would have the "perfect" space and the "plan" to do it, i guess it would still be hard for me to really do it since classic time management is not really my strenth . I mostly get everything done bot often I do many important things during the night. It's so much easier for me to enjoy a calm brain when the rest of the world is asleep:) since that kind of "Rythm" has a lot of disadvantages for me I keep trying to change it. Guess if I would manage to creat "calm time out" setting during the day that would definitely help in getting sleep during the night too 😅
@fifafafo4914 that makes sense you have to find a way that works for you and a time of day that works for you as well. I think this is more like eating your vegetables and going to the gym in that even if it's good advice, it's still can be hard to motivate yourself to do. A lot of times I drag myself to these prescheduled sessions kicking and screaming, but I just try to get myself there
I agree very much with all the above. And i have a few suggestions. Maybe start with just 10 or 15 minutes if half an hour is unachievable. Practice for a bit and see what it does. Also, my first thought was if it was possible for you to set your morning alarm for half an hour early, so instead of laying there, stressing out over getting started on your day, you knew that for the next half hour, you just have to lay there and do nothing. (If that won't impact the amount of sleep you are able to get in too much of a negative way, of course. ) then have another alarm go off at your usual time, and your brain might be more ready to get going. Imo there's a possibility that you might benefit more from the half an hour of timeout, than you would have from the extra sleep. Or maybe the last half hour before bed? It might make a good wind down after the day is done. This might also help with not having a screen in front of ones face right before bed. (I am super guilty of ruining my own sleep with doomscrolling at bedtime.) Try harnessing the ADHD appetite for novelty to try out some different times of the day, and be curious about what it does or doesn't do for you. Btw, i know that none of my suggestions are easy to achieve with an ADHD brain, and i know nothing abt your life, so i might have missed the mark completely, i just think we need someone to come in with a different pov sometimes, to get us unstuck and looking at things differently. It is not easy living with a brain full of bees.
This is great
Thanks for watching. I hope you find this useful. Let me know if there are any other topics related to this you'd like to see covered.
I would like to see your take on task paralysis. It's something I deal with where I have a million things to do but i end up doing absolutely nothing.
@StephaniaBonnet Great suggestion. This might be one worth getting an expert involved too. I'll add it to my board.
Thanks! What I don't understand yet: how do you know that the 30min are over? Do you take some kind of alarm-clock with you to your "empty extra room"? Of do you set an alarm on your phone, leave the phone outside of the room but on a distance where you can hear it?
Good question. There's a clock in my room but you could also have your smart watch timer go off. (Turn notifications off) or just get a cheap timer to bring with you.
@@AdamGrantDotInfo thanks :)
Thanks, Adam! This was a great reminder to be more intentional with honoring my minds need for rest
It's a personal journey for everyone and I'm constantly perfecting my own. Best of luck!
Thanks! I'll try to try it (no promises!) :D
Let me know how it works
So far, disappointing would be the watchword in my case with two petunias. I've planted them outside at this point, so we'll see as the season goes on, and I'm planning on feeding fairly heavily and I've given them full sun (and areas that are unquestionably 8 hours or better a day).
Are they surviving well outside?
@@AdamGrantDotInfo So far, so good. Temperatures went from 55 to 85 and at least they're not blinking at that...
I just got mine delivered today. I purchased it as a gift for my mom. Hopefully once it gets 6 hrs of direct sunlight it will glow better. I have heard that ripe banana peels might help increase the glow but i am not a botanist. Thanks for the video. But can you create an video with an update on how the plant is doing?
That almost sounds like they're potassium hogs, which is fine; I have plenty of potassium sulfate on-hand.
Hope you enjoy it!
Subscriber Number 7 here. Thank you for this video. I still want one to put into TC, for personal use only. I need about 100 of these to dimmly light up my back yard. I remember finding firefox fungi while at boyscout camp, always wanted some of my own.
Number 7 already? My channel is still super lame! What is RUclips??? Thanks for subscribing though!
Excellent job on your video. I tried to video them but couldn’t catch the light on the video. You must have much better equipment than I have.
Actually me neither. I had to do long exposure photos. It's all iPhone
Thank you for your review. I think I will save my money. Every review I’ve seen shows a couple sparse leaves lighting up. It looks nothing like the advertisements. Thank you for saving me $30 times three or four
True. It has to be in a very dark area and with your eyes adjusted.
Hold off for Generation Two on these would be my advice. I don't regret the purchase, per se, but I'd call them unimpressive. The glow is very dim.
after 2 weeks of growing mine has doubled in size and glows nicely to the naked eye
Yeah, in the advertisements I think they used backlighting to take pictures. I read in a gardening magazine that it also depends on how many hours of direct sunlight the plant gets.
@@dm5129 Well, I can tell you that plant #1 is in 10 hours of direct sunlight, plant #2 is in 9 hours, and neither is doing much. Both are blooming beautifully but glow? Not really visible over skyglow from the city. Completely disappointing.
Thanks for the review.
My pleasure!
What the hell, I am your second subscriber? Cool!
Getting in on the ground floor!