When Mia joined Optimize Your Brain already being a pretty organized and productive person. After all, she was a consultant, helping businesses put in systems in place to be more efficient and effective.

Yet, she knew she had certain challenges.
Including every task needing to happen NOW.

The reason? She might forget.
Yes, she did try writing it down, but it would still play in her head.

By improving her ability to hold 2+ pieces of info, her anxiety of forgetting disappeared as SHE DID remember to do what she needed to do.

And then when she improved her thinking skill of categorizations, she was able to arrange her day in a smarter way, not only leaving her calmer but also getting more time into her day.
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While you are doing any task, you (without even realizing it!) are using your 28 thinking skills.

When the thinking skills you need to use are strong, doing the task is easy.
If the thinking skill you need to use is weak, doing the task will be a challenge.

The struggle that Mia had, came from a weak thinking skill of holding 2+ pieces of information and categorizations.
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Holding 2 or more pieces of information is just what is sounds.
Can you hold this piece of information and that pieces of information at the same time?

Often people with ADHD share how they feel like the shelf in their brain is too limited and small. When you tell them another piece of information it goes on the shelf, knocking of something that was already there.

When you understand this about yourself it can cause a lot of anxiety and you are always worried, you’ll forget what you need to know, especially when it comes to something important in your business.

Often, as a coping mechanism, we’ll want to do the task RIGHT NOW but now always it is so practical and often it’s not a good time to do it.
Instead of just telling yourself “It’s okay you wouldn’t forget” or having someone remind you of all the details, you can the root issue and train your brain to hold more info at once you DO actually remember the information.

To get better at holding 2 or more pieces of information at once, you’ll want to start by giving yourself 2 items to do without writing it down.
Send this email & respond to that Voxer. Wash the dishes and put in a load of laundry.
Once you're feeling good about this, give yourself 3 things to do, then 4 and 5…

Being able to remember 5 will be SUPER helpful and make you feel on top of this world.
You can continue to challenge yourself and see how many pieces of info your brain can remember.

Improving the thinking skill of holding 2+ pieces of info at once drastically reduced Mia’s anxiety and improved her productivity.