When Justin joined Optimize Your ADHD Brain, he would write everything down. And I mean everything.
If I would give a 3-minute exercise to do (in pairs!) Justin would write it down because he might forget.
He had this overhanging anxiety of, "What if I forget?"
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 happens easily.
If the thinking skill you need to use is weak, doing the task will be a challenge.
The struggle that Justin had, came from a weak thinking skill of holding 2 or more pieces of information at once.
Holding 2 or more pieces of information at once is just what it sounds like. Can you remember 2 or more numbers when someone is giving you their phone number, or do you need them to give you one digit at a time?
What about remembering pieces of information a potential client is telling you. Will you remember it during the conversation, or do you need to write it down because you’ll forget?
My favorite way to improve this thinking skill, is to give yourself 2 pieces of information to hold onto without writing it down.
In sessions, we do these fun brain exercises where you’ve got to find very specific shapes within dots.
Most people draw a shape as soon as they find it and will then go onto the next shape.
I gave Justin a challenge - instead of drawing the shape as soon as you see it, hold it in brain, look for the rest of the shapes and only once you find all of them, do you draw of all of them.
In the beginning it was super challenging. Justin would find himself tempted to draw the shape so “he wouldn’t forget” or he would lose the shape and he’d have to find it again.
Over time, Justin found ways to hold the information in his brain, such as retracing it in his brain multiple times or added sounds and colors to the shapes.
By the end of the program, not only did Justin have an easy time holding all the shapes in his brain at the same time, he saw a drastic change in how he was operating on daily basis because of this improved thinking skill.
Small things like getting credit card numbers from clients were transferred over easily.
And big things like giving over information to his team went without a hitch.
Plus, his anxiety that hit might forget, dropped a ton.
You too can improve your thinking skill by giving yourself 2 things to hold in your brain at the same time.
Start by giving yourself 2 tasks to do without writing it down (answer Voxer & make a coffee)
Then, once you’re comfortable, give yourself 3 tasks to do and move on from there.
You can also do this within the task.
If you have a task that requires you to hold information, don’t write it down.
Give yourself the challenge of holding it in your brain.
In the begging it’s going to be a challenge and overtime it will get easier and easier and you’ll challenge yourself to hold more and more pieces of info at once.
Holding 2 or more pieces of info at once tends to be a hindrance people don’t even realize once till they improve it.
All of sudden they get some much time and mental energy back that they’re like - Where was I until now?!
Your challenge this week is to give yourself 2 pieces of info to hold without writing it down. If you’re feeling comfortable with holding 2 pieces of info, bumping it up to 3 (or more!) until it’s a challenge.
Cheers to Peak Brain Performance!
Most entrepreneurs want to grow their business but already got a lot of stress.
At LifePix University we help you rewire your brain to become more efficient and effective while experiencing more inner peace.
Learn more here.
This guide will give you all you need to start improving your cognitive functions. Learn what all 28 thinking skills are, how they apply to you and what you can do today to begin improving them.
Thinking is not one big thing. Thinking is made up of 28 parts, called cognitive functions.
Take the FREE assessment to see where each of your cognitive functions are currently at.
Can you help us reach our goal?
Share this podcast with someone you love!
When Justin joined Optimize Your ADHD Brain, he would write everything down. And I mean everything.
If I would give a 3-minute exercise to do (in pairs!) Justin would write it down because he might forget.
He had this overhanging anxiety of, "What if I forget?"
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 happens easily.
If the thinking skill you need to use is weak, doing the task will be a challenge.
The struggle that Justin had, came from a weak thinking skill of holding 2 or more pieces of information at once.
Holding 2 or more pieces of information at once is just what it sounds like. Can you remember 2 or more numbers when someone is giving you their phone number, or do you need them to give you one digit at a time?
What about remembering pieces of information a potential client is telling you. Will you remember it during the conversation, or do you need to write it down because you’ll forget?
My favorite way to improve this thinking skill, is to give yourself 2 pieces of information to hold onto without writing it down.
In sessions, we do these fun brain exercises where you’ve got to find very specific shapes within dots.
Most people draw a shape as soon as they find it and will then go onto the next shape.
I gave Justin a challenge - instead of drawing the shape as soon as you see it, hold it in brain, look for the rest of the shapes and only once you find all of them, do you draw of all of them.
In the beginning it was super challenging. Justin would find himself tempted to draw the shape so “he wouldn’t forget” or he would lose the shape and he’d have to find it again.
Over time, Justin found ways to hold the information in his brain, such as retracing it in his brain multiple times or added sounds and colors to the shapes.
By the end of the program, not only did Justin have an easy time holding all the shapes in his brain at the same time, he saw a drastic change in how he was operating on daily basis because of this improved thinking skill.
Small things like getting credit card numbers from clients were transferred over easily.
And big things like giving over information to his team went without a hitch.
Plus, his anxiety that hit might forget, dropped a ton.
You too can improve your thinking skill by giving yourself 2 things to hold in your brain at the same time.
Start by giving yourself 2 tasks to do without writing it down (answer Voxer & make a coffee)
Then, once you’re comfortable, give yourself 3 tasks to do and move on from there.
You can also do this within the task.
If you have a task that requires you to hold information, don’t write it down.
Give yourself the challenge of holding it in your brain.
In the begging it’s going to be a challenge and overtime it will get easier and easier and you’ll challenge yourself to hold more and more pieces of info at once.
Holding 2 or more pieces of info at once tends to be a hindrance people don’t even realize once till they improve it.
All of sudden they get some much time and mental energy back that they’re like - Where was I until now?!
Your challenge this week is to give yourself 2 pieces of info to hold without writing it down. If you’re feeling comfortable with holding 2 pieces of info, bumping it up to 3 (or more!) until it’s a challenge.
Cheers to Peak Brain Performance!
Most entrepreneurs want to grow their business but already got a lot of stress.
At LifePix University we help you rewire your brain to become more efficient and effective while experiencing more inner peace.
Learn more here.
This guide will give you all you need to start improving your cognitive functions. Learn what all 28 thinking skills are, how they apply to you and what you can do today to begin improving them.
Thinking is not one big thing. Thinking is made up of 28 parts, called cognitive functions.
Take the FREE assessment to see where each of your cognitive functions are currently at.
Can you help us reach our goal?
Share this podcast with someone you love!