Jessica ran an online coaching business, and she was brilliant at helping her clients get results. Her programs consistently transformed people's lives.

The problem was, Jessica was always rushing to get things done, and it was backfiring big time.

She'd quickly update her course materials and accidentally delete a crucial module, then have to call her tech guy to restore it from backup.
Or she'd fire off an email to her list and realize she'd included the wrong link - sending people to last month's webinar instead of this week's.

Jessica thought she was being efficient by moving fast, but she was constantly having to circle back and fix her mistakes.

Last month she rushed through setting up a new landing page and accidentally connected it to the wrong payment processor, losing three days worth of sales before anyone noticed the error.

Jessica told me she felt like she was working twice as hard as everyone else because she was constantly cleaning up her messes.

As we improved her thinking skills Jessica discovered that slowing down actually made her faster..


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 is a challenge.
The struggle that Jessica had came from a weak thinking skill of being precise.


Being Precise
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Being precise is exactly what it sounds like. Being exact and accurate in the actions you take.

Jessica’s brain so badly wanted to get the work done, it didn’t really care about the details.
But those are the details that matter. By taking that extra second to make sure all the details where accurate she ended up saving a ton more time.

The problem wasn't her ability, she knew how to do all these tasks correctly.
The issue was making sure her final output matched her intended goal exactly.
You could see it clearly in the landing page mistake. Jessica knew exactly what she wanted, but in her rush, connected it to the wrong processor.

People with strong precision skills communicate and deliver work accurately without errors.
They avoid wasting time correcting mistakes and maintain their credibility in client-facing tasks.

Strong precision also reduces mental stress from constantly fixing avoidable errors.
When you can trust that what you produce is accurate the first time, you stop living in fear of what might go wrong.


Jessica worked on her precision by doing the 3 following things:

1) Checking for Errors

Right before sending, publishing, or launching anything, Jessica would pause and go over the task.
She’d verify the links, double-check the recipient list, and read through for typos etc.
It usually didn’t take her more than 3 minutes and saved her hours of cleanup work later.

The key was making it a non-negotiable step, just like hitting "save" in the olden days.


2) Know Your Mistake Patterns

Pay attention to where you tend to make careless mistakes and be extra intentional in those situations.

Jessica realized she made the most errors when switching between similar tasks - like updating multiple course modules or sending emails to different lists.
Once she knew this pattern, she could slow down specifically during transitions.

Personally, I know for me it’s spelling mistakes in emails.
What’s it for you?


3) Practice Precision in Low-Stakes Situations

Start building your precision skills with tasks that don't have big consequences.
Check your grocery list twice before shopping, proofread text messages you're sending to a friend before sending, or even double checking you put your shirt on the right way.


Does precision affect creativity?

Your ADHD brain might be concerned that focusing on precision will kill your creativity or spontaneity.

Jessica found the opposite happened.
When she knew her execution would be accurate, she felt more confident taking creative risks because she wasn't worried about implementation errors undermining her ideas.



About a month after improving her precision Jessica did her quarterly launch that has a hundred moving parts (email sequences, affiliate partnership, bonsu materials), exactly the type of complex project where her old rushing habits would have created disasters.

It was first time the launch went flawlessly.
No broken links, no payment errors, no confused customers.
Jessica made more money in that launch than any previous one, and she actually felt calm and confident throughout the entire week.


Your brain can absolutely learn to be both fast and precise.
You just need to train it to include accuracy as part of speed, not separate from it.





Cheers to Peak Brain Performance!