Planning Your Day with ADHD
Case Study
Running two businesses, Eric joined Optimize Your Brain because he struggled with never having enough time in his day.
Despite hiring help to organize his businesses, he felt drained, experiencing brain fog, and lacked quality time with his family.
A shift in one thinking skill and a restructured weekly setup not only saved him hours but also left him energized at the end of the day.
Thinking Skills
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 Eric had, came from a weak thinking skill of categorizations/
Categorizations
With a lot going on his day, Eric’s brain needed to learn the MOST efficient way to organize his tasks so he can get the most done in the shortest amount of time. Without it draining him.
Categorizations is about being able to organize items, ideas, tasks, etc. into groups in the best way possible.
The challenge is the best way possible is going to be different depending on the outcome you’d like to achieve.
Improving Categorizations
To begin improving this thinking skill, I gave Eric a sheet of paper full of pictures of food and had him sort it in groups best for a grocery store.
Once that was done, I had him resort the food in the best way for a party.
Sure, this is simple, but it strengthened the neuron connections in the brain related to categorizations.
You can do this at home by finding an image online with a bunch of food, animals, clothing, etc. and sort it with a specific outcome in mind.
The goal is to sort and categorize the same items at least twice each with a different object. What would be the best way to sort these clothes if I were selling in a shop? What about if I were organizing my closet? How would I sort it if I were giving them away to charity?
Once the sorting objects happens easily, (and it gets challenging in the end when you have 3 random items you have no idea where to put!) we can work on sorting your tasks.
Categorizing Your Tasks
Here's my favorite way to start getting better at categorizing your tasks in the most efficient way!
Write out all your tasks for the day (or even for the week!) each on a different index card.
Then lay it all out and see what makes the most sense to go where.
For the most part, if you can do more of the same of one task at one time it will save you a lot of mental energy and time.
For example, if you can do all meetings three days a week, content creation one day a week etc.
One thing that really helped Eric was categorizing it even further - all sales calls one day a week, all 1:1 client calls another day, all group client calls third day etc.
He also observed his actions and saw how it affected his productivity.
For example, on days he did cardio, he did better with some tasks while on days he did a strength workout he did better with other tasks.
Take note and adjust accordingly (that’s why it’s all on index cards😄)
If you are feeling overwhelmed, start by organizing your tasks for just one day, once you feel comfortable with it, move on to organizing your tasks by week, then month, etc.
Your Challenge
The stronger your thinking skill of categorizations is, the easier it will be to organize your day in the most efficient way.
Your challenge this week is to organize the same group of items in at least two ways.
Then write your tasks out on index cards and use it to help you plan your day.
Cheers to Peak Brain Performance!
Hi, I'm ST,
Just like you, I want to be more efficient and effective.
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.
Your Essential Guide
to Cognitive Functions
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.
Cognitive Functions Assessment
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.
We're on for 1M downloads
By the end of 2025
Can you help us reach our goal?
Share this podcast with someone you love!
Planning Your Day with ADHD
Case Study
Running two businesses, Eric joined Optimize Your Brain because he struggled with never having enough time in his day.
Despite hiring help to organize his businesses, he felt drained, experiencing brain fog, and lacked quality time with his family.
A shift in one thinking skill and a restructured weekly setup not only saved him hours but also left him energized at the end of the day.
Thinking Skills
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 Eric had, came from a weak thinking skill of categorizations/
Categorizations
With a lot going on his day, Eric’s brain needed to learn the MOST efficient way to organize his tasks so he can get the most done in the shortest amount of time. Without it draining him.
Categorizations is about being able to organize items, ideas, tasks, etc. into groups in the best way possible.
The challenge is the best way possible is going to be different depending on the outcome you’d like to achieve.
Improving Categorizations
To begin improving this thinking skill, I gave Eric a sheet of paper full of pictures of food and had him sort it in groups best for a grocery store.
Once that was done, I had him resort the food in the best way for a party.
Sure, this is simple, but it strengthened the neuron connections in the brain related to categorizations.
You can do this at home by finding an image online with a bunch of food, animals, clothing, etc. and sort it with a specific outcome in mind.
The goal is to sort and categorize the same items at least twice each with a different object. What would be the best way to sort these clothes if I were selling in a shop? What about if I were organizing my closet? How would I sort it if I were giving them away to charity?
Once the sorting objects happens easily, (and it gets challenging in the end when you have 3 random items you have no idea where to put!) we can work on sorting your tasks.
Categorizing Your Tasks
Here's my favorite way to start getting better at categorizing your tasks in the most efficient way!
Write out all your tasks for the day (or even for the week!) each on a different index card.
Then lay it all out and see what makes the most sense to go where.
For the most part, if you can do more of the same of one task at one time it will save you a lot of mental energy and time.
For example, if you can do all meetings three days a week, content creation one day a week etc.
One thing that really helped Eric was categorizing it even further - all sales calls one day a week, all 1:1 client calls another day, all group client calls third day etc.
He also observed his actions and saw how it affected his productivity.
For example, on days he did cardio, he did better with some tasks while on days he did a strength workout he did better with other tasks.
Take note and adjust accordingly (that’s why it’s all on index cards😄)
If you are feeling overwhelmed, start by organizing your tasks for just one day, once you feel comfortable with it, move on to organizing your tasks by week, then month, etc.
Your Challenge
The stronger your thinking skill of categorizations is, the easier it will be to organize your day in the most efficient way.
Your challenge this week is to organize the same group of items in at least two ways.
Then write your tasks out on index cards and use it to help you plan your day.
Cheers to Peak Brain Performance!
Hi, I'm ST,
Just like you, I want to be more efficient and effective.
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.
Your Essential Guide
to Cognitive Functions
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.
Cognitive Functions Assessment
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.
We're on for 1M downloads
By the end of 2025
Can you help us reach our goal?
Share this podcast with someone you love!
