Getting Things Done from Someone with OCD & ADHD

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1. GETTING THINGS DONE Tips from someone with ADHD and OCD with Jason Lotito
2. TAKE DRUGS
3. THANKS Questions? Review at joind.in/13205 @jasonlotito
4. NO, BUT SERIOUSLY
5. @JASONLOTITO@GMAIL.COM
6. MY ADHD & OCD Part Zero
7. FOUND OUT I HAD ADHD & OCD AT 33
8. A LITTLE ABOUT MY OCD
10. BALANCE 5 is a balanced number
17. This is OCD. 24/7 It’s not just making sure your code lines up straight. #lolocd
18. OCD MEANS I WANT IT DONE “THE RIGHT WAY” We’ll talk about yak shaving later.
19. A LITTLE ABOUT MY ADHD OH SHINY!
20. WHAT’S IT LIKE WITH OCD AND ADHD?
21. OCD Do it perfectly.
22. OCD Do it right. ADHD Yak shaving!
23. OCD Do it right. ADHD Yak shaving! OCD Interruptions? We can’t do it right now. Give up.
24. OCD Do it right. ADHD Yak shaving! OCD Interruptions? We can’t do it right now. Give up. ADHD Good, let’s do something else. Reddit!
25. I KNEW SOMETHING WAS WRONG AT 33 I DECIDED TO GET TESTED
26. THERAPY AND MEDICATION FOR THE OCD AND ADHD
27. THERAPY TAUGHT ME A LOT ABOUT MYSELF Things I already knew, but didn’t understand.
28. MOST IMPORTANT THING IS YOU NEED TO HAVE SELF-AWARENESS
29. QUANTIFIED SELF Part One
30. MOST TEND TO OFFER SOLUTIONS BEFORE UNDERSTANDING INDIVIDUAL PROBLEMS.
31. –Donald Knuth “We should forget about small efficiencies, say about 97% of the time: premature optimization is the root of all evil. Yet we should not pass up our opportunities in that critical 3%”
32. THE KEY TO GETTING THINGS DONE IS UNDERSTANDING WHAT PREVENTS YOU FROM DOING THEM.
33. TODO LIST 1. Make todo list. 2. Mark off step 1. 3. Do real big project
34. EVERY USE ONE OF THESE? “Look at that leather and that handmade quality, that will definitely help me get things done.”
35. EVER READ THIS? It’s a good system.
36. NOT GETTING THINGS DONE IS A SYMPTOM, NOT A PROBLEM.
37. THE FIRST STEP IS UNDERSTANDING YOURSELF.
38. I’M NOT A DOCTOR, AND EVEN IF YOU ARE, DON’T SELF-DIAGNOSE. Side Note
39. ANALYZE WHAT YOU DO WHEN YOU DON’T GET THINGS DONE
40. RECOMMENDED Easy to use, inexpensive, works
41. RESCUETIME • Are you a morning or afternoon person? • How much work are you actually doing? • Interruptions • Focused on you, not clients/employees
42. WHAT DID I LEARN FROM RESCUETIME? • I work best in the afternoon. • Emails, chat, and notifications would interrupt frequently • People would interrupt as well • Meetings • Interruptions would usually take me up 20 minutes to get back to work
43. INTERRUPTIONS • Already interrupted, I’d use the time to do other things • Coffee • Reddit • Chat
44. I’D ALSO SHAVE YAKS
45. “MULTITASK”
46. FEAR
47. I KNOW WHAT I DO WHEN NOT DOING WHAT I WANT TO DO
48. BEING AWARE OF WHAT I DO HELPS ME PLAN TO AVOID NOT DOING WHAT I DO
49. PLANS Part Two
50. WHAT STOPPED ME • Alerts and Emails • Meetings • People • Yak Shaving • Multitasking • FEAR
51. KNOWING THIS, WE CAN DEVELOP STRATEGIES TO OVERCOME THEM
52. ALERTS & EMAILS Turn off notifications Emails are not emergencies
53. MEETINGS Schedule time when you work best Plan other disrupting things around meetings Do you really need to be there? Schedule meetings for half the time
54. PEOPLE “One moment” Require they work for the request Schedule the request for tomorrow Deflect or Delegate
55. YAK SHAVING Stop when you realize it Get it done first
56. MULTITASKING Stop when you realize it Usually a result of other issues failing Resort to other plans of action
57. FEAR Don’t start the big project, do the first step. Talk to someone else about it. Get something working without architecting it.
58. SPECIFIC PLANS AREN’T IMPORTANT THESE ARE MY PLANS THEY WORK FOR ME
59. Working Done
60. Working Done Interruption
61. Working Done Interruption Not Done
62. Working Done Interruption Not Done Plan
63. YOU NEED SELF-AWARENESS TO PLAN
64. HAVING A PLAN MEANS YOU’LL INSTINCTIVELY DO WHAT YOU SHOULD DO
65. MORE TIPS & TRICKS THAT WORK FOR ME TO GET THINGS DONE Part Three
66. TRY ONE PLAN AT A TIME
67. SCHEDULE THINGS IN YOUR CALENDAR
68. WRITE DOWN NOTES
69. WRITE DOWN NOTES ON PAPER
70. DELEGATE TO SOMEONE
71. COMPILE A DONE IT LIST
72. SCHEDULE RECURRING TASKS
73. AUTOMATE ANYTHING YOU DO TWICE
74. TURNS PLANS INTO HABITS
75. HABITS ARE PLANS THAT YOU FREQUENTLY DO • When you want to do something, your plan is to schedule time • Do this enough, and your habit will be to schedule things you want to do
76. ACCEPT THAT YOU WILL FAIL
77. SUCCESS IS REALLY JUST OVERCOMING FAILURES BETWEEN VICTORIES
78. YOU CAN’T BE SUCCESSFUL WITHOUT ALSO BEING A FAILURE
79. SO WHEN YOU FAIL, IT’S REALLY JUST A SIGN THAT YOU ARE ONE STEP CLOSER TO SUCCESS
80. I KNOW THIS SOUNDS LIKE MAGIC FAIRY DUST BUT REMEMBER…
81. THE KEY IS UNDERSTANDING YOURSELF
82. ANALYZE WHAT YOU DO WHEN YOU DON’T GET THINGS DONE
83. AND TAKE DRUGS
84. THANKS Questions? Review at joind.in/13205 @jasonlotito