I decided to start reading again a few years ago, and since then according to bookwyrm I've read about 70 books. I also wrote and published a book of my own (the Graysonian Ethic, buy a dead tree copy today).
I had ADD as a kid. It doesn't mean you dont have attention, it means you have an inability to regulate attention. Give a kid with ADD a video game and theyll play for days. The key is figuring out ways to use your disregulation to your advantage. Maybe you cant pay attention to a lot of things, but figure out how to become fixated on important stuff and that disregulation becomes a superpower. I finished a 400 page report for work earlier this year singlehandedly.
One key is at the beginning, setting up a workflow for an ADD mindset. Instead of trying to do one big thing, turn a big job into many small jobs that are achievable within your attention span, so you end up doing 4000 things you can do instead of 1 you can't possibly do.
This is relevant for a lot of people because we live in an ADD society.
I had ADD as a kid. It doesn't mean you dont have attention, it means you have an inability to regulate attention. Give a kid with ADD a video game and theyll play for days. The key is figuring out ways to use your disregulation to your advantage. Maybe you cant pay attention to a lot of things, but figure out how to become fixated on important stuff and that disregulation becomes a superpower. I finished a 400 page report for work earlier this year singlehandedly.
One key is at the beginning, setting up a workflow for an ADD mindset. Instead of trying to do one big thing, turn a big job into many small jobs that are achievable within your attention span, so you end up doing 4000 things you can do instead of 1 you can't possibly do.
This is relevant for a lot of people because we live in an ADD society.
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