How to Be Awesome at Your Job 1070: An ADHD Strategist’s Pro Tips for Staying Motivated and Productive When You Can’t Focus with Skye Waterson
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Jun 26, 2025 
Skye Waterson, an ADHD strategist and the founder of Unconventional Organisation, shares valuable insights into boosting productivity for those with ADHD. She discusses how to simplify to-do lists and tackle overthinking to make decisions more efficiently. Skye emphasizes integrating fun into challenging tasks to enhance motivation and productivity. Additionally, she reveals the importance of effective systems and prioritization strategies, like the 80-20 rule, to help maintain focus and avoid burnout in both personal and professional life.
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Dopamine Transfer Deficit in ADHD
- ADHD causes a dopamine transfer deficit, where the brain fails to get a dopamine boost at the start of tasks.
- This makes the initial motivation for tasks feel "lame," reducing the drive to begin them.
Two-Minute Focus Formula
- Write down everything on your to-do list from your head, then identify tasks truly urgent for tomorrow.
- Highlight tasks that move you forward and schedule them, avoiding non-urgent easy distractions.
Decision-Making With Margin of Error
- Assign a "margin of error" to decisions to know how much error you tolerate on importance.
- Use that to decide how much time you spend deciding and stick to a scheduled decision time.