The flip side of saying “no” to others is saying “yes” to yourself. Know what you want in life. Act on that by saying “yes” to the actions that support your goals. Say “no” to things that derail your goals. Knowing what you want in your life may be one of your biggest challenges, esp if you have ADD. Staying on track may be one of your biggest challenges if your partner has ADD. Here are some tips to help you stay true to yourself.
Saying No — To Gain Control Of Your Life
For some, “NO” is the hardest word to say. Or so it would seem. When you don’t control your life and tend to the tasks you deem necessary to live the life you have created you live at the whim of everyone else in your world. Whose life is it, anyway?!
Getting Organized & Structured
If you aren’t an organized or structured person here are some tips to help. There are lots of ways to “get your act together” and I share some ideas here. These are vital to living a productive and fulfilling life in all aspects of your day, esp if you have ADD or your partner has ADD.
Recognizing The ADD In Your Life
Do you have ADD? Maybe it’s not been diagnosed, but if you have chaos, piles of “stuff”, memory issues, unfinished projects, un-started projects — for a long item then you may have ADD. Discovering its role in my life was an eye opener and a life-altering game changer for me. Can that be true for you too?
More On Getting Structure Into Your Life
More thoughts and ideas on how and why you want structure in your life to manage your productivity, your ADD, your partner’s ADD, or even those ADD Moments. Structure is key to high performance living.
The Importance of Structure In A High Performance Life
Structure is key to high performers and want-to-be high performers. Does ADD get in your way? Maybe your significant other struggles with ADD and you struggle from that. Or maybe you “only” have ADD Moments. Here’s my take on why you need structure and how to get it.
Refreshing Pauses
Energy sags at about 10:30, 2:30, and 4:30 were being talked about by 1925. At the time, the lack of energy was thought to best be overcome by sugar. Dr Pepper used the research that brought this notion to the public as an excuse to run a contest for the creation of an ad. The great slogan of “Drink Dr Pepper at 10 – 2 – and 4 O’clock” was born.
Words That Define You
Have you ever been invited to ponder what your tombstone will say, or what people will say about you after you die? The question is intended to get you to make changes in your life now to impact what people say later.
How To Remove Unhappiness From Your Life
In what areas of your life do you have something that makes you unhappy, deeply unhappy? And of those areas, what makes you most unhappy? What are you doing about those bits of your life?
Resolve or Grow
Winter is the harbinger of spring. Winter is the sleep before the awakening. Winter is the time when little things happen in preparation for spring’s bursting forth. As nature in the winter prepares for budding trees and flowers, you should take this time to prepare for your budding and bursting forth. In the northern hemisphere, winter and the New Year coincide. What little things are you going to do to prepare for the coming spring?