Presented by Understood.org You keep setting deadlines and somehow everything still ends up happening at the last minute. You plan ahead. You move things around. You even set earlier deadlines. And it still compresses into a final push. This episode explains why that keeps happening and what to change. We build on Wednesdayâs breakdown of time blindness and show why most deadline strategies fail over time, especially the fake ones you donât really believe. Then we walk through how to structur...
Apr 3
43 min
Presented by Understood.org Deadlines exist right up until they donât. You can see it on the calendar. You know itâs coming. Youâve even thought about it a few times. Then suddenly itâs urgent and everything else gets dropped while you scramble to catch up. This episode explains why that keeps happening. We break down what research shows about ADHD and time perception, and why this isnât just poor planning. Future time doesnât create pressure until itâs right in front of you, so you end up re...
Apr 1
59 min
Presented by Understood.org Jamie Sea built two seven-figure businesses. From the outside, everything looked successful. But behind the scenes, the pressure, urgency and burnout were becoming impossible to ignore. In this episode of ADHD Skills Lab, Skye talks with Jamie Sea, entrepreneur, educator and host of The Jamie Sea Show about the moment she realized the businesses she built no longer fit the life she wanted. Jamie shares what it was like to feel trapped inside success, how ADHD patt...
Mar 30
41 min
Presented by Understood.org You know how to do the work. But when a task is actually a project, you have to figure out the steps again every time you come back to it. On Wednesday we looked at the research behind this problem. ADHD planning challenges often show up when the brain has to manage the structure of a project internally. This episode looks at the practical solution. Instead of trying to carry the whole project in your head, many ADHD entrepreneurs externalize the planning layer...
Mar 27
32 min
Presented by Understood.org You can handle individual tasks all day. But the moment something becomes a project, everything slows down. Research into ADHD executive functioning suggests the difference often comes down to planning demands, not motivation or intelligence. In this episode, Skye and Robbie break down what these experiments reveal about ADHD and why complex projects require building a sequence before starting. That requirement can create real cognitive friction for many ADHD brain...
Mar 25
48 min
Presented by Understood.org You make a to-do list. Then you avoid it all day. For many ADHD professionals, the problem isnât motivation, itâs how the workday is structured. In this conversation, Skye speaks with Kyle Vamvouris, founder of SalesThread and the strategist behind 87 B2B sales teams, about how he actually works. Instead of rigid productivity systems, Kyle relies on open calendar space, rapid experimentation, and what he calls âsandbox days.â In the episode, Kyle explains: Why most...
Mar 23
38 min
Presented by Understood.org Many adults with ADHD feel like they have to repeat the same instructions again and again. You explain a process to your team, everyone nods, and a week later it feels like no one remembers what they learned. Earlier this week on ADHD Skills Lab, Skye and Robbie explored research on why ADHD brains often struggle during the encoding stage of learning. When information isnât encoded properly, it never makes it into long-term memory. In this episode they focus on wha...
Mar 20
29 min
Presented by Understood.org Many adults with ADHD feel like they have a bad memory. You learn something in a meeting or training session, but a few days later it feels like the information has disappeared. In this episode of ADHD Skills Lab, Skye and Robbie break down research on memory and ADHD. They explore how information gets encoded into long-term memory and why this stage of learning often breaks down for ADHD brains. The discussion covers a major meta-analysis on effective learning tec...
Mar 18
25 min
Presented by Understood.org You start a business for freedom. Then one day you realize the business no longer fits the way your brain works. Taki Moore is often called the business coachâs favorite business coach. Through his Million Dollar Coach community he has helped thousands of coaches grow their businesses and create more than $1 billion in client results. Along with that success was something he didnât fully understand until recently: ADHD. In this episode of the ADHD Skills Lab, T...
Mar 16
33 min
Many adults with ADHD struggle with tools that seem simple at first but quickly become overwhelming. Dashboards full of icons, systems that require too many clicks, and constantly changing interfaces can quietly drain focus. In this episode of ADHD Skills Lab, Skye and Robbie explore practical ADHD work systems that reduce visual overload and make digital tools easier to navigate. Earlier this week, they explored research on object recognition memory in ADHD and why visual systems like softwa...
Mar 13
33 min
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