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10. HOW PEOPLE WITH ADHD/ADD COPE: SUCCESS STORIES
10.1. The following are a list of actions which people with ADHD/ADD has tried and found useful:
- Make full use of your creativity
- Set short term goals to help you keep focus
- Practise being more aware of what is happening (observe yourself when putting things down so that they don't get lost)
- Use organisers or calendar to help you track things to do
- Have designated places to keep various things
- Create permanent reminder list to minimize the common problems encountered (e.g. lost keys, comb, etc.)
- Buy extras of non-essential (e.g. buy 10 combs at a time, etc.)
- Exercise
- Develop habit of double-checking
- Find mentors, especially successful people with the same ADHD/ADD problems
- Way to remember people's names: Repeat the person's name, ask the person to spell his/her name
- Remember that people who failed the most are also more successful than others in what they do
- Learn / develop ways to organise your things/work (e.g. a good and color-coded filing system)
- Have a executive assistant to help you keep things organised
- Break big jobs with little pieces, each with its own deadline
- Find the best and "interesting" teachers who can help you develop interest in the subject being taught
- Highlight & mark up books; Prepare summary of what you read (this is a more active form of reading)
- Read the summary, title, first/last sentence/paragraph before you read the entire article
- Give yourself a reason for pay attention or being interested in a particular topic/subject
- Enrol in a martial art class
- Learn physical relaxation techniques
- Learn to use a computer
- Choose subjects/topics which provides hand-on experience or real-life application (as contrast with a class that covers only theories)
- Learn problem-solving skills: Ask yourself the right set of empowering questions, e.g.:
- "What can I do to solve this problem?", "What can I do to prevent similar problems from happening?", etc.
- Don't ask yourself: "Why am I such a jerk?", Why is everybody picking on me?", "Why is this happening to me?", "Why am I so stupid?", etc.
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