Get Things Started! | Executive Function Skills - Task Initiation | ADHD Coaching | Coach Mande John

Do you find it hard to get started on a task? People tend to be stuck at times which creates a negative impact on your productivity, Thankfully, there are proven ways to address this issue.

ADHD Coach Mande John shares this video to talk about why task initiation is a challenge for some and what can be done to get it fixed,

Make sure to check out our blog for more info about task initiation,

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[mohammadlee]

If you want to have more time for other procrastination activities you can skip this video to 2:07

[drivers]

Thinking about the end result was something I recently noticed I wasn’t doing. I already do a lot of the other things to get through it once I get started. Having a vision for the end result helps get started and gives me ideas of what to start with.

[lillianteplinsky]

Good to pair something positive to the task to get you going. I also do things in small steps. Like one day I'll clean half the kitchen. I will make sure I say to self that I accomplished something.

[JamesC]

Thank you so much for this very succinct video, I got a good few nuggets of wisdom there and I feel better about getting on with a task that I have been trying to get started for 2 months or more! Very interesting and most helpful is the part about noticing what you are thinking about the task and getting those negative thoughts out of your head and onto paper. Much love and gratitude from the UK 🇬🇧

[knight]

This has no comments yet, so I will leave one!
Thank you for this video, it's very short but has good tips and I will try to send it to my ADHD friends who struggle with even watching a video about ADHD strategies - I think they might be able to take time to watch this at least! I will also try my best to learn to do tasks myself, because I also have ADHD myself.

[TheEverwritten]

I'm trying to think about the end result, and the task isn't even that hard for me, I have just cannot do it. It's like there's a block for me. I did like the top about body doubling. I may try to find someone to hold me accountable until I get my task done. Thanks!

[patkelley]

I finally got the clothes folded on the couch. At one point I could not see the couch. Now I can see most of it. 😊

[niceandgloomy]

I struggle to initiate ANY task, even ones that are super easy that I really want to do. Rewards aren't engaging or helpful, I'm not motivated by them and I don't get anything out of them. Breaking tasks down just makes the situation worse. I'm not thinking anything about the task except that I want or need to do it. Do you have any other tips?

[ejgecvskv]

شكراً لك لقد ساعدتني حقاً وكتبت نقاطك في ملاحضاتي، Thank you so much.

[cosmos]

Thank you for these tips, they are very helpful.

[atenistaako]

Thank you for sharing. Very brief but tremendously helpful suggestions. You are a life saver!

[ana-zbix]

Thank you. This helped me a lot. I still struggle, but I wanna keep learning.

[thomasdestry]

Thank you for these impactful strategies 🙏🏾

[_cran]

I have a question. I force myself to do things sometimes and when I'm not I try to push my buttons to do things like watching motivational videos, trying to rest with no sound; doing nothing these things help me. The things you mentioned and things I do like pushing my buttons can keep me like around 5 to 8 days, then my mind just stops I need something very simulating like 3-4 days laying down scrolling, reading books, going for walks etc. and due to this I failed many lessons. I used to be worse like I needed a break day if I studied 2 days in a row and felt very tired. I improved trying hard. But I seem to not progress any further and my improvement stopped. After 5-8 days studying I have to have a 3-4 days long break is kind of pulling me down. So my question is how do I keep using the methods you mentioned continuously? How can I improve further? I don't know what to do about this and I'm in a heavy engineering course in college so I have to keep pushing regularly

[AprilLovesDIY]

Can you tell me how likely over how often do adults get a war disability wouldn’t have affected their entire life with every day I have a job now company and sympathetic. I don’t know. Just learning this video inability to start being impulsivity, but this is affecting affecting me with the things that I love to do and to be a person that can’t start anything at all. I forgotten how to begin in a timely manner😮, it makes me sad. It makes me sick of my self It’s so bad that I don’t even know if I know how or if I remember to immediately, it’s OK I don’t ever feel emotionally well enough to sit down and focus

Most of all I worry that I’ll never be a productive adult with hobbies that I love or a job ever again

[charitykennedy]

Great video. Your explanation of this at the beginning of the video really resonated with me, but I would love it if there was better language than “being weak” in task initiation. Right away when I heard the word weak it reinforced the feeling that this is something wrong with me; a defect as opposed to a difference. Maybe the word deficit would be better? I have a deficit around task initiation. It may be semantics to some but weak is a shame trigger for me personally.

[stonejo]

I start distracting tasks. Organize the garage when I need to do emails

[MakSmooth_]

the timing one has been working thank you. but trying to figure out which podcast to listen to before starting work sucks ughhh

[work_in_progress]

Can I be very successful without meds?