Episode 31: Executive Dysfunction Diaries
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TIMELINE
00:00:00 - Welcome & Introduction
00:00:52 - Topic of the Week - Executive Dysfunction Diaries: What it Actually Feels Like.
00:01:05 - Topic introduction - deep dive into how executive function failed us in our lives & businesses
00:03:20 - Model of overwhelmed brain executive function brain nopery and raw dogging it on caffeine
00:04:30 - The intention/action gap... how we fail to start and how i t erodes your confidence
00:07:35 - Tips on how to get started, eventually, because we expect our brain to nope
00:10:18 - Accepting the reality you face and not fighting it, tickle your brain
00:11:13 - Task initiation paralysis - starting but not being able to begin
00:12:14 - The footbath effect...
00:13:35 - Hannah's lady brain off picking the flowers...
00:14:10 - How do you know if anyone's run a marathon?
00:14:21 - No emotion before motion and the wall of negative reaction to the task
00:16:19 - How do you do that? The voices in Stuart's head
00:18:25 - Hannah's verson of the Sgt Major.
00:18:47 - The overwhelm of everything being important all at once and where to start
00:19:41 - Stu's "roast dinner" approach to tasks analogy
00:21:00 - What comes first? Hannah's triage process and forcing herself to eat the frog
00:22:38 - The devil is in the detail - and details are also a rabbit hole
00:24:31 - Time blindness - Hannah and Stu's nemesis and the word "JUST"!
00:27:38 - When asked about timescale - "What would you say"? and "idiot tax"
00:29:24 - The emotional friction around tasks and the battle with boredom
00:30:30 - The burden of perfectionism, detail and high standards
00:32:00 - Things Stu has learned the hard way of being at the cheap end of the market
00:33:33 - The dangers of "Boredom" and the effects on the ND brain
00:35:50 - Perfection delay - unable to finish as the project may fall short of perfection
00:36:41 - Shame, anger and frustration as your background noise
00:39:27 - The cost of "pushing through" and forcing yourself through executive dysfunction
00:44:10 - The aftermath of completion - mourning the end of a great project
00:46:24 - Hannah's biggest client red flag and how to avoid ALL project red flags
00:48:45 - Roundup - H's takeaways, amd S's hints and tips
00:54:06 - Get in touch, let us know your thoughts
01:00:00 - LENGTH
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