ADHD Adults Who Want Less Overwhelm Need These 5 Delegation Tips

DESCRIPTION: You probably have more on your plate right now than you can do by yourself. And, though you may know that delegating can help you manage your workload, you may not delegate as much as you’d like right now. Learn about your challenges, including those related to your ADHD, and how you can address them. So you can start delegating better. KEY TAKEAWAYS: * You may not be able to do all the tasks you consider important and meaningful by yourself right now. * Delegating is one way to address this challenge. * Yet, in part because of your ADHD, you may not have the skills to delegate as well as you would like. * Learn what these skills are and what you can to do to delegate better. TRANSCRIPT: (00:01): Like many ADHD adults, you may not delegate as much as you would like right now. There are likely a few reasons for this, some of which, of course, may be related to your ADHD challenges. But, if you want to turn this around, you can. Ready to see how? (00:18): You’ve tuned into Scattered Focused, Done – Reimagining Productivity with ADHD, a podcast for ADHD adults, like you, who want to learn how to adopt the best strategies, tools, and skills to get your essential work done in a way that works with the way your brain is wired. I’m Marla Cummins and I’m glad you’re joining me today on this journey to re-imagining productivity with ADHD. So you can get what is important to you done without trying to do it like everyone else. (00:52): When you think of all the work you need to do, whether professional or personal, you may wonder how you’re going to get it all done. You may even be dispirited and overwhelmed by all the work on your plate right now. As a result, you might be procrastinating in part because you have no clue how you’re going to tackle what may feel like a tsunami of tasks. Alternatively, you may be doubling down, trying to work harder and longer, maybe even faster. In either case, the work keeps on coming and you may not feel like you’re making any headway. One of the reasons for this is you likely can’t do everything you need to do, at least not by yourself. At this point, you may be thinking, “That’s not very helpful, Marla, I have to get everything done.” Stick with me for a bit. Because that’s actually the good news. Because, once you acknowledge and accept you can’t do everything you’re trying to do now, you can start making decisions about what you’re going to defer, drop all together, put on your maybe someday list, which is a list of things you have no intention of doing. But also don’t want to forget. Alternatively, you may be able to make decisions about, yes, what to delegate, which is the topic of this podcast. (02:17): But right now, when thinking about all your work, the question you probably ask yourself is, “How am I going to get all my work done.” To start thinking about delegating, the better question to ask is, “How is all the work I’m responsible for completing going to get done?” Notice the focus of the second question is on how the work is going to get done, not necessarily on how you are going to do it by yourself. And phrasing it this way may allow you to think more expansively about the possibilities of, yes, how it will get done. But, of course, when you delegate,