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An experimental podcast, recording atomic essays by Jesse J. Anderson on topics like ADHD, productivity, design, and content creation.

Jesse J. Anderson


    • Apr 9, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 1m AVG DURATION
    • 12 EPISODES


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    How Steve Jobs Saved Apple with Focus and How You Can Save Yourself

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2021 1:52


    Apple was a mess before Steve Jobs returned in 1997. But Steve had "one neat trick" to right the ship. I call it absolute focus. He started saying no. A lot. pvCYgjm1JbMjhDkbCSsF

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    Time stopped. Alas, she did not.

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2021 1:33


    An audio version of my first attempt at writing fiction in 20 years.

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    Finding Your Flow at the Edge of Chaos

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2021 1:36


    "The best moments usually occur when a person's body or mind is stretched to its limits in a voluntary effort to accomplish something difficult and worthwhile." — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi You can experience a strange comfort at the edge of chaos. I thrive in that chaos.

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    Mistakes Were Made: How I Blew It and Tried to Make Things Right

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2021 1:58


    This week, I made a big mistake. Someone reached out to me about something I'd shared and let me know of an error. I didn't want to believe them and I justified my actions to myself. But when I considered their perspective with fresh eyes...

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    Why Do People With ADHD Tend To Have A Unique Sense of Intuition?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2021 2:24


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    How You Can Be More Consistently Productive When You Have ADHD

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2021 2:12


    Do you struggle with staying focused enough to finish tasks? Sometimes you find magic and get a lot done. Other times, you struggle to make any progress at all and fall into a vicious cycle.

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    Frantic and In Collapse: My Failing System for Managing Content Creation

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2021 1:49


    I've been feeling like a fraud lately. The flimsy foundations of my content creation workflows are failing. The system is down, and I'm on the verge of collapse. Maybe you can relate?

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    Out of Sight, Out of Mind: The Truth about Object Permanence and ADHD

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2021 1:22


    Are you surrounded by piles of books and other clutter? People with ADHD often lack a sense of object permanence, and keeping things in a piles is a way to remind yourself of their existence. Out of sight, out of mind.

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    Finding Motivation in the Boring: Learning the ADHD Nervous System

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2021 2:11


    Based on an atomic essay by Jesse J. Anderson.

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    Micro Deadlines: How to Capture Urgency and Be More Productive

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2021 1:48


    Audio version of an atomic essay by Jesse J. Anderson.

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    Five Principles of Better Content Creation Using the 80/20 Rule

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2021 1:51


    Audio version of an atomic essay by Jesse J. Anderson.

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    How to Thrive in a Neurotypical World: Find the Fascinating

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2021 1:28


    Audio version of an atomic essay by Jesse J. Anderson.

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