How to Think (Critically)

Hacking Your ADHD

William Curb

Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 702 Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2020

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

The ADHD brain has a strange relationship with thinking. One of my biggest gripes is that it often feels like I can't ever turn my brain off. No matter what I'm doing, I'm thinking about something. I could be washing dishes, but I'm thinking about what else I need to do before I go to bed. I could be walking to get the mail, and instead of wondering what's in the mailbox, I'm thinking about a conversation I had three years ago. Even when I'm trying to meditate, I'll often find myself thinking about what it means to be meditating. I'm not really sure that thinking about meditating while meditating is actually meditating - but hey, I'm still putting in the effort, it's called a practice for a reason.
But just because our brains are whirring away doesn't mean that we're producing quality thoughts. Today we're going to take a dive into how we can better direct our brains. We'll be looking at why we should stop multitasking. The value of critical thinking and then explore ways that we can improve that thinking.

Find the show note at HackingYourADHD.com/criticalthinking

This Episode's Top Tips

Stop trying to multitask. Multitasking reduces the efficiency that we can perform any task and prevents us from really thinking through our problems.
Critical thinking is valuable because it helps us make hard decisions and it makes us harder to manipulate.
Ask yourself more questions to improve your critical thinking skills. Always challenge your assumptions.
Find ways to help facilitate your thinking time such mind mapping or taking a walk.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to Hacking Your ADHD, part of the ADHD Rewired Podcast Network.
0:08.9	I'm your host, William Kerb, and I have ADHD.
0:13.0	On this podcast, I dig into the tools, tactics, and best practices to help you work with
0:17.9	your ADHD brain.
0:19.9	The ADHD brain has a strange relationship with thinking.
0:23.1	One of my biggest gripes is that it often feels like I can't ever turn my brain off.
0:27.7	No matter what I'm doing, I'm thinking about something.
0:30.6	I could be washing dishes, but I'm thinking about what else I need to do before I go to bed.
0:34.8	I could be walking to get the mail, and instead of wondering what's in the mailbox, I'm thinking about a conversation I had three years ago. Even when I'm
0:41.9	trying to meditate, I'll often find myself thinking about what it means to be meditating. I'm not
0:46.7	sure that thinking about meditating while meditating is actually meditating. But hey, I'm still putting in
0:51.8	the effort, right? It's called a meditation practice for a
0:54.3	reason. But just because our brains are whirring away doesn't mean that we're producing quality
0:59.1	thoughts. Today, we're going to be taking a dive into how we can better direct our brains. We'll be
1:04.5	looking at why we should stop multitasking, the value of critical thinking, and then explore
1:09.1	ways that we can improve that thinking.
1:16.8	If you'd like to follow along on the show notes page, you can find that at hacking your ADHD.com slash critical thinking.
1:18.7	All right, keep on listening to find out how you can improve your critical thinking.
1:33.5	The first thing that we've got to do on our journey of thinking is to stop multitasking.
1:38.4	I find it incredibly hard not to fall into the hole of trying to do more than one thing at a time.
1:43.2	My brain tries to argue that I am wasting time if I just do one thing at a time when clearly I could be doing two things,
1:45.6	maybe even three or four things. But the truth is, most of the time when I'm splitting my attention
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