People don’t produce their best work when they start just hours before a deadline. If we did, we wouldn’t call it procrastination. We’d call it planning. It’s a post-rationalization for a weakness in executive function.

What part of your past self are you still holding on to? If you let it go, and created space for what your current self needs, how would your life change?

People don’t avoid work. They avoid the feeling that comes before the work. Regulate the emotion, and the work becomes doable.

It’s always, “You have ADHD”, and never, “Thank you for reorganizing the entire fridge at 11:47 pm on a Tuesday night.”

If you’re always late, overwhelmed, or “behind,” you don’t have a discipline problem. You have a time-perception problem. Build tools that work with your brain.

Hey, corporate America, asking for a flexible work arrangement isn’t a sign of laziness. It’s not special treatment. It’s not “wanting to work in pajamas.” It is asking to structure our environment so our neurological needs are met and we can do our best work.

Most executive function advice works once you rebuild it for your brain. “Break it down,” “use a planner,” “set a reminder.” Overprescribed. Underdeveloped. Customize the tool, or the tool won’t work.

Executive dysfunction is watching 2 hours of productivity videos instead of doing the one thing you need to do.

I find it odd that people like to dress up as Santa, knowing 99% of the children they meet will scream in terror.

Research shows that one of the most reliable ways to increase our sense of happiness is surprisingly simple: help someone else. Now you have your top priority for today.

Emotional regulation isn’t weakness. It’s strength. Avoiding emotions is easy. Feeling them without letting them run your behavior is hard. That’s a high-level executive function skill.

If you didn’t accomplish your goals in 2025, it’s time to switch things up. Ask yourself this: During the first quarter of the year, who do I want to become? Make this your goal. It’s amazing what we can accomplish in three months when we focus on one thing.

If you set goals and forget about them, it’s not a discipline problem. Your brain ignores what doesn’t change. That sticky note? Your brain stopped seeing it days ago. Writing down goals only works if you schedule time to revisit them.

Rome wasn’t built in a day. Your suitcase doesn’t need to be unpacked in one either.

In 1956, psychologist George A. Miller discovered that most people can only remember 5-9 things at a time. In short, we get smarter when we try to remember less and offload more.

Humankind’s biggest flaw is rooted in executive function. We know what to do. Can visualize it. Can explain all of the steps. Understand the value. Yet we can’t get started.