The ADHD Skills Lab

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Presented by Understood.org
You’re guessing how long things take.
That guess feels reasonable.
It’s just wrong, over and over again.
In the last episode, we broke down why ADHD time blindness happens. This one is about what to do about it.
Because the real problem isn’t planning. It’s relying on estimation at all.
In this episode, Skye and Robert walk through how to replace your internal clock with systems that actually hold up in real work:
why you can’t “get better” at estimating time
how to use past projects instead of guessing
how teams quietly adjust for you (and why that creates tension)
why buffers and “extra time” don’t work
how to build timelines that don’t collapse halfway through
If you’re tired of missing deadlines you genuinely thought were realistic, this will show you what’s actually going wrong, and what works instead.
If you're enjoying ADHD Skills Lab, you may also enjoy Understood.org’s new podcast, Sorry, I Missed This.
Listen here: https://lnk.to/sorryimissedthisPS!theadhdskillslab
 P.S. If your ADHD symptoms turn every business day into chaos, with unfinished tasks piling up and revenue stuck, it's not you. It's your operating system. Click here to book an operational strategy session with Skye.

Presented by Understood.org
You think it’ll take two days.
Your team knows it’s two weeks.
And after a while, they stop saying anything.
In this episode, Skye and Robert break down why ADHD founders consistently underestimate time, not because they’re overconfident or disorganized, but because their perception of time is genuinely off.
They walk through the research behind time blindness and estimation failure, and how this shows up in real businesses:
why your timelines feel right when you set them
why your team starts padding estimates (without telling you)
how this quietly damages trust and reputation
why this problem gets worse as you scale
If you’ve ever felt like you’re constantly behind - even when you’re trying to be realistic - this will explain why.
If you're enjoying ADHD Skills Lab, you may also enjoy Understood.org’s new podcast, Sorry, I Missed This.
Listen here: https://lnk.to/sorryimissedthisPS!theadhdskillslab
 P.S. If your ADHD symptoms turn every business day into chaos, with unfinished tasks piling up and revenue stuck, it's not you. It's your operating system. Click here to book an operational strategy session with Skye.

Presented by Understood.org
You’re funding everything yourself, and it’s quietly slowing your business down.
Not because you’re doing anything wrong, but because you’re relying on the most limited resource you have: your own cash and capacity.
Kat Weaver has helped founders raise over $70M and won 22 out of 23 pitch competitions herself. But her approach isn’t about chasing investors, it’s about using the right kind of money at the right time.
In this episode, she breaks down:
Why self-funding creates a ceiling most founders don’t notice
The funding options that actually make sense for service-based businesses
Why grants are one of the most overlooked (and accessible) starting points
How to think about money as leverage, not pressure or validation
And how to follow through on applications without getting stuck or avoiding them
If you’ve ever felt maxed out, stuck at the same level, or like growth depends entirely on you pushing harder, this will probably hit.
If you're enjoying ADHD Skills Lab, you may also enjoy Understood.org’s new podcast, Everyone Gets a Juice Box: For Parents of Neurodivergent Kids.
Listen here: https://lnk.to/everyonegetsajuiceboxPS!adhdskillslab

Connect with Kat:
DM the word “GPT” on Instagram to get Kat’s free capital calculator, designed to help founders determine how much to raise and what type of capital is best for their stage: https://www.instagram.com/iamkatweaver/
Apply to work with us: https://powertopitch.com/apply/
Find me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katweaver
 P.S. If your ADHD symptoms turn every business day into chaos, with unfinished tasks piling up and revenue stuck, it's not you. It's your operating system. Click here to book an operational strategy session with Skye.

We usually think of ADHD as behavioral.
But what if some of the earliest signals weren’t behavioral at all?
In this Research Recap, we break down a large population-based study examining pain-related diagnoses in children before they were diagnosed with ADHD.
Researchers looked at over 700,000 medical records to ask a simple question:
Were children later diagnosed with ADHD already showing higher rates of pain-related medical visits?
The association was clear.
The explanation is not.
No fear-based framing.
No causation claims.
No medical advice.
Just what the data actually shows — and what it doesn’t.
What We Cover
The design of the study and why pre-diagnosis data matters
14% higher abdominal pain and 35% higher limb pain diagnoses before ADHD diagnosis
The difference between experiencing more pain vs requiring more pain management
Theories around neurodevelopment, neuroinflammation, and altered pain perception
Why this raises important questions without changing how ADHD is diagnosed
 P.S. If your ADHD symptoms turn every business day into chaos, with unfinished tasks piling up and revenue stuck, it's not you. It's your operating system. Click here to book an operational strategy session with Skye.

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Presented by Understood.org
You approve the direction. Then change everything at the end.
Wednesday’s episode showed why ADHD planning creates late-stage corrections. This episode shows how to stop that pattern.
Skye and Robbie break down a system built around checkpoints, prototypes, and early feedback. The goal is not better briefs. The goal is catching problems when they’re still cheap to fix.
What We Cover:
Why late feedback is built into ADHD planning
The 24–48 hour check-in system
Concept reviews before real execution starts
Why midpoint sign-off reduces last-minute changes
How to stop teams from losing confidence
If you're enjoying ADHD Skills Lab, you may also enjoy Understood.org’s new podcast, Everyone Gets a Juice Box: For Parents of Neurodivergent Kids.
Listen here: https://lnk.to/everyonegetsajuiceboxPS!adhdskillslab
 P.S. If your ADHD symptoms turn every business day into chaos, with unfinished tasks piling up and revenue stuck, it's not you. It's your operating system. Click here to book an operational strategy session with Skye.