A result from the quiz Which Executive Function Needs Backup?
Needs Backup: Planning
Ideas come easily. Turning them into steps doesn't.
Your answers point to planning and organising. Big tasks arrive as one lump, and without steps in order you dive in, double back and redo things.
A simple plan you can see beats a perfect plan in your head.
Things to try
- Before starting, write three steps in order, no more.
- Work backwards from the finish: what has to happen just before it's done?
- Keep one list for the whole project in one place.
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The other results
Which Executive Function Needs Backup?
- Needs Backup: Starting
You can do the task. Beginning it is the hard part. - Needs Backup: Time
Time slips away, and estimates come out short. - Needs Backup: Holding It in Mind
Thoughts, tasks and promises slip away before you act on them. - Needs Backup: Switching
Moving from one thing to the next takes a real effort.
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