# Top recommendations for managers and the question everyone with ADHD wants answered

- **Episode:** [173](https://agents.truthliesandwork.com/episodes/173.md) (2025-02-20)
- **Type:** interview
- **Tags:** adhd, management, questions
- **Time:** 42:27–43:58 (start 2547s)
- **Listen:** [https://truthliesandwork.com/173?t=2547](https://truthliesandwork.com/173?t=2547)

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[42:27] Leanne Elliott: What's the question I should have asked you about ADHD that I haven't?
[42:31] Skye Waterson: For the people who have ADHD who are listening, I think the number one question that people want to know is like, okay, well, what should I do if I'm feeling super overwhelmed at work? Like, what do I do? Well, I think the first thing that you need to understand is that your systems are probably too complicated or there's none. Those are kind of the 2 spaces that people go into. So sometimes people think I need to get a new app and they absolutely don't do that. If you're listening, do not buy a new app. I can see you. Don't do it. So what it's about is about understanding the processes. Understanding how your brain works. And so the first thing I would say is figure out, learn how to go, okay, I need to brain dump a bunch of information. I need to go through that information and say, okay, these are all the tasks I have to do today. What has to be done today or there will be an external negative consequence and I'll feel bad doesn't count. And I said I would do it, but they don't really care. It doesn't count. What is the stuff that has to be done today because of a bill or a meeting tomorrow? What has to be done in the next 7 days for the same reason? And then we look at the rest and we prioritize according to that. Systems like that, so simple, but they can really change your day. So I would say learn the processes, then apply those processes to your preferred app, journal, whatever it is. Don't buy a new app. It's not going to help