Focus

THE productivity guide for ADHDers, packed with life-changing tips and tricks for harnessing focus, managing stress and turbo-charging productivity.

If you've ever stared at a to-do list, waiting for divine inspiration to strike, and then randomly found yourself cleaning the fridge instead, welcome. You're in the right place.

ADHD experts and co-hosts of the popular ADHD Adults podcast, Professor James Brown and Sam Brown will show you how to disarm procrastination and overcome decision paralysis by using your ADHD brain to your advantage: harnessing hyperfocus, activating your reward system and turbo-charging productivity.

Sam and James were both diagnosed with ADHD as adults - and have experienced first-hand the disappointment and sense of failure when neurotypical solutions to ADHD challenges inevitably fail. This is a productivity book with a difference, tailored to your ADHD brain. With the rights tools and a framework that plays to your strengths, you can achieve anything.

This book will show you how to identify underlying motivations, redirect your dopamine-hungry reward system and break through the roadblocks; allowing you to tackle your to-dos head on, progress towards your longer-term goals and ultimately achieve your full potential.

With an easy-to-navigate contents list, short chapters, and practical solutions that work with your ADHD brain, not against it; this book will give you strategies that might just change your life...

Topics included:

• Why we procrastinate
  
  
• How to identify roadblocks
  
  
• Internal motivation vs external demands
  
  
• Working memory hacks
  
  
• Effective reward systems
  
  
• Dealing with overwhelm
  
  
• Recognising and preventing burnout
  
  
• Differences in the experiences of ADHD men and women
  
  
• Understanding how ADHD interacts with autism and other neurodevelopmental conditions

About the Author

Professor James Brown is a science communicator, author, co-founder and co-host of The ADHD Adults podcast and co-founder and Chair of the adult ADHD charity ADHDadultUK. James spent more than two decades in academia and is a Visiting Professor of Science Communication at Aston University in Birmingham, UK. He has published numerous scientific articles and reviews in these fields and won awards for his research. James is also the co-author of ADHD Unpacked (Bloomsbury Tonic, 2025).

Sam Brown is a Director and Secretary of JBHD Ltd as well as an Executive Personal Assistant with expertise in ADHD-informed PA support, and an ADHD Coach. Sam also co-founded and runs the ADHDadultUK charity and is a co-host of The ADHD Adults Podcast. Her involvement in these initiatives reflects her personal experience with ADHD and her commitment to raising awareness and providing support for adults living with the condition.