Meetings with ADHD
Write during the meeting, not after. Whatever is not written down by the time you stand up is gone, and intending to remember it does not work. That single habit fixes more than any amount of trying to concentrate harder.
Take notes as a way of listening
Not minutes. Fragments: names, decisions, anything with your name on it.
Writing gives the restless part of your attention a job, which is why note-takers follow long meetings better than people trying to sit still and focus.
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Park the thought instead of saying it
Interrupting is usually offloading a thought before it disappears, not rudeness. Put it somewhere else: three words in your notes, or one finger against your leg.
"I want to come back to something" also works, and most people hear it as engagement.
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Ask for the thing you missed
"Can I check what we decided on the second point?" is a good question, not an admission. Half the room usually wanted to ask it.
Do it in the meeting rather than guessing afterwards, which is where the real cost lands.
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Send the summary
Five lines within the hour: what was decided, who is doing what, what is unclear. It takes three minutes.
It is also the highest-leverage habit on this page — it fixes your own recall AND makes you the person whose meetings produce outcomes.
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Long meetings
Ask whether you are needed for all of it. "Do you need me after the first item?" is a normal question and the answer is often no.
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Rehearse it before you walk in.
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