# Your tools need to be cognitive Prosthetics. 

- URL: https://numo.ai/community/hvikw4o/your-tools-need-to-be
- Language: en
- Author: @adamg
- Posted: 2023-10-11T01:07:34.829Z
- Updated: 2023-10-11T01:08:11.884Z
- Tag: hack/tip
- Comments: 6
- Likes: 9

Having ADHD means, there are certain things you can't do at least not with a Neurotypical amount of effort. I am able to thrive with my ADHD, because I look for ways to delegate those cognitive responsibilities to apps and timers and computers and so on. To call these things cognitive prosthetics is not a metaphor. They are quite literally a stand in for executive functioning in the same way a prosthetic arm is a physical stand for a missing arm. 

More of my strategies here: https://www.adamgrant.info/Being+Human/ADHD/My+collection+of+strategies+I+use+for+ADHD

## Comments (6)

### @catnapsallday — 2023-10-20T00:54:23.893Z

Thanks for sharing

### @martinipug — 2023-10-12T19:25:34.410Z

I love this (especially the term cognitive prosthetics!), I’m always looking for strategies for making things more streamlined. I used something similar to the Eisenhower matrix but it had slightly different terminology (it was called the impact-effort matrix) and you split tasks into Quick wins (low effort, high impact), projects (high effort, high impact), fill-ins (low impact, low effort) and scrap (high effort, low impact) - really useful!

### @rainbowtoady — 2023-10-11T13:56:08.135Z

Thanks this looks really cool

### @xenzi — 2023-10-11T11:12:01.671Z

I will share which ones I really liked.

### @xenzi — 2023-10-11T11:11:45.357Z

Thank you for sharing awesome human. I also LOVE the term cognitive prosthetics.

### @elmore — 2023-10-11T03:01:14.512Z

Great site! Thank you