Spicy Brains Get Stuff Done
Becca Block, PhD
Author, Researcher, Neurodivergent Coach
Understand how to leverage your brain's unique strengths
In this course, we'll explore how to draw from the strengths that frequently come with having a brain that's wired a bit differently -- like creativity, curiosity, hyperfocus, and empathy -- to tackle some common frustrations -- like procrastination, inconsistent motivation, distractibility, and feeling incompetent.
To do this, we'll learn about the science of how our minds work, share and learn from each other's lived experiences, and support each other in conducting mini "experiments" to figure out the exact strategies that work for each of us.
Each participant will learn about a broader menu of strategies -- but get support identifying exactly which ones work for your unique brain and current needs. There is no one path that works for every spicy brain; this cohort gives accountability and structure to the path of figuring out the right tools for you.
What you’ll learn
Make it easier to get work done by identifying your unique strengths & building new strategies for supporting your challenge areas
Identify the most common procrastination triggers & which affect you
Match strategies to those root causes & design a custom experiment
Get feedback on how to maintain or tweak your custom strategy based on your results
Learn what role internal & external environment plays in attention
Identify a specific environment change to make to manage your distraction triggers
Receive feedback as you experiment with your changes
Learn the ABCDs of lasting motivation
Identify where your foundations for motivation might need more support
Experiment with strategies & receive feedback to find what works for you
Identify where you tell stories about how your brain works that are draining and inaccurate
Draft a new story & a plan for how to gather evidence so it isn't just pretty words that seem unbelievable to you
Continue to identify assets and growth throughout the course to improve your confidence in how you are uniquely suited to get things done
Learn new frameworks to help you leverage your strengths in decision-making
Experiment with and adapt the frameworks based on group discussion and instructor guidance
Conduct weekly experiments with strategies
Use course materials to gather further resources
Reflect and receive feedback to refine your toolbox in the final week
Learn directly from Becca
Becca Block, PhD
Becca Block, PhD
Researcher, author, educator, and neuroaffirming executive function coach.
Who this course is for
Professionals and leaders who suspect their brain may work a bit differently, and want to learn the unique strategies that work for them.
Adults who have recently realized they are ADHD, autistic, anxious, &/or have other processing differences, and want to learn together
Anyone who feels like procrastination, distractibility, inconsistent motivation, and feelings of incompetence get in their way at work.
What's included
Live sessions
Learn directly from Becca Block, PhD in a real-time, interactive format.
Lifetime access
Go back to course content and recordings whenever you need to.
Community of peers
Stay accountable and share insights with like-minded professionals.
Certificate of completion
Share your new skills with your employer or on LinkedIn (alternate certificates with a more corporate-standard course name are available upon request)
Maven Guarantee
This course is backed by the Maven Guarantee. Students are eligible for a full refund up until the halfway point of the course.
Syllabus
13 live sessions • 6 projects
Week 1
Rewriting your story about your unique brain
Sep
9
Rewriting your neurospicy story: workshop
Sep
12
Story experiment check-in / Q&A
Week 2
Sep
16
Handling procrastination & getting new projects started
Tue 9/164:00 PM—5:00 PM (UTC)Sep
19
Procrastination experiment check-in / Q&A
Fri 9/194:00 PM—5:00 PM (UTC)
Handling procrastination & getting started on big projects
Free lesson
How to manage and reduce procrastination
Bad time management isn't the root cause of procrastination
You may also struggle with time management. But procrastination is a threat response, requiring different strategies
Laziness isn't the root cause either
In fact, studies correlate procrastination with perfectionism rather than laziness or apathy.
Shift the task, context, and response
To handle procrastination you need to change your view of the task, your view of yourself, and how you set up your work
Schedule
Live sessions
2 hrs / week
We use the live time for learning about root causes for challenges areas + strategies to address them, identifying what to change, planning individual experiments, and sharing results.
Tue, Sep 9
4:00 PM—5:00 PM (UTC)
Fri, Sep 12
4:00 PM—5:00 PM (UTC)
Tue, Sep 30
4:00 PM—5:00 PM (UTC)
Projects (aka Experiments)
1 hr / week
Those who decide to do more involved experiments to identify what results they get with specific strategies may spend up to an extra 1 hour per week. However, most participants design their experiments to fit with the work they're already doing that week, and using live time for both planning and reflecting on results.
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