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I started taking notes. And I mean really detailed notes. It is the only way I can stay on task and not completely tune the meeting out.
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This helped me tremendously too. I find that writing it down versus typing helps me more than typing do some reason so I bought the Remarkable tablet to be able to do that and have the flexibility to convert notes electronically.
It seems silly to buy a separate tablet versus using my iPad but the Remarkable has no other distractions which is exactly what my ADHD needed!
I've type exactly what I hear. This sometimes appears to the speakers that I'm not paying attention, but it gives me something to do that allows me to keep focus on the speaker.
When I do this, I can usually repeat back to the speaker exactly what I heard, even if I didn't type it down, because there's something about typing what I hear and sometimes doing quick 30 second research on the topic that allows me to stay focused on what is being said.
Conversely, if I don't do this and actually "pay attention" to the speaker, whether it's on a zoom (where it's worse) or in person, I also disappear for a substantial chunk of time.
I either pay attention to typing what is said and ingest hat they are saing, or pay attention to them and lose everything. :-)
Does getting paid better help?
I take detailed notes of every meeting. Having someone to do with my hands + another train of thought about how to beat capture what's being said keeps me present.
My notes often look like a court transcript, with who said what, organized into topical outlines, etc. I rarely need to search my notes, the act of taking them helps me recall details better, too.
Oh, and taking notes is socially acceptable for the neurotypicals in the room, versus fidgeting, bouncing my leg, and so on.
+1 for getting out a pen and paper and taking notes. It forces you to engage. And there are a lot of studies out there proving how better you retain things when you physically write them out.
I do this every meeting but mostly because I work with idiots who ask the dumbest questions. (If you knew where I worked you would know why I say this)
Like others, note-taking is my salvation in meetings.
Extra tricks:
* I use the meeting agenda (if available) as the promise. I view it as a skeleton into which I add information shared in the meeting (muscle and boots).
** I highlight my action items in yellow -- and then move them to my running digital To Do list.
* I still get meeting transcripts if I can (or get transcripts of recordings).
* If possible, I use Zoom AI Companion for meeting summaries.
While this sounds like a lot, I usually use these documents as (1) references for keyword searches and, in rare cases and (2) brief reviews when completing a task or preparing for a subsequent meeting.
I rarely take the time to integrate these, but I will if the meeting is very important.