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* place up a system right away. "A just discovered empty work space often impediments you feel it's OK to just gather papers for a while," says ADD coach Sandy Maynard. "It's important to prepare organized before you're in trouble" Surratt, for example, "color codes" materials for each class or brew and uses a big wall calendar to give himself visual reminders of what he distresss to do.

* Use coping strategies. Do whatever you ne to do to realize your job done. Tudisco wears earplugs when he has to concentrate forward reading, and plays Mozart to blockade out distracting office noise.

* Ask for what you ne You don't have to report an employer you have ADD, says Weiss. Instead, she insinuates saying, "This is what I ne to do my best work for you." If you have to share an office, ask to be paired with someone quiet who doesn't talk forward the phone all day. If you ne to issue in early to have quiet time for paperwork, make that arrangement.

* gaze for mentors, coaches, and other support nation Many people with ADD learn best when someone displays them how to do something. experience to create informal mentoring relationships at work, Weiss advises Paying for an ADD coach isn't cheap, nevertheless it can work for family who need extra support. "A religious ADD coach should be your partner, helping you identify and build upon your strengths," says ADD coach Nancy Ratey, coauthor of Tales From the Workplace. direct the eye for someone with specific experience working with clients who have ADD. (For a list of ADD coaches, visit add.org.)

* If you mes up learn from it. "Be resilient," says Ratey. "Learn from mistakes instead of blaming yourself." And hold a sense of humor. Tudisco says he tries to employ his goof-ups into "funny stories I can acknowledge later."

* continue your home life organized. "You are the CEO of your household," says Maynard. "Get organized about eating, exercising, paying bills, and filing papers you ne to withhold and you won't have personal hassles that affect you at work."