MaxDex AI

Guides & Research

Pillar guides and supporting articles that connect problem searches to MaxDex systems—without medical claims.

Executive Function

Master Guide to ADHD Task Paralysis

A practical guide to executive dysfunction and task paralysis: why planners fail after the list exists, and what actually starts work.

Procrastination

The Intention-to-Action Gap

Why wanting to work is not the same as starting. Implementation intentions, prompts, and the gap planners ignore.

Executive Function

Why Camera Body Doubling Causes Fatigue

Live video body doubling helps some people and exhausts others. Why camera-on focus rooms create cognitive load.

AI Calling

How Voice Breaks Notification Habituation

Why push notifications stop working and how auditory check-ins interrupt attention habituation.

Energy & Sleep

Circadian Energy for Solopreneurs

How unstructured solopreneur days collide with circadian energy—and how to plan around dips without a wearable.

Wearable Displacement

Track Sleep Debt Without Hardware

How to track sleep debt without a smartwatch, Oura, or Apple Watch—and why the number only matters if it changes your plan.

Energy & Sleep

Navigating the 2 PM Energy Dip

The afternoon energy dip is biological. Here is how to plan around it instead of treating it as a character flaw.

Wearable Displacement

Software Readiness vs Smartwatches

Whoop, Oura, and Apple Watch sell hardware readiness. Software-only scores are less precise and still useful for planning.

Planning

Parkinson’s Law Daily Planner

Parkinson’s law says work expands to fill the time. An energy-aware daily planner shrinks the container on purpose.

Planning

Planning Fallacy Productivity Tool

The planning fallacy makes every day too optimistic. Use energy signals and smaller first steps instead of a fantasy calendar.

Goals

Fresh Start Effect Goal Tracker

The fresh start effect makes Mondays and new months feel different. A goal tracker should catch that window with a call, not a forgotten list.

Habits

Implementation Intentions Habit Tracker

Implementation intentions are if-then plans. A habit tracker that calls you is the “then” when the “if” arrives.