---
title: "The Dopamine Workflow"
subtitle: "Productivity Built for the Neurodivergent Brain"
author: "Alex Smith"
publisher: "Evermark Press"
category: "Personal Development"
topics: ["Focus", "ADHD", "Habits"]
formats: ["Paperback", "Kindle"]
isbn: "978-1-966412-02-1"
asin: "B0FB51KYF5"
published: "2026-05-14"
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# The Dopamine Workflow

*Productivity Built for the Neurodivergent Brain*

**Author:** [Alex Smith](https://evermarkpress.com/authors/alex-smith) — Productivity Researcher  
**Publisher:** Evermark Press  
**Category:** [Personal Development](https://evermarkpress.com/categories/personal-development)  
**Published:** May 14, 2026  
**Formats:** Paperback, Kindle  
**ISBN:** 978-1-966412-02-1 · **ASIN:** B0FB51KYF5  
**Buy:** [Buy on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FB51KYF5?tag=evermarkpress-20&linkCode=ll1&language=en_US)

## Summary

A productivity system that starts from how your attention actually behaves — not from how you wish it behaved.

## Synopsis

Conventional productivity advice assumes a brain that responds to plans. Millions of brains respond to interest, urgency, novelty, and challenge instead.

Alex Smith rebuilds the fundamentals — capture, prioritisation, initiation, and recovery — around activation energy rather than willpower.

The result is a workflow that is forgiving by design: it expects the missed day, the abandoned list, and the 2 a.m. burst of brilliance, and keeps working anyway.

## What you will learn

- Lower the activation cost of starting instead of raising your discipline
- Use interest and urgency as fuel rather than fighting them
- Design recovery days into the system so collapse is not a reset
- Build a capture habit that survives inconsistent weeks

## Who it is for

- Readers with ADHD or executive-function differences
- Anyone who has tried five productivity systems and abandoned all five
- Managers supporting neurodivergent team members

## About the author

Alex Smith — Productivity Researcher, Portland, OR. Alex Smith writes about attention, motivation, and neurodivergent work design, drawing on a decade of coaching engineers and creative leads.

## Frequently asked questions

### What is The Dopamine Workflow about?

The Dopamine Workflow by Alex Smith is a Personal Development book from Evermark Press. A productivity system that starts from how your attention actually behaves — not from how you wish it behaved.

### Who should read The Dopamine Workflow?

It is written for Readers with ADHD or executive-function differences; Anyone who has tried five productivity systems and abandoned all five; Managers supporting neurodivergent team members.

### What will I learn from The Dopamine Workflow?

Lower the activation cost of starting instead of raising your discipline Use interest and urgency as fuel rather than fighting them Design recovery days into the system so collapse is not a reset Build a capture habit that survives inconsistent weeks

### Who wrote The Dopamine Workflow?

Alex Smith, Productivity Researcher. Alex Smith writes about attention, motivation, and neurodivergent work design, drawing on a decade of coaching engineers and creative leads.

### Where can I buy The Dopamine Workflow?

The Dopamine Workflow is published by Evermark Press and available on Amazon in Paperback, Kindle (ASIN B0FB51KYF5). It was published on May 14, 2026.

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- [The Version of You That Already Exists](https://evermarkpress.com/books/the-version-of-you-that-already-exists.md) — A quiet, unhurried book about fear, identity, and becoming the person you have been rehearsing in private.
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