Meta cognition and why it matters

Meta cognition is simply the process of thinking about how we think. For all people neurotypical and neurodiverse it is important to have healthy brain development and to help ourselves to better understand  how to develop the thinking brain or our prefrontal cortex. The logical thinking brain or brain 3. Brain 2 is our emotional brain which is where emotional regulation develops and is coordinated. Usually we are great at transfering when we need to move  from brain 3 and 2.  Meta cognition helps us to do this. After all how can we develop if we don't first understand how the brain is thinking. 
For ADHD people this is important so they can improve the executive function skills needed to change the way the brain is responding. First assess the task that needs to be done, evaluate your strengths and weaknesses to do the task. We need to know what we are good at and what we need help with to achieve the task. Then you are able to plan the best approach to take to do the task. The who, why, what, when, where. Then just do it. After this we always need at assess and gain feedback so we can continuously improve the outcome. 
This loop of developing meta cognition can be applied to all tasks we do big and small. This helps people learn , develop and self train.