Are you smart, scattered, and struggling?You're not alone. Cutting-edge research shows that today's 24/7 wired world and the growing demands of work and family life may simply max out the part of the brain that manages complex tasks. That's especially true for those lacking strong executive skills--the core brain-based abilities needed to maintain focus, meet deadlines, and stay cool under pressure. In this essential guide, leading experts Peg Dawson and Richard Guare help you map your own executive skills profile and take effective steps to boost your organizational skills, time management, emotional control, and nine other essential capacities. The book is packed with science-based strategies and concrete examples, plus downloadable practical tools for creating your own personalized action plan. Whether on the job or at home, you can get more done with less stress.
See also the authors' Smart but Scattered parenting guides, plus an academic planner for students and related titles for professionals.
Supportive and Useful
"This book helps the reader to assess the performance of different executive skills and provides clear instructions on how to improve or capitalise on those skills. It is useful in providing a way to articulate and breakdown your executive functioning and giving structure to improve it in specific areas. It can be repetitive in parts which is a pro for committing the advice to memory but a con for engagement. Overall it is accessible and supportive and doesn't fall into the trap of becoming preachy or critical of the reader like other self help books. If you find yourself in need of help with your day to day executive functioning I trust you can derive some benefit from this book."
