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The smart but scattered guide to success : how to use your brain's executive skills to keep up, stay calm, and get organized at work and at home / Peg Dawson, Richard Guare.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : The Guilford Press, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: vii, 294 pages ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781462516964
  • 1462516963
  • 9781462522798
  • 1462522793
Subject(s):
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: I. Understanding the Executive in Your Brain -- 1. Are You Smart, Scattered, and Stressed? -- 2. Your Executive Skills Profile -- 3. Managing Executive Skills by Modifying the Environment -- 4. Improving Your Executive Skills -- II. Understanding the Impact of Executive Skills in Your Daily Life -- 5. Executive Skills in the Workplace -- 6. Executive Skills in the Home -- 7. Executive Skills in Relationships -- III. Strategies for Individual Executive Skills -- 8. Controlling Impulses: Response Inhibition -- 9. Keeping Track of It All: Working Memory -- 10. Being Cool: Emotional Control -- 11. Avoiding Procrastination: Task Initiation -- 12. Staying Focused: Sustained Attention -- 13. Defining a Path: Planning/Prioritizing -- 14. Clearing Clutter: Organization -- 15. Sticking to the Schedule: Time Management -- 16. Shifting Gears: Flexibility -- 17. Learning from Experience: Metacognition -- 18. Reaching the Finish Line: Goal-Directed Persistence -- 19. Rolling with the Punches: Stress Tolerance -- IV. Looking Ahead -- 20. Aging without Losing Your Edge: A Prescription for Preserving Executive Skills -- Resources.
Understanding the executive in your brain -- Understanding the impact of executive skills in your daily life -- Strategies for individual executive skills -- Looking ahead.
Summary: "Meeting a huge demand, Peg Dawson and Richard Guare (authors of the bestselling Smart but Scattered books focusing on kids and teens) now provide a state of the art resource specifically geared to adults. Drs. Dawson and Guare offer expert guidance for boosting executive skills--the core brain based abilities needed to get more done with less stress. Readers will be drawn in by realistic examples, self quizzes, and science based tools for strengthening time management, organization, emotional control, and more. And what you can't change, you can work around! The book is packed with simple yet effective strategies for maintaining focus, conquering clutter, staying on top of work demands, and taming the chaos of family life. Numerous worksheets and forms (which purchasers can download and print in a convenient 8 1/2 x 11 size) help readers customize the strategies to fit their needs.Summary: Dawson and Guare offer guidance for boosting executive skills-- the core brain based abilities needed to get more done with less stress. They provide simple yet effective strategies for maintaining focus, conquering clutter, staying on top of work demands, and taming the chaos of family life.
Holdings
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 158.1 D272 Available 33111008816718
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 158.1 D272 Checked out 05/20/2024 33111008441541
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

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.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 282-284) and index.

Machine generated contents note: I. Understanding the Executive in Your Brain -- 1. Are You Smart, Scattered, and Stressed? -- 2. Your Executive Skills Profile -- 3. Managing Executive Skills by Modifying the Environment -- 4. Improving Your Executive Skills -- II. Understanding the Impact of Executive Skills in Your Daily Life -- 5. Executive Skills in the Workplace -- 6. Executive Skills in the Home -- 7. Executive Skills in Relationships -- III. Strategies for Individual Executive Skills -- 8. Controlling Impulses: Response Inhibition -- 9. Keeping Track of It All: Working Memory -- 10. Being Cool: Emotional Control -- 11. Avoiding Procrastination: Task Initiation -- 12. Staying Focused: Sustained Attention -- 13. Defining a Path: Planning/Prioritizing -- 14. Clearing Clutter: Organization -- 15. Sticking to the Schedule: Time Management -- 16. Shifting Gears: Flexibility -- 17. Learning from Experience: Metacognition -- 18. Reaching the Finish Line: Goal-Directed Persistence -- 19. Rolling with the Punches: Stress Tolerance -- IV. Looking Ahead -- 20. Aging without Losing Your Edge: A Prescription for Preserving Executive Skills -- Resources.

Understanding the executive in your brain -- Understanding the impact of executive skills in your daily life -- Strategies for individual executive skills -- Looking ahead.

"Meeting a huge demand, Peg Dawson and Richard Guare (authors of the bestselling Smart but Scattered books focusing on kids and teens) now provide a state of the art resource specifically geared to adults. Drs. Dawson and Guare offer expert guidance for boosting executive skills--the core brain based abilities needed to get more done with less stress. Readers will be drawn in by realistic examples, self quizzes, and science based tools for strengthening time management, organization, emotional control, and more. And what you can't change, you can work around! The book is packed with simple yet effective strategies for maintaining focus, conquering clutter, staying on top of work demands, and taming the chaos of family life. Numerous worksheets and forms (which purchasers can download and print in a convenient 8 1/2 x 11 size) help readers customize the strategies to fit their needs.

Dawson and Guare offer guidance for boosting executive skills-- the core brain based abilities needed to get more done with less stress. They provide simple yet effective strategies for maintaining focus, conquering clutter, staying on top of work demands, and taming the chaos of family life.

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