Finding Your Focus: Practical Strategies for the Everyday Challenges Facing Adults with ADD
Your guide to dealing with the everyday challenges of life with ADD--filled with tools and strategies you can use for a lifetime!With ADD, every day can be like running a maze of lost car keys, missing files, and forgotten commitments. Simple tasks that other people take for granted can become challenges that test the limits of your ingenuity and patience. Now, there is a wise and compassionate guide through the labyrinth of everyday life with ADD. This book shows you how to become more focused and organized, arming you with proven strategies and tools to help you:Meet deadlinesKeep appointmentsConquer clutterKeep track of your most valuable itemsOvercome procrastinationBring order to your chaotic lifeStop ADD from interfering with your personal relationshipsDr. Judith Greenbaum and Dr. Geraldine Markel draw upon the latest research, as well as their thirty years of experience coaching people of all ages with ADD, to supply you with:Numerous checklists to help you manage time, organize and complete tasks, and solve specific problems at home and at workResearch-based techniques, including self-talk, visualization, and routinesTips on how to become more self-aware and maximize your potential"A wonderful and much needed addition to the books on adults with ADD. The personal and warm approach of the authors comes through loud and clear."--Sari Solden, M.S., LMFT, author ofWomen with Attention Deficit DisorderandJourneys Through Adulthood