Strengthen your brain’s executive skills
Publisher: Bookboon
Published: 2016
ISBN-13: 9788740312010
Table of contents: title: Content; title: The battle for your brain; title: When you leave the office, the interruptions follow; title: What are executive skills?; title: The CEO of your brain; title: Executive skills and ADHD; title: The role of executive skills; title: Strengthening your executive skills is a lifelong process; title: Executive skills and management functions; title: Brain-based skills that impact how you manage time; title: Working with your skills; title: Twelve executive skills; title: Response inhibition – easy does it; title: Think before you act; title: Working memory – hanging onto ideas; title: Hold that thought – it’s harder than you think; title: The importance of working memory; title: Emotional control – keeping your cool; title: Do people who can’t control their anger really make you mad?; title: Sustained attention – a vanishing skill; title: Is your attention span decreasing?; title: Task initiation – the uncommon strength; title: A new way of looking at procrastination; title: Planning/prioritization – a time management must; title: Getting the important things done; title: Time management and organization; title: Do you have time to for time management?; title: Goal-directed persistence; title: To achieve a goal, insist on persisting; title: Flexibility – a survival skill; title: Bend over backwards to be flexible; title: Metacognition – the managerial skill; title: Have you ever thought about your thinking?; title: Stress tolerance – a 21st century necessity; title: Building stress resistance; title: Suggestions for strengthening all the executive skills; title: Don’t cut back on sleep; title: Exercise your brain; title: Balance high tech with high touch; title: Watch what you eat; title: Break the habit of forming habits; title: About the author