The Smart but Scattered Guide to Success
by Peg Dawson and Richard Guare
The Smart but Scattered authors for adults: assess your executive skills, modify tasks and environments, and build the weak ones. Practical.
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Three things you will actually use
- Know your strong and weak skills.
- Change the environment first.
- Build skills slowly.
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Take the executive skills questionnaire.
Our verdict
Executive skills for adults.
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