Forget Perfect: How to Succeed in Your Profession and Personal Life Even if You Have ADHD - Softcover

Wurf, Abigail

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0996140603 ISBN 13: 9780996140607

Publisher: Abigail Wurf Coaching dba Slow Bell Press, 2015

Synopsis

Are you frustrated by missing deadlines and appointments? Does just the idea of goal-setting overwhelm you? Do you want to take control of your life? ADHD Coach Abigail Wurf, M.ED, PCC, shares her wonderful methods for living a successful life if you have ADHD or just feel like you do in Forget Perfect: How to Succeed in Your Profession and Personal Life Even if You Have ADHD. After years as an ADHD coach, as well as a life-long struggle with ADHD herself, Abigail has created real-life techniques and actions that will help you manage everything from your career to relationships to just getting out the door on time! With plenty of actionable advice including: • Be More Effective at Work • Start and Complete Tasks • Manage Your Emotions in Public • Plan Ahead and Avoid Overwhelm • How to Communicate in Public so that People Listen • Understand and Be Understood in Your Relationships • Manage Your Money So You’re Prepared for Emergencies • Live a Full Life with Less Stress (and Fewer Hiccups!) The book concludes with an extensive Appendix that covers: • Basic Treatment for ADHD • ADHD Related Organizations • Recommended Books • Information about ADHD Coaching • Over 175 Suggested Apps • A Step-by-Step Plan to Reduce, Sort and Organize Your Papers If you’re ready to finally reach your goals and create a life you love, Forget Perfect will be your solution to building a great life and career (even with ADHD!)

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About the Author

Abigail Wurf, M.Ed, PCC, founder and president of Abigail Wurf Coaching, LLC, specializes in private and group coaching for professionals, entrepreneurs and small business owners affected by ADHD and/or Executive Function Issues. She also leads masterminds, conducts self-directed programs, webinars, teleseminars, workshops and speaking engagements. She has given sessions at national meetings of major organizations in the ADHD field, contributed to three well-received books in the field, serves on the national board of the ADHD Coaches Organization, and now has published Forget Perfect. Her clients credit her with asking strategic questions that motivate them to take action and for having a wonderful sense of humor that helps them deal with tough situations. Abigail found her first calling in the arts, starting with pre-ballet at age four. After completing her BA in history, she pursued her passion for the arts as a dancer, choreographer, teacher and co-founder of Arts in Motion in St. Louis, and assistant director of the Mid American Dance Company. A serious back injury and unsuccessful surgery ended her dance career. Before returning to study for an advanced degree, she sought an evaluation for learning difficulties and found out that she had ADHD severe enough to fall under the American with Disabilities Act. She earned her M.Ed, learned to manage chronic pain, and sought a second career in the field of coaching, with an emphasis on ADHD. Abigail Wurf received her Professional Coaching Certification (PCC) from the International Coaches Federation. She received her Master's in Education at Temple University. Around 2009, Abigail returned to her hometown of Washington, DC and now happily lives within a block of where she grew up.

Edition details

• Publisher: Abigail Wurf Coaching dba Slow Bell Press
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0996140603
• ISBN 13: 9780996140607
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 270