Books on Organisation, Goal Setting and Work

Author Nancy Ratey who has ADD and Dyslexia, is an adult ADD Coach. Her wisdom and experience show clearly in this book, illuminated with client histories who overcame their ADD challenges. Ratey offers a six step strategy that gives the reader a way to analyze what is working for them and what is not and provides forms and questionnaires to help the reader get through the steps. She also emphasises the need for commitment and patience for the process of growth while covering every aspect of ADD from time mismanagement, procrastination, distractibility, impulsivity to transitions.

Stephanie Moulton Sari, Assistant Professor of Counselor Education, University of Florida, provides straightforward tips delivered in brief measures, ideal for someone with a shorted attention span. Her intent is to improve the efficiency of daily living and develop lifestyle patterns to offset the disadvantages for ADD in adults. Each chapter takes up an issue Get Immediate and Lasting Rewards, Better Concentration, Sharper Memory, Richer relationships, Improved Money and Time management, and Greater Self-Confidence.

The second book from Howard Cutler and the Dalai Lama about how to find happiness at work? Unsurprisingly the Dalai Lama feels that cultivating inner values contributes to the greatest possibility of being happy at work. Topics are brought up as conversations that took place between Cutler and the Dalai Lama with commentary from Cutler as the chapter ends. The topics include making money, work boredom, job career, right livelihood. Practical suggestions are to keep an optimistic outlook, calm mind and a realistic perspective.

If getting out of bed each weekday is getting harder and wonder how you ever found your so called "successful career" worthwhile, this book offers hope. If you have ADD then not appreciating your strengths; struggles with punctuality, planning or organisation; authority problems and rapid onset of boredom, leads many to this career crossroads.