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!)

About this title

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.

Review

Fun, witty and chockfull of useful suggestions, this is a book worthy of your attention! Abigail Wurf provides an insider's perspective on what makes someone with ADHD tick and offers tried and true ways for getting through the rough spots. Forget Perfect is a must read for anyone with ADHD!
-Laurie Dupar
PHWNP, RN, PCC

Forget perfect is a reader-friendly book that addresses the core issues facing adults with ADHD. Jam-packed with concrete examples, common sense recommendations and coaching tips, it will help the reader move forward step-by-step toward success.
-Jodi Sleeper-Triplett, MCC, SCAC, BCC
JST Coaching & Training

Abigail Wurf has condensed years of personal and professional experience into a book that covers much of what a person with ADD or ADHD needs to know to successfully navigate a world where often the seemingly little things can be often present the biggest problems. This is an easy-to-read, how-to-coach-yourself-to-success handbook for adults with ADD/ADHD. It is also a good read for anyone who lives or works with an adult with ADD/ADHD. I am recommending it to everyone!
-Sarah D. Wright
Author of Fidget to Focus and ADHD Coaching Matters: The Definitive Guide

Readers will experience immediate, welcome relief with the title alone! Forget Perfect clearly suggests that the misconception many hold that "EVERYONE ELSE IS PERFECT" can be dispelled forever! Abigail Wurf has contributed a fresh "How to..." for living more effectively with ADHD, and includes steps to achieve this goal. It's one thing to state that we all need to "communicate more clearly at work," and quite another to outline concrete options that drive home the point. 
-Wilma Fellman, M.Ed., LPC
Career & Life Planning Counselor

Edition details

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