Resources for People Who Are  “Planning-Challenged”

Most of us struggle with juggling hectic lives, with varying degrees of success. The secret to increasing effectiveness is to be tenacious in setting aside regular time to plan and prioritize. Consistency is key.

Here are three resources that may help:

1. The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change by Stephen Covey. This classic best-selling book offers strategies to increase effectiveness in both personal and professional areas of life.
2. Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen, who encourages his readers to get things out of their head and onto paper, and to reformat items into action-oriented outcomes and concrete next steps.
3. ADD-Friendly Ways to Organize Your Life by Judith Kolberg and Kathleen Nadeau, Ph.D. Sometimes ideas that work come from unexpected places! Full of non-traditional suggestions for organizing things, time and paper.