self-awareness

Studying the night before a test, paying fines when they're already overdue, praying just in time, tidying up 'later'... Why understanding and embracing procrastination can actually help tackle it? (Procrastinators, use the '2-minute rule' and read this summary now)

In a new book, author and entrepreneur Peter Shankman shares tips that can help individuals with ADHD improve their focus and productivity.

For those with ADHD, there's a developmental gap in different systems. The intellectual age is about a third greater than the chronological age (a 10-year-old with insights of a 13-year-old), and the emotional age is a third lower (a 10-year-old behaving like a 7-year-old). This gap is the root of frustration for parents and teachers.

The interpretation of what I see is influenced by the emotions of the heart. If I don't correct my heart's emotions and connect to the deepest, truest reality where it's clear that I am good, it will be very difficult for me to see the good in others.

A person consulted with one of the elders of our generation and shared his emotional pain. The rabbi told him that the problem in our generation is that we don't cry. Nobody feels. If I don't feel my pain, I haven't gotten rid of it - I've only suppressed it.