{"product_id":"faster-than-normal-isbn-9780143131229","title":"Faster Than Normal","description":"\u003cb\u003eA refreshingly practical and honest guide that rewrites the script on ADHD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePeter Shankman is a busy guy -- a media entrepreneur who runs several businesses, gives keynote speeches around the world, hosts a popular podcast, runs marathons and Iron Mans, is a licensed skydiver, dabbles in angel investing, and is loving father to his young daughter. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSimply put, he always seems to have more than 24 hours in a day. How does he do it? Peter attributes his unusually high energy level and extreme productivity to his ADHD. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eFaster Than Norma\u003c\/i\u003el, Shankman shares his hard-won insights and daily hacks for making ADHD a secret weapon for living a full and deeply satisfying life. Both inspiring and practical, the book presents life rules, best practices, and simple but powerful ways to:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHarness your creative energy to generate and execute your ideas\u003cbr\u003eDirect your hyperfocus to get things done \u003cbr\u003eIdentify your pitfalls--and avoid them\u003cbr\u003eStreamline your daily routine to eliminate distractions\u003cbr\u003eUse apps and other tech innovations to free up your time and energy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFilled with ingenious hacks and supportive self-care advice, this is the positive, practical book the ADHD community has long needed - and is also an invaluable handbook for anyone who's sick of feeling overwhelmed and wants to drive their faster-than-normal brain at maximum speed...without crashing.\"Peter is a pioneer, an adventurer, an inventor and a seer. His advice is the best kind of advice.  It is advice learned in the trenches, in the arena, on the fields of life.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Edward Hallowell, MD, from the Foreword, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eDriven to Distraction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“Peter Shankman is living proof that living outside the bell-shaped curve, combined with a drive to succeed, can produce amazing results.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Jordan D. Metzl, MD, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Exercise Cure\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“While ADHD may be considered a ‘deficit’ to some, Shankman positions it as an attribute within the context of our immediate future. ADHD is a unique gift of creative synthesis that makes sense only inside of the complex digital networks and hyper-stimulation that now defines us.”   \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e--Amanda Steinberg, CEO, Worth Financial and author of \u003ci\u003eWorth It\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Shankman\u003c\/b\u003e is an entrepreneur, CEO, runner, skydiver, podcaster, Ironman triathlete, and a dad. He’s the founder of ShankMinds: Breakthrough, a private, online entrepreneur community with members from around the world. Peter also hosts the top-rated podcast\u003ci\u003e Faster Than Normal\u003c\/i\u003e, helping people to understand that ADD and ADHD are a gift, not a curse. He’s based in New York City. Visit FasterThanNormal.com.Chapter One\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e An Introduction to the World of Attention Deficit . . . Ooh!      Shiny!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Hi, I'm Peter Shankman. I'm the most ADHD person you're ever going      to meet. But I'm also really, really proud of that. My ADHD is      responsible for the majority of my success, and I've had a little      bit of success. I've started and successfully sold three      companies, the most well-known of which is called Help a Reporter      Out (or HARO), which singlehandedly changed how journalists around      the world find their sources and how companies and regular people      get into the media. I'm also a worldwide keynote speaker, spending      the majority of my time on an airplane to give keynote talks to      major companies across the globe, including American Express,      Disney, Huawei, Starwood Hotels, and hundreds of others. I host      one of the top podcasts on ADD and ADHD, called (duh) Faster Than      Normal. I run an online entrepreneurial community of more than      three hundred people called ShankMinds. I've written four business      books, including two bestsellers. I built a top-selling video      course on ADHD, called the FTN Course. I go on TV a lot, including      CNN, Fox, Bloomberg, and CNBC, talking about marketing,      advertising, business, and the customer economy. I'm an Ironman      Triathlete, a \"B\" licensed skydiver with more than four hundred      jumps, and possibly most important, a dad to an amazing      four-year-old daughter.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e I've also been diagnosed with ADHD three times, have a very      addictive personality, and wake up every single morning sure that      today will be the day I'm found out to be nothing more than a      fraud who's never done anything good in his life. I've blown      countless past relationships because I didn't know how to slow      down and match the life-speed of my partner, I've had some      spectacular failures, both professionally and personally, and for      whatever this is worth, I've cried at more than 70 percent of all      episodes of The West Wing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e While you're reading this book, look for the word \"SQUIRREL!\" Why?      Because I get it-I'm ADHD. I know that books in general are      occasionally hard to read-not because we don't like reading, but      because sitting through sixty thousand words can, at times, make      us want to do anything else. Again: I get it. That's why I'm going      to use the term \"SQUIRREL!\" When you see \"SQUIRREL!\" it means that      I'm saying something even more useful than everything else. It'll      be something small, it'll be something tweetable or great for      posting on Facebook, it'll be something you'll want to highlight      and share with people, it'll be a quick tip that can truly change      your life. So keep an eye out for \"SQUIRREL!\" They're essentially      the Cliff's Notes of this book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Needless to say, an introduction like that doesn't get me very      many matches at speed-dating events.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e If you're reading this and you don't have ADHD-or maybe you've      never been diagnosed-or you know friends or family or loved ones      who do-keep reading. One of the beauties of this book is that it's      also for everyone-not just those with ADHD. Those without it are      going to learn just as much (if not more) from the tips, tricks,      and hacks that I lay down here. Trust me-you'll get three hours a      day back in your life, just for starters.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e If you do have ADHD, though, some of the stories here will be      incredibly familiar to you, I have no doubt. Like sitting in my      dorm room at Boston University two days into my freshman year,      asking myself why I simply couldn't shut up every once in a while,      because I'd just blurted out something that I thought was funny,      but no one else in the room did, and I was sure I'd just blown the      next four years of my social life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Or perhaps the frequent trips to the principal's office in grade      school, where one of my parents would come collect me after      school, and each meeting would start with \"If he only applied      himself . . .\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Maybe you might relate to the constant \"WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG      WITH YOU?\" looks that I would get every time I had a new or (in my      mind, anyway) amazing idea, after I presented it to my bosses, or      even to people who I thought loved me. (Definitely one of the      reasons I went out on my own professionally, that's for sure.)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e During my time researching this book, and doing all of the      homework for it, I've run into countless similar stories from      people I've met, those whom I've interviewed on the podcast, and      others who have e-mailed me out of the blue to say \"I can relate.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Do any of these scenarios make any sense to you?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e After getting a note from the dean of students in my son's bag six      times in two weeks, I called the dean up and asked him      point-blank, \"Can you tell me if there is anything my son is doing      right lately?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e If I get into the office super early and work before anyone else      shows up, I'm so much more productive. The second the office fills      with people, it's like my brain shuts down and I start spacing      out.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e I finally had to explain to my boss that I needed a half hour in      the middle of the day to go exercise, or I'd be useless to him for      the remainder of the day. Once I got that and he understood why,      my productivity went through the roof, and I've been named      \"Employee of the Month\" three times in the past four months!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSQUIRREL!: Here's what matters more than anything: You're not      broken. You're not damaged, you're not defective, and you're not      destroyed. You're not on the island of misfit toys, and your life      isn't \"wrong\" because you've been diagnosed with ADHD.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In fact, I hate that term \"diagnosed.\" You get \"diagnosed\" with a      disease that can hurt you, one that can kill you. You don't get      \"diagnosed\" for good things. No one has ever been \"diagnosed\" as a      lottery winner, or \"diagnosed\" as stunning enough to win a beauty      pageant.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e So the first rule here is this: you're never allowed to say      \"diagnosed with ADHD\" again, because ADHD is not a negative. Say      it with me: ADHD is not a negative! Quite the opposite. You're      gifted with a brain that's faster than normal, and in this book,      we're going to learn how to operate it to its maximum potential.      It's going to be awesome.","brand":"Tarcher","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304353452261,"sku":"NP9780143131229","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780143131229.jpg?v=1767726754","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/faster-than-normal-isbn-9780143131229","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}