Learning How to Learn: How to Succeed in School Without Spending All Your Time Studying; A Guide for Kids and Teens

by Barbara Oakley

This is why, when you’re stuck on a math problem, you can instead switch your focus to studying geography for a while. Then you can make a breakthrough when you return to the math.

But it seems that the best ways to give your diffuse mode a chance to work out a difficult problem are through activities like sleeping, exercising, or going for a ride in a vehicle.

Kids with ADHD* sometimes like to imagine that their focused pinball table has a few extra “holes” in it. These holes offer a hidden advantage—they boost creativity! If you have ADHD, the “extra holes” also mean you need to work your mental flippers a little more...

one of the most popular ones we know of is called “Forest.”