Faster Than Normal: Turbocharge Your Focus, Productivity, and Success with the Secrets of the ADHD Brain

Peter Shankman

Oct 2017 · Penguin Random House Audio · Narrated by Peter Shankman and Bernie Wagenblast

About this audiobook

A refreshingly practical and honest guide that rewrites the script on ADHD

Peter 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. 

Simply 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. 

In Faster Than Normal, 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:

Harness your creative energy to generate and execute your ideas
Direct your hyperfocus to get things done 
Identify your pitfalls--and avoid them
Streamline your daily routine to eliminate distractions
Use apps and other tech innovations to free up your time and energy

Filled 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.

Ratings and reviews

firstly, perhaps this is a good introduction for parents of kids with ADHD. I can see how it might build structure and a good way to understand what your kids need. But for adults with a modicum of self insight and established high functioning coping strategies... my primary emotion was disappointment and frustration as many of the solutions provided are not necessarily practical unless you are financially very very well off, have a passport that allows you to travel without requiring a visa, have a cleaner, a trainer and are a man that is not the primary caretaker of children. (dude flies around the world to many speaking engagements so it's not hard to logic that last one). This is something we have to live with and it's not easy. It's ok to feel down... like this book made me feel. Just hopeless that sometimes there aren't really any answers specific to you. We continue to search because we're problem solvers.

Just wow. If you have ADD/ADHD, this will change your life. Finally some real techniques for leveraging our strengths and mitigating our weaknesses.

thankyou . I have shared this with people to help them and with people who may not understand me....

About the author

Peter Shankman 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 Faster Than Normal, helping people to understand that ADD and ADHD are a gift, not a curse. He’s based in New York City. Visit FasterThanNormal.com.