▁ ▁" get ▁organized " ▁- ▁the ▁tri age ▁of ▁paper work ▁and ▁of ▁tasks ▁ ▁" prote ct ing ▁one ' s ▁time " ▁by ▁ins ulation , ▁isol ation ▁and ▁deleg ation ▁ ▁" ach iev ement ▁through ▁goal - management ▁and ▁through ▁goal - focus " ▁- ▁motiv ational ▁emphas is ▁ ▁" rec over ing ▁from ▁bad ▁time - hab its " ▁- ▁recovery ▁from ▁underlying ▁psych ological ▁problems , ▁e . g . ▁pro cr ast ination ▁ ▁In ▁addition , ▁the ▁timing ▁of ▁tack ling ▁tasks ▁is ▁important ▁as ▁tasks ▁requiring ▁high ▁levels ▁of ▁concentration ▁and ▁mental ▁energy ▁are ▁often ▁done ▁in ▁the ▁beginning ▁of ▁the ▁day ▁when ▁a ▁person ▁is ▁more ▁refresh ed . ▁ ▁Liter ature ▁also ▁focus es ▁on ▁over coming ▁chron ic ▁psych ological ▁issues ▁such ▁as ▁pro cr ast ination . ▁ ▁Ex cess ive ▁and ▁chron ic ▁in ability ▁to ▁manage ▁time ▁effectively ▁may ▁result ▁from ▁Att ention ▁def ic it ▁hyper activity ▁dis order ▁( AD HD ) ▁or ▁attention ▁def ic it ▁dis order ▁( ADD ). ▁Di agnostic ▁criteria ▁include ▁a ▁sense ▁of ▁under ach iev ement , ▁difficulty ▁getting ▁organized , ▁trouble ▁getting ▁started , ▁trouble ▁man aging ▁many ▁simultane ous ▁projects , ▁and ▁trouble ▁with ▁follow - through . ▁Some ▁authors ▁focus ▁on ▁the ▁pre front al ▁cor tex ▁which ▁is ▁the ▁most ▁recently ▁evol ved ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁brain . ▁It ▁controls ▁the ▁functions ▁of ▁attention ▁span , ▁imp ulse ▁control , ▁organization , ▁learning