Do you often find yourself saying yes to things you really don’t want to do? Or feel like you have no control over your own life? It’s time to start setting boundaries! Establishing personal boundaries can be challenging, but it’s essential for maintaining healthy relationships, protecting your time and energy, and ultimately, leading a happier…
Organizational behavior is an essential skill to have in any career. It is the study of how individuals, groups, and organizations interact with one another and how their behavior affects the overall success of the organization. In this blog post, we’ll discuss how to learn this behavior so you can become an effective leader in…
How to Create a 4 Week Productivity Planner A productivity planner is an efficient way to stay organized and maximize your productivity! It is a tool that helps you break down tasks and goals into manageable chunks, so you can better prioritize and stay on track. In this blog post, we’ll show you how to…
When it comes to studying, I often wonder what are better methods to improve learning for students. Executive functions have always been at the core of any successful study session. For those who are new here to EFC, let’s quickly identify key executive functioning skills: initiation, inhibition, working memory, self-control, cognitive flexibility, mental resilience, and…
5 Ways You Can Learn How To Be Productive Have you been wanting to learn how to be productive but don’t know where to start? Is finishing your to-dos always on your to-do list? At EFC, we teach people executive functions skills that can help anyone to be productive every day. If you aren’t familiar…
When considering if you need a counselor, it’d be impossible to list out every possible reason people knew they needed one. However, executive functions are a key place to start. Executive functioning challenges can make it difficult to stay on task, schedule your days, or control your emotions. This can affect your work life and result in…
The relation between executive functions, ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder), and how they work in the brain is significant to understand yourself better. They have many connections in how they affect people and their performance in life. Symptoms are commonly linked to deficits in executive functions. ADHD is a clinically diagnosed brain disorder while executive dysfunction, or…
Executive Functions In The Brain: What Are They? Executive functions in the brain are the group of skills that allow us to perform everyday tasks in life. They are responsible for how we stay organized, solve problems, regulate our emotions, and much more. Now you may be wondering, “Where are executive functions in the brain?” These cognitive controllers…
What Are Signs Of Poor Executive Functioning? There can be many clinical symptoms for poor executive functioning. However, out of all the years of working with people that have executive functioning deficits, it comes down to a common feeling: frustration. Sure common signs might include lack of focus, problems with transition from one task to another, or impulse control, but…
How To Self Prepare For SAT Wondering how to self prepare for SAT is a common question that comes up. It boils down to college application requirements and scholarships. Over the past year, we have seen more and more colleges becoming test-optional and reasons for SAT tutoring are dwindling. If we are to prepare for SAT to get more…
Everyone has at some point of their life asked, “how to stop procrastinating?” Sometimes we are on top of it and then out of nowhere we lose motivation. There might even be some signs of avoidance behavior. We will do anything to avoid what we have to get done. Call it dread or avoidance anxiety, but when we start…
Selecting a tutoring service can be a very hard process. It is a balance of finding someone professional, but friendly. This individual will be working with your child on subject tutoring, probably a subject they are not very excited to learn. You want to find that “tutor near me” who can help your child grow and become independent. Maybe…