Book Nook - The Boy with the Faster Brain

 Peter Shankman realized a long time ago that his ADHD was responsible for most, if not all his success. After starting and selling three companies and writing five best-selling books (including Faster Than Normal, which in five years has become the bible of ADHD and productivity), Peter decided it was time to write a book that focused on children—one that would teach them that ADHD, and all forms of neurodiversity, can be gifts, and not a curse—as long as they understand how to use them.

 

That’s what The Boy with the Faster Brain (March 2023/Softcover and ebook) is about. Meet Peter, his mom and dad, and Dr. Lisa, who together help Peter navigate the confusing and scary world of ADHD.  Working together, Peter comes to understand that he has a faster brain than other kids and why having that can be the best thing a child could ask for.  The story emphasizes that Peter having a faster brain is actually a gift, not a curse, as long as he learns how to use it.

 

The story helps parents explain to children with any type of neurodiversity issues that there is nothing wrong with them in a way they can understand. The story explains that Peter’s faster brain is like a race car.  With the help of his parents and Dr. Lisa, Peter learns how to effectively “drive” his brain.  The important message in the book is that children with ADHD and other forms of neurodiversity are not broken, they are brilliant and learning how to harness their faster brains opens up a world of possibilities.

 

Diagnosed with ADHD in his thirties, Peter remembers what it was like to be a child with neurodiversity issues. “As a kid growing up in the 70s and 80s in the public school system of New York City, ADHD didn’t exist,” Peter explains. “What did exist was ‘sit down, Peter, you’re disrupting the class,’ and that was a refrain I heard almost every single day from kindergarten through high school. I wrote The Boy with the Faster Brain so that no child labeled ‘different’ will go through what I went through and realize that they are brilliant.”

 

ABOUT PETER SHANKMAN

 

Peter Shankman is a spectacular example of what happens when you find the best traits of ADHD and work really hard to make them benefit you. By the time Peter was diagnosed as ADHD he had started and sold two companies and realized that all the differences that formerly labeled him as a troublemaker were actually his greatest assets. After Peter sold his third company, (Help a Reporter Out,) he decided to focus on really understanding this “faster brain” of his, and learning exactly what it could do. From that, the "Faster Than Normal" podcast and bestselling book of the same name were born. Since then, Peter has written numerous best-selling books and “Faster than Normal” is the Internet's #1 podcast on ADHD.  Peter believes that everyone has gifts, potential, and abilities far beyond what society has deemed “normal,” and strives to help bring those gifts to life in as many people as he can.  He lives in New York City with his 10-year-old daughter. For more information about Peter, visit his website, www.Shankman.com.