12 Identified Executive Skills
![Smart but Scattered 2 Response Inhibition](https://www.willingways.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Response-Inhibition.png)
Response Inhibition
Keeping ahead of the consequences. The ability to think before actions are served.
![Smart but Scattered 3 Working Memory](https://www.willingways.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Working-Memory.png)
Working Memory
Capacity to retain the information in the memory especially while performing complex tasks.
![Smart but Scattered 4 Emotional Control](https://www.willingways.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Emotional-Control.png)
Emotional Control
Controlling and managing emotions in difficult situations to accomplish tasks.
![Smart but Scattered 5 Task Initiation](https://www.willingways.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Task-Initiation.png)
Task Initiation
The ability to start the task without any delay or procrastination.
![Smart but Scattered 6 Planning & prioritization](https://www.willingways.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Planning-prioritization.png)
Planning / prioritization
The capacity to make road maps in the mind and then executing them by focusing on important tasks and eliminating what is not important.
![Smart but Scattered 7 Organization](https://www.willingways.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Organization.png)
Organization
The ability to keep track of tasks. Organization involves arranging tasks and taking responsibility for your actions.
![Smart but Scattered 8 Time Management](https://www.willingways.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Time-Management.png)
Time Management
Ability to divide time and manage it efficiently. Time management is one skill to meet deadlines and stay within the frame of time limits.
![Smart but Scattered 9 Goal Direction](https://www.willingways.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Goal-Direction.png)
Goal Direction
The capacity to follow the goal until the finish line. Goal direction requires motivation and complete focus on the goal.
![Smart but Scattered 10 Flexibility](https://www.willingways.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Flexibility.png)
Flexibility
The ability to mold yourself according to difficult or changing situations.
![Smart but Scattered 11 Meta-Cognition](https://www.willingways.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Meta-Cognition.png)
Meta-Cognition
This skill involves analyzing a situation from the bird’s eye view.
![Smart but Scattered 12 Sustained Attention](https://www.willingways.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Sustained-Attention.png)
Sustained Attention
The ability to keep attention on a particular task despite the other distracting factors.
![Smart but Scattered 13 Stress Tolerance](https://www.willingways.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Stress-Tolerance.png)
Stress Tolerance
The ability to thrive in stressful situations.