| There is a common misconception in the world that | | | | 5. Hyper-Focus |
| having Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) is a bad thing. | | | | The ability to hyper-focus is something that ADDers |
| While the ADD-wired brain certainly presents some | | | | can use to our advantage. When kept under control |
| challenges, it also offers some incredible benefits. The | | | | and directed towards productive tasks, like |
| following is a list of characteristics that I consistently | | | | accomplishing goals and living dreams, it can be an |
| see in my clients, friends, and colleagues with ADD. | | | | incredible asset that allows us to get the job done, and |
| 1. Compassion | | | | done well! |
| People with ADD have a tremendous power to | | | | 6. Sense of Humor/Comedic Flair |
| connect with other people. But it goes a step further | | | | Most ADDers love to laugh, and many also have a |
| than that. We also have an advanced ability to | | | | knack for making others laugh! Famous comedians |
| empathize with others, and to see many different | | | | such as Whoopi Goldberg and Robin Williams are |
| perspectives. | | | | rumored to have ADD. |
| 2. Creativity | | | | 7. Resiliency |
| I've never met an ADDer who wasn't creative! Writers, | | | | There's no denying that even though there are many |
| painters, musicians, film makers, designers, sculptors, | | | | great qualities that come along with ADD, there are |
| comedians - the list goes on! Artistic talents are | | | | also challenges. But ADDers have an incredible ability |
| abundant. Composers Mozart and Beethoven are | | | | to bounce back from those challenges, and others' |
| believed to have had ADD. | | | | criticism of those challenges that we've endured. |
| 3. Drive | | | | 8. Intuition |
| When an ADDer is bored with a task, completing it | | | | ADDers have a sharp sense of intuition. This may be |
| can seem like torture. But give an ADDer an interesting | | | | due to highly tuned levels of perception, or great insight |
| project to work on and watch out! When we want to | | | | into the human mind, or something else that we have |
| succeed, and we have the necessary tools to do so, | | | | yet to understand. Whatever the reason, it's a very |
| there is no stopping us! | | | | useful gift! |
| 4. Problem Solving Ability | | | | 9. Idea Generating |
| ADDers thrive on solving problems and puzzles. Give | | | | ADDers are wonderful idea generators. We don't |
| us an interesting problem to solve and we won't be | | | | usually like to be bothered with details, but we can |
| able to drop it until we've found the solution! Important | | | | come up with ideas at lightning speed! We're a true |
| historical inventors such as Thomas Edison and | | | | asset in brainstorming meetings! |
| Thomas Jefferson are believed to have had ADD. | | | | 10. |