There is a widespread and mistaken belief that having Attention Deficit Disorder or ADD is a dreadful thing. Even as the ADD afflicted brain without doubt holds out a few risks, it offers a few 'less than obvious' advantages as well. Provided below is a list of positive attributes that have been observed over and over again in people with ADD:
1. Empathy - People with ADD have an incredible ability to associate with other people. However it goes much further than that. They also have a highly developed capability to identify with others, and to see many diverse points of view.
2. Ingenuity - ADDers are invariably quite ingenious. Painters, designers, sculptors, film makers, writers, musicians, and comedians - the list goes on. Creativity is abundant. Composers Mozart and Beethoven are believed to have had ADD.
3. Enthusiasm - When an ADDer is fed up with a job, finishing it can appear like torment. However, provide an ADDer an attention grabbing task (something they're interested in) to work on, and look out. When ADDers like to achieve something, and have the essential tools to do so, there is no stopping them.
4. Problem Solving Capability - ADDers flourish on deciphering puzzles and problems. Provide them with an attention grabbing problem to 'crack' and they will not be able to leave it alone until they have come up with a solution. Significant historical inventors such as Thomas Edison and Thomas Jefferson are believed to have had ADD.
5. Hyper-Focus - The capacity to hyper-focus is something that ADDers are very good at and this can be a significant benefit. When the ADDer remains focused on a task (based around achieving his or her objectives and dreams), it can be an unbelievably positive feature that enhances their ability to 'get the job done', and done well.
6. Sense of Humor/Flair for Comedy - Nearly all ADDers love to laugh, and many have the ability to make others laugh as well. Well known humorists such as Whoopi Goldberg and Robin Williams are believed to have ADD.
7. Spirit - There is no doubt that despite the fact there are many great traits associated with ADD, there are also significant challenges. However ADDers have an amazing ability to bounce back from those challenges, and the condemnation of others.
8. Intuitiveness - ADDers often have an incredible sense of perception. This may be as a result of extremely refrained intensity of awareness, an innate knowledge of the human mind, or something else that we have thus far not been able to comprehend. Notwithstanding the explanation, it is an extremely valuable gift.
9. Idea Generating - ADDers are brilliant proposal makers. They do not (by and large) like to be troubled with details, but they can crop up with creative thoughts in no time at all. They offer real benefits in brainstorming meetings.
10. That "Special Something" - Many ADDers believe that they have an exceptional way of looking at the world - very often quite different to the perception of the general population - a point of view that others simply do not comprehend. You might say that they are on their own wavelength. This can be quite unique and beneficial when you're looking for approaches that are different.
Article Source: http://www.contentspool.com
Garry Macdonald & Kieran Smyth have established a website providing little know information about attention deficit disorder (ADD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). To learn the insider secrets about ADD or ADHD, go to www.adhdsecretsuncovered.com .
Please Rate this Article
Not yet Rated
Other Articles From -
Home |
Fitness
- Ole Miss Rebels tickets - Oher makes AP All-American Team By: Gen Wright - Year 2008 will go down in the annals of Ole Miss School history as a historical year for the Rebels; two Rebels were selected for the AP All- America first team. Peria Jerry and Michael Oher were both honored as first-team All-Americans. The revelation was made through the list that was released by the Associated Press enlisting its college football All-America teams.
Other finalists include Mack Brown, Texas; Turner Gill, Buffalo; Mike Leach, Texas Tech; Chris Petersen, Boise State; Nick Saban, Alabama;
Tags: fitness, ole miss rebels tickets - oher makes ap all-american team
- South Carolina Gamecocks tickets - and Kiffin Returns the Punch By: Gen Wright - Steve Spurrier welcomed Lane Kiffin, as the head coach of Tennessee, in his own way. Steve questioned whether Kiffin contacted recruits before he had passed the NCAA test? Welcome Mr. Kiffin. He now knows for sure that he not only has the challenge of making a formidable team out of the Gamecocks but also to tackle the verbal bouts with Spurrier.
Spurrier, South Carolina coach has a long history of making jokes at former Tennessee coach Phillip Fulmer.
Tags: fitness, south carolina gamecocks tickets - and kiffin returns the punch
- Mississippi State Bulldogs tickets - And Spring Games are now moved back! By: Gen Wright - The annual spring football game of the Mississippi is shifted back by two weeks, the new staff team will get more practice time and the baseball game will be bigger and better.
The much awaited annual spring football game of the Mississippi State is rescheduled and is shifted two weeks back. The annual spring football game coincides with a series of events on the school''s campus including a baseball series.
Super Bulldog Weekend will now take place April 17-19.
Tags: fitness, mississippi state bulldogs tickets - and spring games are now moved back!
- LSU Tigers tickets - Johnson is now Mayor Talent By: Gen Wright - When Johnson arrived at LSU in 2004, he was one of the most highly recruited and biggest linemen in the nation at 6-7 and 400 pounds. But that didn't assure him an instant success because of an infection from a spider bite. He was granted a medical red shirt. Played in just two games and missed all of fall camp. But it was a different story on his graduation day.
Tags: fitness, lsu tigers tickets - johnson is now mayor talent
- Weight Loss Meal Plan For Those On The Go By: Phil Hixon - Here is a nice weight loss meal plan for those on the go who can't plan a meal or anyone that has to leave home for a day or two at a time but still needs to eat healthy.
I am in outside sales so it is sometimes hard to plan my meals when I am going to be away from home for a day or two. I don't want to bring a million things from home or have to eat out.
Tags: fitness, weight loss meal plan, diet meal plan, fat loss meal plan, dieting meal plan, 1300 calorie meal plan
- Insomnia Causes, Types and Diagnosis By: Moses Wright - The inability to fall asleep or remain sleeping is known as insomnia. The causes of this condition can be any number of things. Insomnia can present itself as a temporary issue or a continuing pattern. Transient insomnia is an episode that is only temporary. If it begins to last for a few weeks or more, it is known as permanent insomnia. Insomnia usually affects more women than men. This is most likely because of the constant hormonal changes that a woman goes through.
Tags: fitness, insomnia causes, types and diagnosis
- The Best Supplements to Start Taking in 2009 By: Danna Schneider - Vitamins are sort of like building blocks for the human anatomy when it comes right down to it. They are organic byproducts of the fruits and vegetables we eat, and are even found in some of the meats we consume, pastas, grains and most other foods that aren't processed to death, usually in trace amounts.
Tags: fitness, vitamin, supplements, c, antioxidant, supplement, best
- How To Lose Weight Healthily & Naturally After Pregnancy By: Andrew Bridgewater - I put on 55lbs during my first pregnancy and after a caesarian birth, had the challenge of losing weight - 45lbs of it. You might be interested to know exactly how I did it.
The first thing to do is drink at least 2 litres of pure water each day (not juice, squash, tea or coffee - just good old water). Water flushes out toxins and you lose at least 2 litres a day from perspiration alone, so this needs to be replaced.
Tags: fitness, weight loss, pregnancy, weight lose, losing weight, fat loss, diets
- Diet and Your Orgasm By: Stephen Lau - Sex is an important aspect of life. Sex is a complex matter: it involves many of your body organs in order to produce the desire that culminates in the sexual act that produces the sensations of sex and orgasm.
Diet plays a pivotal role in your sex and orgasm. First and foremost, you must be healthy in order to perform (in the case of men) the very sexual act, and to enjoy sex (orgasm in the case of women).
Tags: fitness, diet and orgasm, dopamine, serotonin, fish oil, orgasmic capability, testosterone
- The truth behind weight loss diets calories and exercises By: Hilary Skinner - Obesity is an epidemic in the western world. Many commercial companies are taking advantage of people desire to lose weight by offering magic diets and other programs that promise to lose weight. Understanding some facts behind weight loss can help you not fall for those products.
Extreme diets are not healthy nor do they help. Almost everybody that goes through an extreme diet and loses significant weight ends up regaining all the weight loss and more after a short while.
Tags: fitness, weight loss, diets, losing weight, obesity, overweight, sport diets