Harnessing ADHD

As a followup to my ADD article, this explains how you can make ADHD work for you.

Harnessing ADHD from the The ReThink ADHD Blog

By Jeff Emmerson

I search for “Famous people in history with ADHD,” and some pretty cool lists come up on the internet. I don’t have proof that they all had it, or that this is all even provable, but I know damn-well that the more ADHD’ers I meet online, the more of a pattern I see! It isn’t always pretty, since the down-side is the anxiety, depression and other co-occuring disorders that exist for many. However, it is what it is, and as mentioned in other recent blog posts, therapists I know have come to the same conclusion: There IS a pattern of innovative, intuitive minds that are very passionate, outside the box thinkers and feelers. I call it a “super-power” due to my own life experience. Sure – I’ve screwed up a lot in my life, but my passion, my ability to see the big-picture, uncover new ways to overcome challenges, and my innate ability to carve my own path via entrepreneurship is a pattern that countless people with ADHD share.

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