ADHD as a superpower?

ADHD can certainly get in the way of learning, but it also fuels brilliant minds that achieve some really big things.  I recently found this great article that shows us how ADHD'ers put their energy to work in business.

Rhonda

Why Some Entrepreneurs Call ADHD a Superpower

Some small-business owners say they've been able to harness the strengths that come with their learning disability.

By DYAN MACHAN
From Smart Money

 People who have it sometimes like to call it their superpower, but in reality, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, is a learning disability. Still, it's surprisingly common among high-achieving business founders, and entrepreneurs afflicted with it are in good company, with Kinko's founder Paul Orfalea and JetBlue founder David Neeleman among the many who talk openly about their having attention-deficit issues. It stands to reason that ADHD would thrive among those calling the shots. While they are often labeled as misfits inside big organizations, their restless creativity dovetails with the high-drama problem-solving associated with running a start-up.
In cases of ADHD, the brain chemicals that regulate attention and brain activity function differently than in the "normal" brain. For those with the disorder, it's harder to buckle down and concentrate and to anticipate the outcomes of their actions. Still, many entrepreneurs have learned to cope when their brains are flooding them with information, and their strategies can be helpful for anyone facing information overload. For people with ADHD, biology is probably to blame. For the rest of us, it's living in 2011.

On the plus side, people with ADHD often have an immense amount of energy, and they think outside the box -- because their ideas could never fit inside one box. On the minus side, they have an inability to focus on what bores them, can make sloppy errors when rushing (which is almost always) and have a stronger-than-average tendency to put a foot in their mouth.

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