Comments on: Attention Deficit Disorder fuels her creativity

By: What does the dog think?

What does the dog think? — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 17:11:59 +0000

[...] Able to think beyond the idea of a box. This comes naturally for ADDers. [...]

By: Anders

Anders — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 22:04:41 +0000

To me ADHD has given the creative thinking that has been absolutely necessary for my writing activity (fiction, poems, scientific articles). However, I have noticed that my creativity diminishes when I’m under the medication though then I can handle the more challenging (and boring) non-creative activities of every-day life. When I want to write and create, I usually don’t take medication those days.

By: Pete Quily

Pete Quily — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 20:33:03 +0000

Attention deficit disorder fuels her creativity and has boosted her business success http://bit.ly/bL7u3n #ADHD

By: Pete Quily

Pete Quily — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 21:22:15 +0000

Yes many entrepreneurs have ADHD especially serial ones. But even though you think you may have ADHD I’d still suggest getting a diagnosis. many things can look like ADHD AND ADHD usually doesn’t travel alone. ie people with ADHD usually have other mental health conditions. Since many don’t know how to diagnose ADHD because they’re not trained to do so, check out your local ADHD support group to find names of people who can. Maybe start here http://addcoach4u.com/support/addsupportgroupresources.html

Yes we ADDers need challenge, new things and to avoid a lot of boring repetitive task as much as possible, and we’re good at multitasking, good in a crisis, have high energy, are naturally very creative, and can see opportunities that others can’t.

That’s why being an entrepreneur can be so great for people with ADHD IF they learn to delegate, and deal with some of the negatives of having ADHD. ADHD coaches are useful for that

By: Sim

Sim — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 10:54:33 +0000

I’m sure I have ADD, never been diagnosed.
I used to have such an issue with it, but that was before I found entrepreneurism. Before I didn’t understand how I could fit into society with my craving for some much stimuli, which meant I needed multiple challenging jobs, in different areas to keep me satisfied. I get bored very easily, and if forced to do one kind of repetitive job, day in day out, I would want to jump off a cliff – he he!

Defining myself now as an entrepreneur has released me from all the stress. Now I am free, and the creative ideas that burst out of me, astounds me. I now realise, I just need that constant change, embracing multiple ideas at the same time to be content. A typical job would just not give me this.

I think people who have been diagnosed with ADD, should really look into entrepenurilsm and if it in fact os something within them. I can understand how difficult it would be for those with ADD if they couldn’t embrace the way the use their mind in the way that suits them best.

By: PBot

PBot — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 04:50:50 +0000

I can so relate to this. I always have 20 programs on at my MAC. I’m always spending long hours doing things and hardly seem to get tired. I get easily distracted. I also get hyper-focused on the task ahead of me until I get distracted doing that task (seems contradictory) and then I move to another. This is a really inspiring article. I googled this after a friend of mind told me that there is a link between CEO’s and ADD but I didn’t believe it. I haven’t been diagnosed with ADD yet but I am almost positive I have it.

By: Collin Corrington

Collin Corrington — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 03:29:12 +0000

RT @AliciaSanera: Great blog posts on #ADD & entrepreneurs. Thanks Pete! http://bit.ly/mEhbd http://bit.ly/ziu79 http://bit.ly/1udKIK

By: Alicia Arenas

Alicia Arenas — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 03:26:53 +0000

RT @petequily: Great blog posts on #ADD & entrepreneurs. Thanks Pete! http://bit.ly/mEhbd http://bit.ly/ziu79 http://bit.ly/1udKIK

By: Pete Quily

Pete Quily — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 03:14:32 +0000

@AliciaSanera i have some post on #adhd entrepreneurs here http://bit.ly/mEhbd http://bit.ly/ziu79 http://bit.ly/1udKIK

By: S.A.D., ADD, OCD - Are we all affected? « Patient Centric Healthcare

S.A.D., ADD, OCD - Are we all affected? « Patient Centric Healthcare — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:30:44 +0000

[...] and innovative people are people who thrive in some chaotic form and come up with new ideas (e.g., story about CEO with ADD). Do they all have ADD or some mild form of ADD? (CBS [...]