Adult ADD Strengths

Yahoo news item talking about CIA recruitment

“Tom McCluskey, the CIA’s chief of hiring and employee development …the CIA is after the generation that has grown up on the Web. “They were born with ear buds in their ears. They are ADD and it is contagious,” he said, referring to attention deficit disorder. “We need that kind of talent here.”

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Actually I’d agree. People with Attention Deficit Disorder thrive on stimulation and are often hyper aware of their environment, since we don’t filter info as much as other people, we actually take more info in than non adders, and notice things that others do not i.e. potential dangerous situations, people or things out of place, etc

What’s your SQ?

IQ, EQ now SQ. The author of Emotional Intelligence (EQ), Daniel Goleman, has a new measure of intelligence SQ or Social Intelligence Quotient. It deals with understanding other peoples feelings, empathy, and social skills.

Scientists have discovered that our interactions don’t just shape our experiences. They actually alter our biology. Fulfilling relationships promote good health, while bad ones “can act like slow poison in our bodies.” Neuroscientists have discovered something even scarier, for anyone trapped in a miserable relationship: long-standing relationships can actually change our brains. It’s called “neuroplasticity” and, Goleman writes, it means that “repeated experiences sculpt the shape, size, and number of neurons and their synaptic connections.” Or, to put it another way: your rotten husband isn’t just wrecking your life — he’s actually wrecking your brain, too.