Comments on: Do some people “need ADD” to have drive?

By: Robert|Reason4Smile

Robert|Reason4Smile — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 09:42:05 +0000

Sol, I think it’s a gift to you and for all of us. Because of the problem you had, now you can share your recovery journey to all of us. This is a limitation that turned into advantages…

Thanks for sharing your journey with us… =)
Robert

By: Terry Finley

Terry Finley — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 04:03:16 +0000

Thanks for ‘pushing’ me to verbalize
what I was thinking. Nobody deserves
or needs to be ADD. We all do need to
be motivated and ‘driven’.
Thanks for the blogs and the thoughts.

By: Sol

Sol — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 23:49:27 +0000

Terry,

I hear you. I’m also referring to people with ADD. I see your point that the post title might mislead some people.

Regarding viewing the ADD as a gift. Yes, I think it’s a gift to people who see it as a gift. To me it was both a gift and a struggle. I’m glad to be done with the struggle.

By: Terry Finley

Terry Finley — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 22:11:50 +0000

Our conversation was NOT about people who
are not ADD. To me the article title here
is misleading. I would never suggest that
anybody would be better off being ADD, never.
We ARE talking about people who are ADD.

Again, our prior discussion was NOT about
motivating or ‘driving’ people who are not
ADD. My comment was (only and still is
only) that “some” people who are ADD are added
or blessed or whatever word you want to
pick, because they become involved in so
many different activities and they have
to work harder and longer than most to
concentrate and accomplish whatever goals
they may set for themselves.

Again, I would never wish ADD on anybody,
not on anybody. That is NOT what I said
or implied. My comment was and is about
those who ARE ADD and to whatever degree
they could use that condition to better
themselves.

Thanks….Terry