Episode 248: Is ADD a Disorder or a God-given Personality Trait?

Jul 30, 2016 | In The Loop

In The Loop with Andy Andrews, hosted by David Loy

 

On this week’s episode, I answer two questions in response to our previous episode, which discussed utilizing attention deficit disorder as an asset.

 

If you like yourself, and so do others, then what’s the difference between ADD and a God-given personality with strengths and weaknesses? Not much.

  • Learn to be positive with how you are. We all have our strengths and weaknesses.
  • You may think Seabiscuit was the greatest horse of all time, but he would be horrible if you needed him to plow your field.

 

Try to catch your kid in the act of doing something right.

  • I’ve had teachers and others say, “You need to be more like this,” or “You need to work on this.”
  • If you wanted to pick out all the things your child doesn’t do like everyone else, you could talk to them about it all day long and destroy their belief in themselves in the process.
  • Just because someone operates on a little different plane, it does not make them inferior.
  • I think it’s very important to make a distinction with teenagers that being different is not a bad thing—in fact, it is desirable.

 

Tune in to hear about my trip with Adam to the doctor, and how Henry Ford declared his competence in court.

 

Questions for Andy

Would you like to run something by Andy? Contact us and your question might be featured on the show!

  • Phone: 1-800-726-ANDY
  • Email: InTheLoop@AndyAndrews.com
  • Facebook.com/AndyAndrews
  • Twitter.com/AndyAndrews

If you have questions or comments for THE PROFESSIONAL NOTICER, please contact us at: TheProfessionalNoticer@AndyAndrews.com

Explore

  • The Answer is Probably “No.”
    The Answer is Probably “No.”

    Every year, about this time, I field a handful of inquiries from a head football coach or his staff. Often, someone else talked to them about me months earlier and for whatever reason at the time, no one reached out. Now, however, if the season is not going as they…

    Read More »
  • The Key to Dealing with Uncertainty
    The Key to Dealing with Uncertainty

    It’s a simple fact of life—everyone has dreams, but most people never get to live them. Some give up on them as soon as they reach adulthood. Others quietly try to keep them alive as they settle into the workforce, squeezing in an hour here and there, hoping the dream…

    Read More »
  • To Err is Human …
    To Err is Human …

    He was a CEO—a leader of thousands. I had seen him on television and read about him in magazines and newspapers. I had only met the man an hour before, but now, I watched as he laid his head on his desk and cried. His stockholders had turned their backs,…

    Read More »
  • 27 Years And Counting . . .
    27 Years And Counting . . .

    Last week was a bit of a milestone for me.  The Gulf State Park Pier was reopened after almost five years of rebuilding since the devastation of Hurricane Ivan.  During that period of time, I also wrote and released The Noticer, a book that begins its story under that very…

    Read More »
  • Songwriting for the Century with Bill Gaither
    Songwriting for the Century with Bill Gaither

    Tune in to this lively and very fun episode as Bill discusses songwriting—including several songs of which he is most proud and why they were written. He also offers insight into being a creator and communicator and why we need to laugh at ourselves as often as possible!

    Read More »

Pin It on Pinterest

Share This