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Two views on ADD. One as a disorder and one as a gift. ADD is also commonly associated with the "Edison Trait" because Thomas Edison was considered to have symptoms of ADD.

What amazed me were the list of people whom were speculated to have ADD like characteristics. (i.e. Ben Franklin, Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Walt Disney, both Wright Brothers, Beethoven, Da Vinci, Einstein, Galileo, Newton, Edgar Allan Poe, Rockefeller, Socrates , Steven Spielberg).

If you think you share some characteristics of the so called Edison Trait, I want you to not think of it as a bad thing. We should nurture the good parts of it (the nonstop flow of great ideas into your head throughout the day, being hyperfocused on something new you're trying to learn, etc...), and supress the bad (losing track of time, procrastinating, trying to do too many things at the same time, etc..).

some ADD links (read the first one at least):

http://add.about.com/cs/workplaceissues/a/entrepreneur .htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADD
http://www.adhdrelief.com/famous.html
http://www.addca.com/index.html
http://borntoexplore.org/addcar~2.htm

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