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>>What I believe WGreen was referring to was that most ADHD sufferers would have wanted to study for their Bar exams, but hyperfocused their time away on things that would not lead them to this goal, e.g. spending all-nighters playing Madden instead of studying as you wanted and were supposed to have done<<
Yeah – that’s me.
I “got through” school because I was so smart (sorry, it’s not a brag, that’s a report from a psychologist back then) that I didn’t have to study hard, I “just got it”.
I got through survey of american lit without reading a single book cover to cover, but passed the tests. ( I could skim and glance and get what they were trying to say, read into it)
This video REALLY hit home for me:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wF1YRE8ff1g&feature=related
WOW – it explains me to a T I’m at the very top edge of ADHD, not “just barely” but tend to pass every ADHD test with flying colors. If I needed 26 points to make it, I got over 60. So keeping out of trouble at ANY job is a real effort for me.
Anyway – asking about jobs that are ADD friendly won’t get any good answers IMO. Why? Depends on the boss, the company, YOUR flavor of ADD, and your personality and skills.
I suspect this is why there are ADD tests then there are PERSONALITY tests.
If you put 20 moderate ADD folks into a room and gave them a personality test – there would be 20 different job preferences and at least that many personality types.
Sales? Forget it – my personality is SO “introvert” I’m afraid of making phone calls. HOWEVER, it might be perfect for you.
IMO – there is no best list…….. unless you also consider personalities.
krazykat (not so krazy really) there’s some good points. I used to farm – was SUCCESSFUL as I’m VERY detail oriented and PICKY (ok, anal)
I bought a business with my wife, in a year we upped the gross nearly double – went from 200,000 gross of prior owners to nearly 500,000 in two years.
But alas, after 5 years, I was burnt out, bored, wanted to move on, so we sold it. (and the next owner ran it into the ground and had to close the doors after a couple of years)
I’ve had my own auto repair shop a couple of times. Lasts a couple of years, then I’m bored, or get distracted or can’t keep motivated, start falling behind, etc. and move on.
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