ADHD Success Stories

Here is another story of a successful adult who was tormented in school because of ADHD but went on to do great things.

What I love about what he says is that failure is a necessary ingredient to success: Experiencing failure is the only way to breakthrough success, otherwise others would have gotten there before you. Parents work so hard to protect their children from failure. Fail is the dirtiest four letter letter word that starts with an F in the parenting world. What this successful person has to say, should help parents relax. Take the long-view. Your child's differences may be the very key to their contribution to the world. I read somewhere the other day that the over-protectiveness of parents in not letting them navigate through the world on their own merits is leading to a generation of kids who have great childhoods, great adolescents but completely ill equipped to be adults.   here's a gifted adhd adults story:

I am a 59 year old male who never got above C- in school. I was always in trouble for testing the limits of everything. I did go to MIT ("Good Will Hunting") but they were really glad to see me dropout. I have 75 US Patents and am responsible for 100's of millions of dollars in successful products.

One of my strengths was all the adverse life experiences, coupled with parents who said "don't worry about it", find a way around. It made me able to take risk, try new things and bring others to new horizons. I often have had people quit working for me because they could not take day-after-day of failure, only to be sorry later that they left too soon.

Experiencing failure is the only way to breakthrough success, otherwise others would have gotten there before you.

I raised two like-minded daughters who in contrast were discouraged by the school systems and their teacher mother. I pleaded to let them feel good about themselves but to little avail.

Many people who read your book really don't get it. I want to say to these people … To change these children is to eliminate the person who might find the cure to the common cold. Let these children do their thing and make them feel good about it.