ADHD as an Entrepreneur’s Superpower | John Torrens | TEDxSyracuseUniversity

[Mcdogmom]

I'm a veteran, was actually addicted to alcohol and cigarettes. I suffered severe anxiety and mental disorder. Got diagnosed with ADHD. Not until my son recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly. 8 years totally clean. Never thought I would be saying this about mushrooms.

[josmin]

I’ve have ADHD and I was diagnosed as I kid but have never taken medication. I’m 27 now and what I’ve figured out is that ADHD is a gift. We see the big picture on everything. We cant focus on one thing, but we can focus on many things. We are different, we have awareness and we ask the right questions. Things have to make sense in other to do certain task.

[chriss]

ADHD is a spectrum. This man can speak fluidly throughout his presentation and some of us can’t even focus enough to watch it. I wish tests determined a high/mid/low category.

[bennywright]

I have my own company, the staff that work for me are like fielders, catching all the crazy ideas i have, finishing my projects i become bored with, doing the paperwork to back up my work. It’s not a super power! My staff are the heroes for putting up with me!!

[chriss]

ADHD is a super power...when channeled. Exactly how he describes.

[megatrolltrollington]

if you hear him struggle with the word "enthusiasm".... i think its because he was struggling to keep his train of thought at the same speed that his mouth works at. I think this because I have ADHD and i often mispronounce words and because I can read my own mind, I can tell you its because for a split second I allowed my brain to run full speed and my mouth tries to keep up but cant so it starts combining to words together; often several words apart from each other on a thought process.

[shessoheavy]

This is such a frustrating "disorder." The number of times I've gone to a new job just to lose it or lose interest is well into the double digits. So, then I start businesses only to get distracted and go down rabbit holes all day while things get attempted at 25% instead of completed at 100%. I wish I experienced this super power, because all it's been for me is years of struggle, frustration, and disappointments.

[jamiewilson]

I have inattentive ADHD. This talk was AMAZING!! I’m an introvert who doesn’t really enjoy socializing with people other than with my close friends (unless I’m inebriated) but I’m magically amazing at selling things. It never made much sense to me, but now I get it!!! Very cool

[elliotnyberg]

I want to become an entrepenuer, whilst starting my compeny now, i feel like sometimes i can work for a whole week, then just completely forget about it for a month and it repeats. Anyone else?

[yb.ca.]

“What if, instead of thinking ADHD is a disability, why don’t we consider it just a different ability?” Wow. Beautifully stated. I was diagnosed at the age of 29 after years of believing I would never make anything of myself out of my inability to fit in academically with my peers. I’m still struggling to find my way, but I’ve come to understand myself more in these few months since my diagnosis, and I feel incredibly empowered, even if my family doesn’t understand what it’s really like for me. Great speech!

[JoshAllen]

This was oneof my b school professors! Best professor I've ever had and the only one who made an MBA worth it! He was the only one who actually had a business lol.

[Inventorsvlog]

I have ADHD and I am an inventor, a youtuber and an employee in a biopharmaceutical company.

[TheManeThingLLC]

If I had seen this when my son was in school I would have seriously asked you to help me explain this; he almost did not graduate because he could not make himself sit down and, in his words, "prove to them over and over that I understand the concepts - I've already shown them." He is one of the most brilliant people I know - truly - yet they treated him as if he was an impaired and behaviorally problematic student. I fought with the district every year starting when he was in 7th grade, and even had a middle school counselor essentially tell me that some physical punishment would straighten him out. I hear, believe and support everything you are saying. This has to stop.

[jamesbailey]

I’m ADD, Inattentive Type, I do industrial automation and controls. I find problems and solutions to make systems work better. My novel brain has helped me very successfully.

[tebohosefatsa]

This man just speaks pure GOLD. Unfortunately, a lot of people with ADHD in our society are not encouraged to seek out entrepreneurial activities. Instead we are just trying to compete with neurotypical people in the workforce and it just doesn't work. We need to hone in on our ADHD strengths and use them to our advantage. Not to try and fit in this little box that society puts us in. Thank you for this ted talk.

[gooddayok]

I believe sometimes you need a partner to balance you; ADHD you + Over cautious partner: thus you don’t loose all your finances with impulsive plans and nudges you to finish projects (Personally, I have seen this in my own journey. When I succeeded their was always such a colleague at work, like two peas in a pod; and I am blessed with a spouse who is over cautious)

[bb-xlur]

I have ADHD and I get nervous and get stuck overthinking more than I take risks and act on the spot

[avrfp]

I wish more people talked about how the only effective treatments are DIET, EXERCISE and MEDICATION. I was surprised to find that diet made the most immediate and greatest impact (think of ADHD as diabetes for the brain, with sugar having a very similar role, with a "ketogenic" approach leading to no need for insulin... read that twice or more! 😉)

Everything else is mitigating the deficits which are also helpful but if we are not exercising consistently we are screwed. I'm very serious. Our mental gas tanks are smaller and run out more quickly than normal. Exercise increases the tank size and helps slow fuel consumption.

There are some great videos on all the above. Don't give up. If you take one action make it whatever exercise you can manage right now. A brisk 45 minute walk was my start. I am a week in and I'm still really pissed no one told me. Please take this advice guys!

[indigochild]

Wow this guy nailed me to a tee! Owned 5 businesses always get fired from jobs, and currently working on another project, and want to start another one getting bored with this one! He’s 100% correct!

[elizabethbennet]

Interesting to see how connected he is with so many other ADHDers and his level of success. I'd imagine he was able to be so successful throughout his life becuse he was very attuned to other people and able to connect with the correct people he needed- that is a MASSIVELY important skill.