Attention Deficit Disorder Sufferers! Control Your ADHD, Control Your Life! Airline Pilot With ADD Reveals How He and His Two ADHD Children Took Control of Their Lives by Using ADD/ADHD to Their Advantage!"Dear Friend, People with ADD/ADHD have ALWAYS been among the top leaders in business, science and industry through out history. I’m thoroughly convinced you and your children could be too! But, let me ask you. Where are you and your children right now? Are you at the ADD/ADHD stage where you think you’ll just keep going as you always have been? Status quo... "I’m sure things will get better"? Or, maybe, you’re a little farther along. Maybe you’ve seen a few "ADHD specialists" and still nothing has gotten better? ...or, maybe you’re at the last stage...the point where you just can’t take it anymore? Actually, you don’t have to tell me about any of those stages. In fact, I could probably quote you title and verse. Why? ...because I’ve been there. So, maybe it will help if I tell you a little about my family and myself. I’m a retired airline captain for a major airline flying 757 and 767 aircraft. I have two children. My son, now 24 years old is an Eagle Scout and a professional tennis instructor at a 5 Star Resort in California. He was teaching at a world renowned vacation area in an overseas country at the age of 19 and was the youngest in his company of over 100 tennis professionals teaching at 5 star resorts around the world. ...now, he’s setting up business connections with U.S. businessmen (tennis students of his) to money sources in Dubai, U.A.E... the sources he met while teaching tennis in there at the young age of 20. My daughter, now 22 years old, is on the Dean’s List with an A average majoring in Bio-mechanical and Mechanical Engineering at a Major University So what?... The thing is, my children and I all have one thing in common...we all have ADD/ADHD! How I Went From a "D" Student in high school withe ADD/ADHD to being a Commercial Airline Pilot... In high school I got mostly C and D grades. It’s not that I wasn’t somewhat intelligent. It’s just that I could never sit still long enough for any length of time to concentrate and read and study unless the subject was REALLY interesting to me. I mean...it had to be REALLY interesting! Here’s how bad it was. I always wanted to learn how to fly. I really enjoyed the flying. The problem was: I couldn’t study. No matter how hard I tried, I was never able to sit still for maybe more than 15 to 20 minutes and read the material. (Remember, this was about something I was dying to learn!). Somehow, I managed to get my private pilot’s license at the age of 17 and somehow managed to graduate from high school. My son, now 24 years old just barely graduated from high school. He had a temper (when someone with ADD/ADHD has a temper it’s usually because of the frustration they feel caused by the ADD/ADHD), was getting into some trouble at school. Nothing really serious, but enough to have my wife and I getting worried. Well, as you’ve read above. He still instructs tennis at a top quality tennis club but also is starting his own business. You know what’s not surprising about that? Many CEO’s of major corporations and businessmen are ADD/ADHD. What I’m trying to say is there is hope. Know what? Being a tennis Pro/Instructor is one of many perfect jobs for someone with ADD/ADHD! As I’ve said, my son is a tennis pro/instructor. Being a tennis pro/instructor is one of many perfect jobs for someone with ADD/ADHD. Just like being a pilot, salesman, CEO, etc. Why are are these types of jobs perfect for someone with ADD/ADHD? Because these jobs are dynamic and change enough every day, every week, every month to keep an ADD ADHD interested in it after more than maybe a few days, a few weeks or months. The best employment for someone with ADD/ADHD is an ever changing job or interest. Without it, most likely the person with ADD/ADHD won’t be there very long. My daughter is 22 years old and is in college. She also has ADD/ADHD. However, she’s learned to adapt in a different way...by being able to focus on what needs to be done. Focusing is a skill that’s fairly common in people with ADD/ADHD. That’s the reason she’s able to do so well in Engineering at a major University and the reason I was able to concentrate enough for my flight training skills and college.......... |