1. THE UPSIDE OF
ADD: REALLY?
Michael Hart, Ph.D. , Presenter
David C. Baker, Producer

2. What do Winston Churchill, Thomas
Edison and Justin Timberlake all have in
common?
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Irascible Firestarter

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Married Jessica Biel

5. • Kids in school
• Medical Model = I have a
disorder!
• What a disservice
WHERE DID
THIS WHOLE
IDEA COME
FROM?
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6. • Out of the box creativity
• Piercing insights and
linkages
– Shadow watchers;
Lookers around corners
– Daydreamer—”Where
did you go?”
• Extremely hard work at
high energy
• Bright multi-taskers
• “Talked too much in
school?” = SALES!
• Every day is a new day!
BUT WHAT
ARE WE
MISSING?
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7. • Educate yourself!
• Proximity v. distance
• Humor
• Honest Communication
• Yes, sometimes you have
to be careful
– Descriptive and
measureable, not
evaluative
WHAT IT
MEANS TO
CREATE A
NEW
“CONTAINER”
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8. • Quiet workspace?
• Reduce visual distractors
• Flex-time?
• Pairing with organizer
• Movement
• Tight goals and objectives
• Using humor to reset
7 IDEAS TO
TAKE AWAY
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