Dr. Ned Hallowell

It's a description. This is what it tends to look like. We tend to be a dreamer, tend to be a visionary, tend to be an entrepreneur, tend to think outside the box, tend to be impatient, tend to be an inventor, intuitive, amazingly forgiving, credulous, ready to believe anything. And then the downside, yeah, we often have trouble doing things that are boring. You know, it's just that.

It's a description. This is what it tends to look like. We tend to be a dreamer, tend to be a visionary, tend to be an entrepreneur, tend to think outside the box, tend to be impatient, tend to be an inventor, intuitive, amazingly forgiving, credulous, ready to believe anything. And then the downside, yeah, we often have trouble doing things that are boring. You know, it's just that.

I mean, we have no patience for boring stuff. And we bounce off of it. That takes in quite a few people. And I'm not forcing a diagnosis on anybody. I'm just saying, here's a description. If you think it fits you, let's talk about what you can do to make it better or take advantage of the upside. Then you're not saying, do I have it or not? You're saying, is this a good description of me?

I mean, we have no patience for boring stuff. And we bounce off of it. That takes in quite a few people. And I'm not forcing a diagnosis on anybody. I'm just saying, here's a description. If you think it fits you, let's talk about what you can do to make it better or take advantage of the upside. Then you're not saying, do I have it or not? You're saying, is this a good description of me?

And what can I do about it? Is there something here that the stuff in that book might help me with or not? There's no controversy in that.

And what can I do about it? Is there something here that the stuff in that book might help me with or not? There's no controversy in that.

It's so much more prevalent than we think. You know, the official numbers are 5 to 10 percent, and But that's just because they're measuring people who meet the diagnostic criteria. The rest of us, you know, who are doing great and we don't meet the diagnostic criteria, but we have definitely the trait. I think we're talking 30, 40%.

It's so much more prevalent than we think. You know, the official numbers are 5 to 10 percent, and But that's just because they're measuring people who meet the diagnostic criteria. The rest of us, you know, who are doing great and we don't meet the diagnostic criteria, but we have definitely the trait. I think we're talking 30, 40%.

I mean, that's up for grabs. But I think it's that we've expanded our definition enough that what we're seeing now is pseudo-ADD, environmentally induced ADD. We live in a very ADD-ogenic culture now.

I mean, that's up for grabs. But I think it's that we've expanded our definition enough that what we're seeing now is pseudo-ADD, environmentally induced ADD. We live in a very ADD-ogenic culture now.

And, you know, the two big causes are saturated with electronic medias, and deprived of what we're doing, human connection. And you take those two, too much electronics and not enough human connection, that's ADD-ogenic. It makes you short attention, impulsive, impatient, hard to connect with.

And, you know, the two big causes are saturated with electronic medias, and deprived of what we're doing, human connection. And you take those two, too much electronics and not enough human connection, that's ADD-ogenic. It makes you short attention, impulsive, impatient, hard to connect with.

And you come back in a couple of weeks. And if they're sitting on the porch reading a book, then it was not true ADD. And if they've turned the farm into an amusement park, then it was true ADD.

And you come back in a couple of weeks. And if they're sitting on the porch reading a book, then it was not true ADD. And if they've turned the farm into an amusement park, then it was true ADD.

It's an important point because, you know, people try to trivialize ADD by saying, oh, everyone's like that. Well, no, everyone is not like that. And, uh, it's important to make that distinction.

It's an important point because, you know, people try to trivialize ADD by saying, oh, everyone's like that. Well, no, everyone is not like that. And, uh, it's important to make that distinction.

Yeah. Ned, what did you order? I got two, we got two fishes and one chicken.

Yeah. Ned, what did you order? I got two, we got two fishes and one chicken.

Two fish dishes.

Two fish dishes.