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		<title>The Meaning of Michael Phelps</title>
		<link>http://www.addexecutive.com/2008/11/25/the-meaning-of-michael-phelps/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 19:41:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In today&#8217;s New York Times, commentary on the emergence of Michael Phelps as icon for kids with attention deficit disorder, and how people perceive ADHD and other disorders: On the one hand: The notion that a disability can be harnessed in a positive way is not a new concept. Last year, a study found that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Olympic Champion Michael Phelps</title>
		<link>http://www.addexecutive.com/2008/07/28/olympic-champion-michael-phelps/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 23:56:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Various websites have noted that champion swimmer Michael Phelps is a high-performing adult with ADHD. I&#8217;m inspired by his ability to focus in training for what I consider a remarkably monotonous activity. Phelps&#8217; mother advocates for others with ADHD through the community ADHDmoms on Facebook. Note that Phelps is not affiliated with ADHDmoms.com, which is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ADD at Bat</title>
		<link>http://www.addexecutive.com/2008/05/16/add-at-bat/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 22:27:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This blog occasionally mentions how our ADD nature can be an advantage. But I hadn&#8217;t thought about this one: As Major League Baseball begins to dig out from its steroids scandal, new kinds of performance-enhancing substances are sweeping big-league clubhouses: Ritalin, Adderall and other drugs designed to help with Attention-Deficit Disorder. According to records MLB [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Zsa Zsa on Zsa Zsa</title>
		<link>http://www.addexecutive.com/2008/04/26/zsa-zsa-on-zsa-zsa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 04:23:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I don&#8217;t remember anybody&#8217;s name. Why do you think the &#8216;dahling&#8217; thing started?&#8221; - Zsa Zsa Gabor, quoted in The ADDed Dimension &#8212; Everyday Advice for Adults with ADD]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Hyperkinetic&#8221; David Novak, CEO of Yum Brands</title>
		<link>http://www.addexecutive.com/2007/10/24/hyperkinetic-david-novak-ceo-of-yum-brands/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2007 02:32:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Wall Street Journal&#8217;s review of The Education of an Accidental CEO: Lessons Learned from the Trailer Park to the Corner Office Obviously, Mr. [David] Novak&#8217;s pitchman fervor and people skills are joined to a traditionally shrewd sense of how to make a profit. Still, he seems to relish being the hyperkinetic iconoclast. He [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Payne Stewart &#8212; Golf Pro with ADD</title>
		<link>http://www.addexecutive.com/2007/09/23/payne-stewart-golf-pro-with-add/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2007 04:46:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mental coach Dr. Richard Coop has worked with numerous top athletes, including the late Payne Stewart*. Here&#8217;s an excerpt from an interview with Chapel Hill Magazine: Chapel Hill Magazine: What kinds of demons did Payne face on the golf course? Dr. Richard Coop: Payne was a deep thinker about golf. He was much smarter than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;ADD in the Corner Office: Five Top Executives&#8230;&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.addexecutive.com/2007/09/04/add-in-the-corner-office-five-top-executives/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2007 03:51:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In ADD in the Corner Office: Five Top Executives Discovered that an LD can be a Capitalist Tool SchwabLearning.org provides a nice article on five prominent CEOs with ADHD, dyslexia, or both. Though David Neeleman (one of the ADHD execs) has recently been removed from his CEO post at JetBlue, his accomplishments in founding and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stanley Bing on &#8220;Executive Attention Deficit Disorder&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.addexecutive.com/2007/04/24/stanley-bing-on-executive-attention-deficit-disorder/</link>
		<comments>http://www.addexecutive.com/2007/04/24/stanley-bing-on-executive-attention-deficit-disorder/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2007 04:47:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The good news is that while ADD can be debilitating in children and other normal human beings, it is actually an asset in executives. I can&#8217;t imagine what corporate life would be like without it&#8211;sitting like a slug for hours attending to conversations, bending my nose to the grindstone as I tackle one aggravating duty [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Magnus Scheving of LazyTown Entertainment</title>
		<link>http://www.addexecutive.com/2007/04/22/magnus-scheving-of-lazytown-entertainment/</link>
		<comments>http://www.addexecutive.com/2007/04/22/magnus-scheving-of-lazytown-entertainment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2007 01:56:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The &#8220;H&#8221; part of &#8220;ADHD&#8221; sometimes gets short shrift in the talk about adults with attention deficit disoder, but here&#8217;s an ADDexec (ADHDexec?) who takes plenty of advantage of his hyperkinetic nature. &#8220;TODDLERS know Magnus Scheving, the boss of LazyTown Entertainment, as Sportacus. The hero of “LazyTown”, a children&#8217;s television programme that promotes healthy lifestyles, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kinko&#8217;s Founder Paul Orfalea on Wandering</title>
		<link>http://www.addexecutive.com/2007/04/09/kinkos-founder-paul-orfalea-on-wandering/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2007 07:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Equally important for me, I found that leaving headquarters got me away from the mundane, daily grind that left no space for insight, inspiration, or innovation. Instead of &#8220;chief executive,&#8221; I preferred the title of &#8220;chief wanderer.&#8221; While constant motion suited my constitution, it also fueled my creativity, which never seemed to flow in the [...]]]></description>
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