Michael Phelps has ADHD!           AD/HD = Hyper-Focus

We all know by now that Michael Phelps won Eight Gold Medal in Beijing! How was he able to overcome so much pressure and maintain his laser like focus on swimming? Michael Phelps has AD/HD! Many describe Michael as having the perfect body for swimming, but it is his single-mindedness on being the best swimmer ever that allowed him to step above the rest.

Did you know that people with AD/HD can "hyper focus" allowing them to concentrate on something of interest and enable them with highest level of drive and motivation? In fact, they can be so hyper-focused that oftentimes they cannot breakaway from that focus. When you hear about children with AD/HD being distracted and unable to focus in the classroom, they could be hyper focusing on other things -- day dreaming which enables them to visualize things that normal children cannot.

Imagine if these children with AD/HD are taught to redirect their ability to hyper focus on something that they have a talent in… In fact, that is what sculpting AD/HD into an asset by finding what is right and building on it is all about.

Children with AD/HD can be the best at anything they set their minds to! This is a fact, and not a wishful thinking! Michael Phelps is the latest proof of that.

SmartCoach program is designed to accentuate your AD/HD child’s talent of creativity, originality, energy, wit and drive!

Help your child find and build on their strengths. It is on these islands of strengths that self-esteem, confidence and motivation take root and grow!

Note to parents: A child with AD/HD has very little control over what he or she hyper focuses on. Given this, the child will excel if he or she is allowed to hyper focus on activities of his or her choosing, not those which parents choose as best for the child.

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