Attention Deficit Disorder: Tooling Your Web Experience!
Today I want to share with you some awesome FREE tools I’ve found that will enhance your adhd web browsing activities. These recommended tools have a focus on PRODUCTIVITY.
Yeah, I know … I prefer fun too … I’ll post on those another time. Today is productivity day! And these tools ARE fun! You can download any of these by clicking either the picture, or it’s title. Now let’s get productive!
Firefox Web Browser: I’ve been using Firefox as my web browser for years, and while I certainly check out the other browsers like Opera, Internet Explorer, Konquerer, etc … Firefox is hands down, simply the best! No other browser has the countless functions of Firefox via add-ons, nor the incredible capability of truly personalizing your web experience.
Add-ons to Increase Your ADHD Web Productivity:
Wired-Marker: This is very cool! Wired-Marker is a permanent, multi-color highlighter that you can use on web pages! Just like a college textbook, you can go through the web, and highlight the important parts. Later, whenever you decide to return to the page, the highlighting will still be there. And that’s not all … the highlighted content is automatically recorded in a scrapbook and saved!
One Boy’s Struggle: A Review
Since my diagnosis a year ago, I’ve been doing as much as I can to learn more about attention deficit disorder, and I’ve found that the information available is generally lacking. There are so many brilliant professionals out there talking about adhd, but too often it’s obvious they don’t have it. The information can often be a little too clinical, not holding my attention. So … I look for a little more light-hearted reading.
There’s tons of light-hearted books available, but I tend to find them a bit trite, filled with the same old “10 Easy Steps” that would be written for a non-adder. Well … they may throw in a couple slight twists, like add color … wait, no … I learned that in sales training 20 years ago.
However, I HAVE found some absolutely terrific books that can help you both learn and function better with your adhd.
Today, I want to focus on one book in particular. Bryan Hutchinson’s “One Boy’s Struggle: A Memoir“. This book deserves a post of it’s own because it’s special. For the others, I’ll put together a list for recommendation.
“One Boy’s Struggle” should be at the TOP of your list if you’re learning about adhd. If you’re an adult who has lived most your life with undiagnosed adhd, this book should be your #1 choice! Bryan’s story will hit home with you in ways no other book can.
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A Morsel of Blogging
I’m back … the fog is lifted
The earth has shifted and raised the gifted
You knew I’d be back so pack your bone
And hit the road jack … cuz daddy’s home …
Since it’s been so long since my last post, I thought some Kid Rock lyrics were in order 
Anyways, I’ve been thinking … don’t worry, you’re not about to get hurt.
It would be great to see more adders blogging! Just a short time ago, when I decided to get into blogging, I knew I had a good reason and purpose - to bring more real-world advice and information to people with attention deficit disorder.
I’m not an “expert”, nor do I put myself out there as one, but I AM an adult with adhd. Being diagnosed later in life has also given me a unique perspective into adhd - from an experiential point of view, that many doctors, scientists, and other “experts” simply do not have. And … while I fully understand the worthiness of, and completely share the desire to “function better” with the other 95%, I find most advice available for adders to be rather simplistic and trite.
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Phelps wins record-breaking gold medal No. 8
Michael Phelps and his adhd go 8 for 8 in record shattering Olymipcs!
From the Chicago Tribune … a few words of wisdom from this American/Human/ADHD Hero!
“Without the help of my relay teammates, this isn’t possible. We came together as one unit.”
“It’s been such an unbelievable ride. With so many people saying it couldn’t be done, all it took was a little imagination.”
“It’s been nothing but fun. The biggest thing is taking on something impossible.”
Winningest Olympian Ever!
Michael Phelps swam into Olympic history, winning his 7th gold medal in Beijing, and his 13th overall!
You can read more about it in Breitbart’s article Phelps swims into history, winning 7th gold medal. Today, I just thought I’d leave you with a few quotes from and about this incredible adder.
“Dream as big as you can dream and anything is possible,” Phelps said. “I am sort of in a dream world. Sometimes I have to pinch myself to make sure it is real.”
“It goes to show you that not only is this guy the greatest swimmer of all time and the greatest Olympian of all time, he’s maybe the greatest athlete of all time,” said [Mark Spitz] the icon of the 1972 Munich Games. “He’s the greatest racer who ever walked the planet.”
“One word: epic,” Spitz told The Associated Press from Detroit. “I’m so proud of what he’s been able to do. I did what I did and it was in my day in those set of circumstances. For 36 years it stood as a benchmark. I’m just pleased that somebody was inspired by what I had done. He’s entitled to every second of what’s occurring to him now.”
“I thought four one-hundredths was close and I was shocked then,” Phelps said. “I’m even more shocked now than I was then. One-hundredth is the smallest margin of victory in our sport. I guess it’s pretty cool.”
Attention Deficit Disorder Gold!
Michael Phelps, the greatest Olympian ever!
In 2000, just before his 15th birthday, Michael became the youngest swimmer to make the U.S. National Olympic Team since 1932. In 2001, he became the youngest man ever to set a world record in his sport.
Still truckin’, in the 2003 U.S. Spring National Championships, he won the 200-meter backstroke, 200-meter freestyle and 100-meter butterfly - the first man to triumph in three different strokes in one national event! Later in this same year, Michael set five world records while winning six medals at the World Championships in Barcelona. Oh, and he received the Sullivan Award too!
But that’s not all … At the 2004 Olympics, Michael Phelps competed in 8 events and won 6 gold medals and 2 bronze! This eight-medal triumph matched him with gymnast Aleksandr Dityatin, who had achieved the same count at the 1980 Moscow Games.
By 2004, Michael had already accomplished a lifetime of achievement, but with all his adhd tenacity, he continued on, heading into the 2008 Olympics determined to win more. And he did win more! On Tuesday, August 12, 2008 Michael won the men’s 200-meter butterfly, and only an hour later, as his malfunctioning goggles filled with water, Michael lifted the U.S. freestyle relay team to victory, becoming the winningest athlete in Olympic history with 11 gold medals! And there’s still more events to go!
“I’m lost for words. Growing up I always wanted to be an Olympian,” Phelps said. “To be the most decorated of all time sounds weird. I’m speechless. It started to sink in after the butterfly. I was trying to focus on my next race but kept thinking ‘wow, greatest of all time’. That’s pretty cool.”
Yes! I said adhd just a moment ago … Michael Phelps has adhd. And this is more than just an adhd success story, it’s a story of human triumph that proves adhd doesn’t have to hold you back if you choose to not let it, and that those who don’t understand the “disorder”, have a long way to go. Listen to what his mother had to say in the Times Online:
“In kindergarten I was told by his teacher, ‘Michael can’t sit still, Michael can’t be quiet, Michael can’t focus,’ ” recalls Debbie, a teacher for 22 years. “I said, maybe he’s bored.” The teacher said that was impossible. “He’s not gifted,” came back the reply. “Your son will never be able to focus on anything.”
From the same article, Michael’s coach, Bob Bowman helps shed a new light on “hyper-focus” when he says:
“He’s had the same mental approach since he was very young. There is nothing on his mind. He’s able to block everything out.”
And Michael adds, “Sure, I can disappear when I have to.”
Yep! Those little things that make us adders different, also provide great benefit in many circumstances.
Michael is a true success story to anyone … but even more to those with adhd. Go Michael! Go!
“You can’t put a limit on anything,” says Michael Phelps. “The more you dream, the farther you get.“
