Though individuals with ADD/ADHD have the talent and skill to reach their goals, they often have a difficult time sustaining the arousal and motivation to accomplish them. It can be a real struggle to maintain focus on a longer term goal or to even remember that goal, especially when it is so easy for those with ADD to get distracted by anything that is more stimulating at the moment. Sometimes it is beneficial to have an outside source to help keep focus and accountability.
An About.com user recently wrote in to share how a strategy he calls “mutual life coaching” saved him and got him back on the right path.
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Intense focus on an activity that one is passionate about, an activity that one loves, an activity that brings joy – this ability to hyper focus is a gift many with ADHD have. Though Phelps’ ADHD may have presented some problems within the classroom setting, in the pool he found focus. He found his strength.
23-year-old, Michael Phelps made history last night in the 2008 Beijing Olympics winning his eighth gold medal. He set seven world records and one Olympic record, doing a personal best time in every event. He became the winningest Olympian ever and will leave China with 14 career golds – five more than anyone else with at least one more Olympics to go, London 2012.
After receiving his record breaking eighth gold, Phelps looked to the stands for his mother and sisters. “I don’t even know what to feel right now,” Phelps said. “There’s so much emotion going through my head and so much excitement. I kind of just want to see my mom.”
Making his way through the throngs of people, climbing up the stairs, pulling himself up the railing he embraced his mother – the one who helped him find his great strength and never gave up on him.
For more click on Beijing '08: Live the Olympics
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