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Summary: OUTSTANDING!! resource in a much needed area!!
Review: As a Trainer of NLP, and having done some work in the field of education, I have found this book by Thom Hartmann to be profoundly simple and yet powerful. This is such an important area today and Thom's contribution may well bring this epidemic to a standstill if enough educators read this book.
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Summary: What about ADD
Review: Did I miss something? The book had some techniques for the side effects of ADD but had nothing for the CORE problem of ADD - Attention Deficit, i.e. concentration versus distraction. I was very dissapointed in the book. If someone could point out in the book where concentration is addressed I would be most grateful!
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Summary: What about ADD
Review: Did I miss something? The book had some techniques for the side effects of ADD but had nothing for the CORE problem of ADD - Attention Deficit, i.e. concentration versus distraction. I was very dissapointed in the book. If someone could point out in the book where concentration is addressed I would be most grateful!
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Summary: So Good That I Wrote a Thank-You Note to the Author
Review: Five stars is all I can give this book in this format. It actually deserves a constellation.It was hard to wait until I had finished this book to send a letter (well, an e-mail) of thanks to Thom Hartmann for not only explaining what ADD is but for his instructions on how to deal personally with some of the obstacles it presents. I am a person who has ADD, but when I was a child in the 1950's no one knew about the disorder. I got such a lifetime of negative feedback about myself that even major successes in my adult life (and I have had quite a few) did not make me feel adequate or whole. There was an enormous healing for me in the first few chapters of this book. For the first time in my 51 years I actually understood my mother and the frustrations and pain she experienced having a child like me when there was no understanding or help available. The healing that took place with that alone would have been worth the price of the book. (I wrote my mom a letter saying, effectively, "Considering what you were up against, Mom, you did a pretty darned good job." She is probably going to faint when she gets it!) But then, as though that weren't enough, I was able--immediately upon reading the instructions for the mental exercises--to truly put the past behind me and get it out of my way. Then I was able to "overlay" tedious situations with a level of interest that made it possible to start a project and stick with it for hours if necessary. (That's a tough one to explain unless you're Thom Hartmann, so read his book.) Upon mastering that technique, which took only about 30 minutes maximum, I got up and cleaned up my very messy kitchen--even cleaning out all the cabinets. And I have been transferring the technique to my job all week. I can't believe what I have accomplished! It helps enormously that Hartmann has ADD himself. He is not just spouting a lot of theory and psychobabble. He IS there; he's doing that; and he isn't pulling your leg about anything. Self-help is a good thing. Self-healing is a victory like no other. Thanks again, Thom Hartmann, for showing us ADD folks how to do that. And thanks for interpreting our condition for the rest of the world in an enlightened and easy-to-understand way. This book will not only heal ADD people, but their entire families. I can't wait to read the rest of the books on ADD by this author.
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Summary: Thought provoking
Review: I agree with most of the other reviewers here. It is a thought provoking book which turns most of what we think we understand about ADD on its head. I highly recommend reading both this book and 'ADD:A Different Perception' to give a much more balanced view of what ADD is (and is not). People looking for rules, charts, discipline and restrictions will not find them here. Instead we have a wholistic approach to mending the damage done to ourselves and our kids by a school system and society that wants to produce a whole lot of round pegs for all the round holes out there and who don't approve of people who are different. Here we can rediscover the joy of having an intelligent, happy, affectionate and energetic child without the damaging labels applied by others. Great book!
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Summary: Thought provoking
Review: I agree with most of the other reviewers here. It is a thought provoking book which turns most of what we think we understand about ADD on its head. I highly recommend reading both this book and 'ADD:A Different Perception' to give a much more balanced view of what ADD is (and is not). People looking for rules, charts, discipline and restrictions will not find them here. Instead we have a wholistic approach to mending the damage done to ourselves and our kids by a school system and society that wants to produce a whole lot of round pegs for all the round holes out there and who don't approve of people who are different. Here we can rediscover the joy of having an intelligent, happy, affectionate and energetic child without the damaging labels applied by others. Great book!
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Summary: not very useful or practical at all...
Review: the book promises "practical exercises" that can "be readily picked up", yet there are hardly any. those that are there are described in such a vague manner that the ADD reader will just lose interest and not actually get the point. apart from one or two bits I consider this book largely a waste of my precious time
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Summary: A book about transformation and healing
Review: The simplistic blurb from the publisher's PR flack about this book is *wrong*: it's not about "positive thinking" or "visualizations." The original working title of the book was "Healing from the Pain of Growing Up a Hunter in a Farmer's World," but the publisher shortened it. This book is filled with some of the most powerful and transformational real-world techniques available, derived from neuro-linguistic programming, to heal pain, drop away useless habits, and help ADHD people regain control of their lives as well as their self-esteem. Of all the books on ADHD I've written, this is the most practical in terms of its "you can do this" techniques, and the most sophisticated. As well as an excellent book for parents, adults with ADD, and other lay-people, it's full of advanced techniques for psychotherapists and coaches. The book is even written in an embedded transformational language: as you read it, you'll discover that you're seeing the world in a new way, hearing new and useful internal stories, and feeling powerful and resilient. Just the simple act of reading this book will change your life.
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Summary: An excellent summary of NLP and personal transformation
Review: This book is a very accessable and readable and usable summary of, and introduction to, NLP. It puts it in the context of ADD, which is very useful and appropriate, but it's also a very solid NLP book in its own right.
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Summary: This book is a must for all educators!
Review: This book offers practical exercises that will change the way
educators look at ADD as well as how they work with their
students. The suggestions and exercises in the book were helpful, not
only to my ADD students but to all my students. It offers a healing
peaceful way to relate to and assist students in the classroom. Wish I
had read it years ago. The class met each new exercise with a real
sense of adventure and discovery, taking the the exercises home to
share with their parents. Soon parents were involved and asking
questions. It was wonderful! ...
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