John Brink read Driven to Distraction in 1997 and recognized himself in its description of ADHD, ending decades of feeling different or broken. The diagnosis shifted how he saw himself and energized his entrepreneurial ventures. He credits understanding ADHD with restoring his confidence and accelerating his business growth.
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From that point forward, my whole life changed. I've always had ADHD. So, and a lot of my life I knew I was different until, until even when I was already in Canada and in 1997, after I'd been here in Canada, I came here in 1965. I was already here for 32 years. Walked into that store right in town here, picked up that book, Driven to Distraction, written by Dr. Corwin Johnson. And, and so when I read the book that he had, and I was sitting there going through it, I said, oh my God, that's me. And if I picked up the book and I showed it to you, that same book, I still have it in my studio. And I wrote inside the book on the first page in Dutch in January 1997. And so for 50 years I knew I was different, but I didn't understand why. I went through all the ups and downs of people saying, well, you know, the guy is dumb and he is this and that and all negative stuff. From that point forward, my whole life changed. I already had numerous companies, but you know, then my company started growing because now I had the confidence.