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“Maybe the wild ones weren't hyperactive; maybe they were misplaced heroes. After all, in another era, the same behavior that is now throttled with Ritalin and disciplinary rap sheets would have been the mark of greatness, the early blooming of a true champion. Riordan played with the idea, imagining the what-ifs. What if strong, assertive children were redirected rather than discouraged? What if there were a place for them, an outdoor training camp that felt like a playground, where they could cut loose with all those natural instincts to run, wrestle, climb, swim, and explore?”

Heroes Hyperactivity

Book:Natural Born Heroes: How a Daring Band of Misfits Mastered the Lost Secrets of Strength and Endurance

Source: Natural Born Heroes: How a Daring Band of Misfits Mastered the Lost Secrets of Strength and Endurance

“She's always getting into trouble because she gets bored really really easily. [...] My mum says it's because Celia has an attention span the size of a sesame seed. Celia's mum says it's because Celia's identity is unfurling itself slowly, like a tulip bud, and it's a breathtakingly beautiful thing to see.”

Humor Humour Attention Span Hyperactivity Getting Into Trouble

Book:Feeling Sorry for Celia

Source: Feeling Sorry for Celia

“Noble starets, tell me, are my high spirits offensive to you or not?" Fyodor Pavlovich suddenly exclaimed, gripping the arms of his chair with both hands and appearing ready to leap out of it, depending on the reply.”

Humor Comedy Hyperactivity Buffoonery

Book:The Brothers Karamazov

Source: The Brothers Karamazov

“I think crazy people are helpful, crazy people who are the catalysts who make other things happen for everyone else. It's almost as if they're not really making things happen in their own life, but their hyperactivity is triggered for everyone else.”

People Ifs Thinking Happens Crazy Things Happen Helpful Catalyst Crazy People Hyperactivity

Author:Whit Stillman

“If you took our top fifteen decisions out, we'd have a pretty average record. It wasn't hyperactivity, but a hell of a lot of patience. You stuck to your principles and when opportunities came along, you pounced on them with vigor.”

Ifs Opportunity Wealth Decision Money Principles Hell Records Investing Average Stuck Investors Fifteen Vigor Hyperactivity

Author:Charlie Munger

“Meditation gives you an opportunity to come to know your invisible self. It allows you to empty yourself of the endless hyperactivity of your mind, and to attain calmness. It teaches you to be peaceful, to remove stress, to receive answers where confusion previously reigned.”

Knows Giving Mind Self Opportunity Answers Teach Meditation Empty Stress Inner Peace Endless Invisible Confusion Peaceful Remove Calmness Hyperactivity

Author:Wayne Dyer

“From the point of view of the meditative traditions the entire society is suffering from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.”

Suffering Views Attention Tradition Point Of View Disorder Deficit Hyperactivity

Author:Jon Kabat-Zinn

“As the nature deficit grows, another emerging body of scientific evidence indicates that direct exposure to nature is essential for physical and emotional health. For example, new studies suggest that exposure to nature may reduce the symptoms of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), and that it can improve all children's cognitive abilities and resistance to negative stresses and depression.”

“Indeed, my wish is quite simple: if we could learn to recognise and evade the biggest errors in our thinking - in our private lives, at work or in government - we might experience a leap in prosperity. We need no extra cunning, no new ideas, no unnecessary gadgets, no frantic hyperactivity - all we need is less irrationality.”

Ifs Thinking Needs Ideas Government Might Wish Simple Errors Prosperity Extras Leap New Ideas Unnecessary Cunning Private Life Recognise Gadgets Frantic Irrationality My Wish Hyperactivity

Author:Rolf Dobelli