Jim Poole > Quotes

“the huge variation across people in terms of attention span, inhibitory control, and reward sensitivity is strongly related to genes, yet such differences were not terribly salient or impairing until society decided that all children needed to sit still in classrooms.”
― Jim Poole, Flipping ADHD on Its Head: How to Turn Your Child's "Disability" into Their Greatest Strength

“While I was winning at swimming, I wanted to keep practicing; I wanted to keep winning. I loved the feeling I had when I won races. Once I transitioned to the next age group and began losing, my reward center started pushing me in other directions. I had the choice of either becoming a better swimmer—which seemed impossible to me—or quitting and finding pleasure in a different activity. Perceiving no reward in swimming, quitting was the natural decision.”
― Jim Poole, Flipping ADHD on Its Head: How to Turn Your Child's "Disability" into Their Greatest Strength