Overloaded Circuits: Why Smart People Underperform. The Idea in Brief Frenzied executives who fidget through meetings, miss appointments, and jab at the elevator’s “door close” button aren’t crazy—just crazed.
They’re suffering from a newly recognized neurological phenomenon called attention deficit trait (ADT). Marked by distractibility, inner frenzy, and impatience, ADT prevents managers from clarifying priorities, making smart decisions, and managing their time. This insidious condition turns otherwise talented performers into harried underachievers. And it’s reaching epidemic proportions. [Research to Prevent Blindness] Research to Prevent Blindness.
Solutions for the Blind, Visually Impaired and for people with Learning and Reading Difficulties. National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders [NIDCD] How we see color - Colm Kelleher.