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Rick Saldan is an excellent inspirational speaker who tailored the seminar to the needs of the individual students being instructed. This office thanks the Mayors Office of Information Services for having such a vendor.

 

Timothy K. Lynch

Office of Fleet Management

City of Philadelphia

 

 

Rick has a magical approach that provides a clear and concise message specifically designed to the needs of his audience. Rick will provide all the motivational magic you will ever need, propelling your organization to the next level of greater success.

 

Thomas Mulhern

Frontier Communications

 

 

Rick Saldan is a compelling and absorbing motivational speaker and magician.  I have been to five of his Motivational Magic presentations and it is amazing how he keeps our college audiences on the edge of their seats. A highly entertaining performer with great comedy flair. Rich content to increase students' productivity, peak performance and motivation. If you need an outstanding motivational speaker for colleges, Rick is definitely one of the world's greatest speakers and magicians!


Dr. Rob Gilbert, Sport Psychologist,

Montclair State University

 

 

Rick Saldan has the wit, wisdom and sorcery of a wizard. He has a dynamic personality, and all will enjoy his captivating stories, comedy and magic!

Dennis Slaughter
Credit Suisse First Boston

 

 

Rick Saldan delivers a first-class show! A pro in every sense of the word. Funny, unique, entertaining and polished.

Brian Letscher, Actor

Hawaii Five-O, NCIS, Cold Case, Law & Order and The Mentalist.

 

 

Rick Saldan is a wonderful combination of master magician, comic improviser and first class speaker. The audience loved his program, which was music to our ears. If you love celebrity motivational speakers such as Tom Hopkins, Dale Carnegie and Zig Ziglar, then you'll love Rick!

Dottie Burman, President
Burtley Productions, Inc.

 

Rick Saldan is an incredibly talented performer and motivational speaker with great insight. He shares many powerful motivational messages that will enhance your life for the better!

Jack Murray, President
Dream Illusions

 

Rick is one of the best inspirational speakers on the scene today. Funny, fun loving and highly energetic. If you want to make your next event into an extraordinary one, then invite professional speaker  Rick Saldan and his amazing  Motivational Magic.

 

Andres Lara, President

Inspiration Times Magazine

 
 

ADHD Analogies from Life
Author: Patrick J. Hurley - ADHD Life Skills Coach

ADHD - Analogies From Life

I have always enjoyed relating symptoms and limitations associated with ADHD to real life examples. I will write about my favorites in this newsletter. Some of them I made up (at least I think I did "you know us ADHD types"), and others I have read elsewhere, or gotten from others.

Toy Top - ADHD peoples' brains work like a child's top. Most of us have a brain that are spinning too slowly and have a wobble. Some have bigger wobbles than others. Like the top, we can wander around life (like the top wanders around the table top). When given stimulant medication, the oxygenated blood supply to the frontal lobe of our brain increases and, like a top that has been sped up, our brains come into balance and spin efficiently and we calm down. It is a great analogy to show people why the seeming paradox of giving a hyperactive person a stimulant drug actually calms them down.
House on Fire - In order to find out about our ADHD we need to know the cause. This is done by educating ourselves. ADHD people are like a house on fire. We must put the fire out first before we can find the cause or help them. By taking medication it allows us to put out the fire, clear some smoke out of the way, and allow the investigation into how best to move forward to begin.
Car/Automobiles - ADHD people can have a NASCAR like car with high intelligence and all the extras, but if we have a problem with our brakes (ability to control impulses quickly) we can be like a high speed car out of control. We can have other problems such as faulty transmission, steering problems, or coolant loss. Whatever the problem is it can lead us to have problems in our lives.

Jigsaw Puzzle - Life for everyone is like putting a jigsaw puzzle of our lives together. "Normal" people, whatever that might mean, seem to be able to find the pieces and make great progress on their puzzles. ADHD people often struggle with our jigsaw puzzles. We try and force pieces into places where they don't belong. We get stuck trying to find a key piece and stall out or hit a wall. It seems like we may have gotten our puzzle from Goodwill or the Salvation Army second hand store, and there are pieces missing. Sometimes the diagnosis of ADHD is enough to get us moving forward. In my own situation, I think I was stuck at about 60% done with mine. I got diagnosed and was able, after several years, to get to about 90% done. I doubt I will make much more progress but that 30% increase was significant in my life.

Tornados (or for our unfortunate friends in Florida, hurricanes) - Tornados and Hurricanes have categories ranging from 1 (mild) to 5 (disastrous) to describe their intensity. I think ADHD has these same intensity. I know people with mild ADHD, which I might classify as level 1. They have some complications that I am not minimizing, but which are manageable. As we move up, we find more and more complications. I guess I consider myself to be a level 2 having met so many people with ADHD. If you are, or know a level 5 ADHD person, they can be scary. Some of them seem to lay waste to everything and everyone in their paths. At the same time, some of those level 5 people have obvious intelligence, gifts and likeable qualities, and your heart just has to go out to them that they can improve and have a better life.

Patrick J. Hurley
http://www.addcorridorcoaching.com








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17 Years as Lieutenant on Johnson County Sheriffs Department Iowa City, Iowa, 5 years as Adult Probation Officer, 7 years as facilitator for ADULT ADHD Support Group. 1 year as full time ADHD Life Skills Coach. Co- Author book to be released Fall 2004 "ADHD & The Criminal Justice System"

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