Success Coach LLC.

I have been helping people learn how to live successful lives since 1985. Those people have ranged from 4 years to 62 years. They are Pediatric MDs, Nurses, Special Education Teachers, Students, Business Entrepreneurs, Professionals, Parents, Adolesents, Grandparents, Children with Developmental Disabilities and people from all walks of life. My role has been Coach, Advocate, Mentor and Friend.

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING:

"It is not an exaggeration to say that I found you at a very crucial time... Those who come to you for help will not be disappointed. Not only do you have the wisdom - you have a big Heart and the desire for others to enjoy the success you have had".

Pediatric M.D. w ADHD - Grand Island NE

"Dear Coach, I hope so much you are doing well, for without you I would not have ever started the journey of my life, as you gave to me a begining (a foundation) to start".

Adult with ADHD - Marion NC

"Once again thank you for your help. The work you are doing is a Godsend to children".

Parent of 16 year old with ADHD and multiple LDs - Anderson IN

"Its such a relief to have finally met some one who can empathize with the challenges that can be so frustrating and be able to help me overcome them".

Adult Professional w/ ADHD - Indianapolis

"Thank you again for teaching us what is right and fair. Had it not been for you, we most likely would not have known until it was too late. We are so proud of Robbie's graduation...

Parents of Robbie - High Point NC

"You are the best. You helped my daughter and I understand each other. You helped her work through her adolescent oppositionalism"

Mom with teen daughter - San Diego CA

BRIEF RESUME

Board of Directors -                 2006 - current

Support for those children and adults needing help with learning

CHADD - Children & Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder - Coordinator for North and South Carolina - 2001 to 2003 & Central Indiana Chapters 1998 to 2001

Support for those children and adults dealing with attention and learning issues.

ADDA  Coordinator - Indiana 2007 - current

& President - Indiana 1999 - 2001

Adult support group provides caring help for adults with ADD/ADHD/LD

Technology Advantage Group - Principal

1988 to 1998

A counsulting group specializing in product to market and technology development

Indiana Business Modernization & Technology Corporation - V.P./COO

1991 to 1997

A not-for profit helping small business grow through technology development, capital investment and business resources

ITT Hoffman Specialties Division - CEO

1985 to 1990

A worldwide manufacturer of fluid handling products

Polymer Industries - CEO 1964 - 1985

A worldwide manufacturee of specialty chemicals

Article appearing in "ADDitional Information " a newsletter for ADD adults.Titled "Blessings in Disguise".

Written by Ed Burns, Principal of  Success Coach, LLC.

I earnestly believe that my Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD) has been a true blessing and a positive influence in my having a very successful life. I didn’t know about ADHD until long after the major struggles to succeed in my career were over. It was at a time when my Grandson was diagnosed that I began to recognize that my Grandmother, my five children, now my seven Grandchildren and I, all have ADHD. After Advocating for hundred's of Children and Coaching hundred's of Adults, I understand the impact of my co-morbidities in Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) and Learning Disabilities (LD) in Reading Comprehension and Written Expression.

As a child and particularly as an adolescent, I was very frustrated when I knew I was trying my very best and still not succeeding like my peers. I often heard, "If Edward would apply himself, he could accomplish anything he made his mind up to do.", "Actually he is just plain lazy", "He is wasting his God given gifts of high intelligence and creativity" and "He is not going to amount to much if he doesn’t work harder". I couldn’t recount the three times table in third grade. I failed my favorite language. I planned on going to med school and yet failed Biology (another favorite subject). I was a "terrible" student and feared that I would drop out of school and become a juvenile delinquent. Every one of my "advocates" feared and predicted the same outcome.

At the end of my Junior year of Pre-Med, I concluded there were issues that prevented me from accomplishing what I set out to do. I didn’t know what those issues were. Perhaps I was just fulfilling the prophecy that I heard so frequently. So I left school and joined the Army (I would have been drafted had I not joined). I was a radio operator and a "college kid" (only in for two years). My company had a dismal record of presenting candidates for "Soldier of the Month". In its fifteen-year history, it had never won the award. Some one suggested with a snide laugh, that "we get the college kid to do it". Everyone else had given up. With my "I’ll show you" oppositional demeanor and my strong ADHD desire to succeed, I gave it a try. Well, I not only won "Soldier of the Month" for my company’s group; I won it for all of the Command (California to Alaska). That was a turning point in my life. I realized that if I could dream about what I wanted, I could develop a strategy to get it done. It wouldn’t be the way everybody else did it. It would be a way that was uniquely mine. A way that would test my creative talents and my non-traditional intelligence.

I went back to school after the Army and embarked on careers I never thought imaginable. I became Chief Executive of three industrial companies (all part of Fortune 20 companies), Chief Operating Officer and President of and Modernization and Technology Development organizations for the states of Indiana and New York, the President of the Technology Advantage Group (a business and technology development consulting firm) and the Principal of Educational Advocates and Success Coaches. I’ve traveled the world, lived in many wonderful places, met great people, earned a good income and count my blessings everyday. Including my "Blessing in Disguise".

Youth Sports Coach

USA Ice Hockey - Pepsi Colesium

So. Cal NNHL - Ice Hockey

T-ball            - Ransburg Little League

Girls Softball - Ransburg Little league

                      - Wellington Green County

                      - Furman Youth Assoc.

                      - Mauldin Youth League

Girls Softball - Wizards Travel Team

Girls Basketball - Greenville Cnty Rec.

Asheville Roller Hockey