All these activities and distractions, within the scenario of ADD, ended up causing a major breakthrough in her life. She got involved with the wrong type of people(but was too busy and enchanted with everything else that she did to really notice that), let go of caution, and literally lost everything that she had. It took this formidable loss, a move to another country, and a restart in life totally on her own, to help her overcome her ADD with a strong sense of responsibility, self-observation, self-reliance, and self-accountability. She began practicing self-leadership long before knowing what it was. "Self-leadership helped me have a second chance in life," says Ana.