Disorderly Conduct Entrepreneurs make their quirks work for them.

Sometimes Brook Noel finds it helpful to focus on details andpursue perfection like a true obsessive-compulsive. "IfI'm going to have a real analytical week, sometimes I'll gooff my medicine, because those skills come in handy," says thefounder of Champion Press Ltd. in Fredonia, Wisconsin, who wasdiagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder as a teenager.

Noel says that other times, OCD can be a hang-up. "I'vehad to learn to give people an assignment, let them know theresults I expect and give them the control to get from Point A toPoint B," says Noel, 31, who employs nine at the bookpublisher she founded in 1997, which is on target to bring in $2million in sales this year.

Noel says OCD motivated her to start her company because of herdesire for control. Another entrepreneur, Kinko's founderPaulOrfalea, started his company because hisconditions--hyper-activity and dyslexia--made him practicallyunemployable. And an increasing number of people thinkmental-health conditions like OCD, hyperactivity and others can becompatible with successful entrepreneurship.