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Disorderly ConductEntrepreneurs make their quirks work for them.

ByMark Henricks

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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 ofChampion 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.

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