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Successful Entrepreneurs with Dyslexia on NBC

Looked down the list of prominent Americans from business to entertainment and beyond you'll find people who overcame the challenge of dyslexia there's now actually hard evidence showing what can seem like a difficult challenge early on in life can turn out to provide a winning edge later on. Here is our chief medical correspondent Dr Nancy Snider. Richard Branson of Virgin Group is the man known for his insatiable curiosity and business ingenuity. [Richard Branson ] We simplify everything I think because we have to fairly simple straightforward approach and the majority people embraced Virgin. Branson attributes his success in small part to his dyslexia a learning disorder affecting reading and writing comprehension [Richard Branson] In some ways I think that dyslexia is helpful in getting our messages across to people. It turns out he's not alone in a new survey out of London one in three US entrepreneur is identifies himself as dyslexic if you have dyslexic you’ve got your own ways of doing things you don't like a very structured environment. Famous dyslexics said they learned to compensate for the learning problems by developing other skills like oral communication and delegating responsibility and problem solving. Dyslexics are not dumb or lazy. They have an average IQ two or even above average IQ of their regular person the only problem they have is with reading. Dyslexia can result in confusing words and understanding this sentence for example Ann must drink milk was written like this by an eight-year-old dyslexic student. Daniel Kessler runs a small business teaching self defense courses he says after flailing in school he was more determined than ever to succeed [Daniel Kessler ] they give you an “A” for memorizing spelling words and they give you an “A” for writing an essay but they don't give you an “A” for being able to show leadership. So many schools have a cookie cutter approach to education and that can be a struggle for dyslexic student who doesn't fit a cookie cutter model one common theme among creative people of dyslexia is the ability to find those leadership skills within themselves and then run with them Dr Nancy Spider Man NBC News Atlanta. And that's our broadcast for this Thursday night from New York thank you for being with us on Brian Williams we sure hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening good night.

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