In 1956 William Whyte argued in his bestseller, “The Organisation Man”, that companies were so in love with “well-rounded” executives that they fought a “fight against genius”. Today many suffer from the opposite prejudice. Software firms gobble up anti-social geeks. Hedge funds hoover up equally oddball quants. Hollywood bends over...
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As you can imagine as the editor of Dyslexia Daily, I receive a lot of emails. Some of those email break my heart. Today I received one such email today from a grandmother whose 14 year old granddaughter was in trouble. I don’t mean she had broken a school rule...
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Soki (Sophie) London is lifestyle blogger based in the UK. With degrees from Warwick and Durham Universities. She currently works as a Management Consultant and a part-time model. She writes about fashion, restaurants and perfume.   But Soki is also dyslexic. Here she talks about how ‘dyslexia’ has impacted her life. Diagnosed at the age of 11, Soki...
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Hi Liz, I came across you on my newsfeed on Facebook and just wanted to share my personal story… in the hope that it may help someone going through a rough time. I am currently 34 years of age and was diagnosed with severe dyslexia when I was in Year...
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Jennifer Aniston doesn’t read much, the result of having dyslexia that affected her school education and her self-esteem. Her dyslexia wasn’t diagnosed until she was in her early 20s. The revelation that she had dyslexia was life-changing she said. “I thought I wasn’t smart. I just couldn’t retain anything,” she...
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Not long ago, I received the most amazing email from a mum whose son is a real live wire. You can watch the YouTube videos of Nathan below to see what I mean. Nathan is a past member of my program The Ten Minute Tutor and a few years ago...
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Joseph Clough (pronounced Cluff) is a number #1 best-selling Hay House author. He has a voice like velvet and has created over 200 hours of hypnosis and coaching MP3s and videos that are downloaded over 3 million times every year and listened to over 250 thousand times per month. Joseph...
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Will Smith has attributed his success over the years to two things: His inability to read and an ex-girlfriend, whom he thinks cheated on him because he couldn’t read and wasn’t good enough. Whether that that was the reason for their split or something else altogether, Will vowed to himself...
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After the tragic death of Alan Rickman, 69 of cancer recently, Stephanie Wickens, says that if it weren’t for reading Harry Potter, she would never have overcome dyslexia as a child. The news of Alan Rickman’s death deeply saddened me as I feel that the Harry Potter franchise has played...
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