An incredibly high percentage of successful entrepreneurs are dyslexic. That's one of the little-known facts.
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Entrepreneurs with disabilities are overwhelmingly successful.
The most successful entrepreneurs in the world have a combination of the right type of personality and fortunate life circumstance. A lot of them have been doing it most of their life.
The world's most successful entrepreneurs play hard, but they work even harder.
In the end, I think that people that are not willing to take the risk to fail are not true entrepreneurs.
In Silicon Valley, I point out that many of the more successful entrepreneurs seem to be suffering from a mild form of Asperger's where it's like you're missing the imitation, socialization gene.
Whenever people talk about dyslexia, it's important to know that some of the smartest people in the world, major owners of companies, are dyslexic. We just see things differently, so that's an advantage. I just learn a different way; there's nothing bad about it.
I don't want anyone to feel they can't achieve their ambitions if they are dyslexic.
Most entrepreneurs are merely technicians with an entrepreneurial seizure. Most entrepreneurs fail because you are working IN your business rather than ON your business.
Everybody could be an entrepreneur, but very few will become very rich entrepreneurs.
The attributes for entrepreneurs cut both ways. You need the ability to ignore inconvenient facts and see the world as it should be and not as it is. This inspires people to take huge leaps of faith. But this blindness to facts can be a liability, too. The characteristics that help entrepreneurs succeed can also lead to their failure.
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