Late blooming is a typical profile for dyslexic young people because their talents and their challenges are all over the place – and things you’re supposed to learn in school (reading, writing, arithmetic) are difficult if not impossible to automate.
Lewis Hamilton has been hailed as the one the greatest Formula 1 drivers of all time. He's won 7 world championships and holds many racing championship records. As a 10 year old, Lewis made a name for himself because he walked up to McLaren team boss Ron Dennis,...
“It’s a different way of seeing the world and it’s very powerful. What I want to get across is it’s more of a gift. It’s not a struggle. It’s not a disease. It’s not a thing that prevents you from doing well in life.” — Andrew Reeves, Architect and CEO of Linebox Studio It took a card game on a vacation to make Andrew Reeves realize that he was dyslexic at the age of 42. A comment from a friend put him on a journey of discovery and now he is aware of the skills and the mindset that he has due to being dyslexic.
From CBC News: “What was your experience as a kid? It was frustrating. Obviously, our school system, […]
“I loved being innovative and I loved discovering new ways to interpret the flowers…you have to solve one technical problem after the other….pay attention…and follow what is interesting to you…” — Paul Stankard, Master Glass Artist Paul Stankard is a pioneer in glass art and his works can be found at the Smithsonian, Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Louvre, and Corning Museum of Glass among others. When he struggled in school with unrecognized dyslexia, he just thought he was stupid. It wasn’t until he was around the age of 27 that he heard then decathlon winner Bruce Jenner talk about his struggles in school that Paul recognized that he was dyslexic too.
Paul’s father was a chemist and he and his mother […]
“It was my dyslexia that made me who I am today.” — Guy Cornet, Creative DIrector Free Partners Creative director Guy Cornet recently reflected on his dyslexia in a recent post on Creative Bloq. It made me listen It made me relate It made me hungry It made me fair It made me think It made me understand people It made me passionate It made me have doctors handwriting It made me a creative From the interview: “A lot of neurodivergent individuals have found solace in the creative space. This is a place that has been built for people who think differently. And the industry needs fresh outlooks to stay ahead of the curve…
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Recently, I came across a paper, by Landmark College Professor Ken Gobbo, writing about the early life of artist Chuck Close – and this led me to an oral history recorded at the Smithsonian.
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“Would you like me to give you a formula for success? It’s quite simple, really. Double your rate of failure.” — Thomas Watson, Jr. Recently, I had the chance to interview Tom Watson Jr’s grandson, Ralph Watson McElvenny and his co-author Marc Wortman. Tom Watson Jr. was one of those people who seemed to live larger than life. He struggled mightily as a child – and was sort of a black sheep of a talented family for years, but he found his niche – and later expanded that into multiple niches, There’s a lot to be gained from learning more about his life. From the book’s press release: “Nearly fifty years into IBM’s existence, Thomas Watson Jr. undertook the biggest gamble in business […]
Nick Koshnick is a Stanford PhD and seasoned entrepreneur who raised money from companies like Google and Andreessen, and then sold the company.. He's also dyslexic. Now, he's co-founded StoriedWork.com with business partner Frank Corrigan. Storied has been nicknamed...
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“Striving for perfection can get in the way during the early stages of the creative process.” — David Kelley David Kelley is recognized as one of the world’s leading design innovators. He is also dyslexic and dysgraphic. In addition to founding Stanford University Design School, David co-founded IDEO, a design company that, among other things, designed the prototype for the computer mouse that we know today. In The Art of Innovation, David’s brother Tom wrote about how David loved to make things as a little kid, and as early as he could remember, he believed in the process of starting somewhere and continually improving something until it really works. When Tom was only six, he remembers David improving how he built snowmen until […]
"Don't get frustrated with yourself. There are things that you're going to struggle with. Lean into the things that you do well, those strengths...and don't dwell on how people treat you. You're smart and probably smarter than a lot of other people. The world...
UC Irvine Professor Roxanne Varzi is a creative anthropologist, filmmaker, and mystery author. She shared her dyslexia journey in a previous interview HERE. In my interview below, I learned that Roxanne was drawn to the field of cultural anthropology by its...
Brilliant comedian Tommy Smothers of Smothers Brothers fame passed away at the age of 86. Condolences to his family and loved ones. “My comedy came out of my dyslexia…I search for words. I don’t stutter but there’s a timing that I discovered that was comedic timing, which is the process of getting to the next sentence or the next idea or the next concept. It’s kind of disjointed and not very articulate but it was a character that could say things.” — Tommy Smothers Tommy and his brother on the Judy Garland show. Tommy’s comedy sketch about being “inarticulate.”
