“He had a sheet of paper that he had already coloured in blue and he drew a fishing net in a blue sea with fish in the net,” Branson tells me in an interview. “I think dyslexia helped me on the creative side with simplifying things,” he says. “I think dyslexia definitely made a difference for me, though all dyslexics are not identical. Branson couldn’t persuade a bank to lend the sum but was determined to get the screens installed before rival British Airways. “We need to change how the world perceives dyslexia so that it really understands it properly and dyslexics are nurtured and encouraged to focus on their strengths.”

Source: Forbes March 07, 2019 18:33 UTC