{"id":3264,"date":"2018-10-15T18:51:19","date_gmt":"2018-10-15T18:51:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/dragons-den-star-says-he-owes-his-success-to-dyslexia\/"},"modified":"2018-10-15T18:51:19","modified_gmt":"2018-10-15T18:51:19","slug":"dragons-den-star-says-he-owes-his-success-to-dyslexia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/dragons-den-star-says-he-owes-his-success-to-dyslexia\/","title":{"rendered":"Dragons&#8217; Den star says he owes his success to dyslexia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div property=\"articleBody\">\n<figure class=\"media-with-caption\">\n<div class=\"player-with-placeholder\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"media-placeholder player-with-placeholder__image lead-video-placeholder\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/images\/ic\/720x405\/p06nxxzx.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Media playback is unsupported on your device<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><figcaption class=\"media-with-caption__caption\"><span class=\"off-screen\">Media caption<\/span>Dragons&#8217; Den star says he owes his success to dyslexia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">Businessman and former Dragons&#8217; Den star Theo Paphitis has credited dyslexia for his success.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Paphitis told BBC 5 live&#8217;s Wake Up to Money that the disorder, which affects reading, writing and spelling, had forced him to find solutions.<\/p>\n<p>That had given him the confidence to tackle any business problems.<\/p>\n<p>His experience tallies with a study by the Made by Dyslexia charity which says people with dyslexia have a &#8220;unique set of skills&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>These include reasoning, communicating and visualising &#8211; all identified as key attributes for a modern workforce by the World Economic Forum. <\/p>\n<ul class=\"story-body__unordered-list\">\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/newsbeat\/article\/35531547\/five-myths-about-living-with-dyslexia-dispelled\" class=\"story-body__link\">Six myths about living with dyslexia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"story-body__crosshead\">&#8216;Lessons of life&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>It is thought about 10% of the UK population have some form of dyslexia, but a recent YouGov study found that only 3% see it as a positive attribute. That&#8217;s despite major figures such as Thomas Edison, Albert Einstein, Steve Jobs and Henry Ford all experiencing the condition.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For me dyslexia was an advantage, as painful as it was,&#8221; Mr Paphitis said. &#8220;If I hadn&#8217;t had dyslexia I&#8217;m pretty certain I wouldn&#8217;t be here today because I wouldn&#8217;t have gone down the path I went down. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Even as an 11-year-old I remember quite clearly learning to get round the things I had to do and finding another solution. Whatever it was I had to find another solution.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It really gave me that confidence to be able to tackle anything in business, but not from an arrogant point of view or a false confidence, but how hard can it be? To look at the problem, break it down find a solution.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He added: &#8220;I think the early years of dyslexia, where you learn to deal with those issues, are the best lessons of life you&#8217;re ever going to have.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape no-caption full-width\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><\/p>\n<p>                 <span class=\"off-screen\">Image copyright<\/span><br \/>\n                 <span class=\"story-image-copyright\">Tiger Aspect<\/span><\/p>\n<p>            <\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"story-body__crosshead\">Problem solving<\/h2>\n<p>Mr Paphitis owns High Street stores such as Robert Dyas and Ryman Stationery, but started working life as a filing clerk at an insurance firm in the City. &#8220;I could make the tea but no one could find any of the files,&#8221; he joked.<\/p>\n<p>He said he discovered that he had a passion for retail after applying for a job as a sales assistant at a watch company in London.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I went there on a Saturday, had my interview, got the job and started on the Monday. I was so nervous&#8230; working in retail had everything that fitted with my make-up, my abilities and I didn&#8217;t have to use a pen once.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Lots of entrepreneurs are dyslexic, he says. &#8220;There is a very good reason for that &#8211; one, they are good at problem solving, but secondly no one else would give them a job.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Kate Griggs, who founded Made by Dyslexia, said: &#8220;People with Dyslexia see the world in a different way and are not tied to conventional thinking &#8211; as technology advances these skills will become increasing valuable to industry.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She added: &#8220;Managers should be trained to understand dyslexic traits and the implications and impacts on ways of working.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/business-45861658\">Source<\/a> by <a href=\"\">[author_name]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionDragons&#8217; Den star says he owes his success to dyslexia Businessman and former Dragons&#8217; Den star Theo Paphitis has credited dyslexia for his success. 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