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Richard Branson: How A Dyslexic Drop-out Built A Billion Dollar Empire

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

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How Did You Cope With Dyslexia?

You went off to boarding school at seven years old, which in and of itself is a pretty extreme experience for a seven year old. At the time did you know what dyslexia was or what it meant? I just assumed that I must be a little bit thick. And so I suppose in my head I rebelled against being taught things that I couldn't see the relevance of. It ended with me rebelling from actually staying at school and leaving school at fifteen. And creating some creating a magazine which to try to sort of address some of the issues in the world. You and me both have a similarity in that we were hopeless in school.

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