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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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Do You Have Any Idea Where That Instinct Came From?

One of the threads throughout your story which shocked me, surprised me and inspired me in many ways was this continual desire to move on to the next thing. Do you have any idea where that instinct or that characteristic came from in you? I am son of Eve which is my mum's name. But it's also because I was dyslexic and pretty hopeless at school I've forever been trying to prove something to myself and prove something when she was alive to her and my dad. And I'm inquisitive, I just love learning about new things. Particularly if I feel other people are not doing it well and I just love diving in there and trying to shake up an industry that is

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