Dyslexia Forces People To Master Verbal Communication It has long been known that dyslexics are drawn to running their own businesses, where they can get around their weaknesses in reading and writing and play on their strengths. A new study of entrepreneurs in the United Says advocates that dyslexia is much more common among small-business owners than even […]
Dyslexia Forces People To Master Verbal Communication
It has long been known that dyslexics are drawn to running their own businesses, where they have the ability to get around their weaknesses in reading and writing and play on their strengths. A new study of entrepreneurs in the United Says advocates that dyslexia is much more common among small-business owners than even the experts had thought. Julie Logan, a professor of entrepreneurship at the Cass Business School in London, found that more than a third of the entrepreneurs she had surveyed — 35%— identified themselves as dyslexic. The study also concluded that dyslexics were more likely than nondyslexics to delegate authority, to excel in oral communication and problem solving and were twice as prone to own two or more businesses.
“We found that dyslexics who succeed had overcome an awful lot in their lives by developing compensatory skills,” Professor Logan said. One reason that dyslexics are drawn to entrepreneurship, Professor Logan stated, is that strategies they have used since childhood to offset their weaknesses in written communication and organizational capability — identifying trustworthy people and handing over major responsibilities to them — can be applied to businesses. Entrepreneurs are hands-on people who push a minimum of paper, do lots of stuff orally instead of reading and writing, and delegate authority, all of which advocates a high verbal facility. Compare that with corporate managers who read, read, read. Only 1% of corporate managers in the United Says have dyslexia.
Individuals who have difficulty reading and writing tend to deploy other strengths. They rely on mentors, and as a result, become very good at reading other people and delegating duties to them. They become adept at using visual strengths to solve problems.
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