I had sought experiences
from people on how they feel about dyslexia and their experience of it as a
gift.
This article to explain on how a dyslexic brain works and what are the traits that people can possess with such thinking style. Please share your feedback and your thoughts.
If you are a dyslexic or parent or a friend of
a dyslexic you will relate with qualities listed below.
Gifts that come along with pains of being a
Dyslexic thinker are associated with their versatile ability to-
- Perceive their thoughts as reality and alter them at will.
- They can have multisensory, 3 dimensional thinking style; mostly think in images with highly vivid imagination.
- High Emotional Quotient
- Highly intuitive and insightful
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| Verbal Thinking - Thoughts as self speech |
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| Non Verbal Thinking - Thoughts are multi dimensional, including all senses |
These qualities bestow them with following abilities-
- One who can view things in broader perspective
- Out of the box solution providers
- Can see correlation in things which people generally ignore.
- Inventor
- Innovator
- Good at design
- Good at mechanics
- Good at science and engineering
- Individuals with very high emotional intelligence
- Good at interpersonal skills as they have great empathy too
- Highly imaginative, so can excel in creative field.
- Good at dramatics
and many more such amazing qualities…
- One who can view things in broader perspective
- Out of the box solution providers
- Can see correlation in things which people generally ignore.
- Inventor
- Innovator
- Good at design
- Good at mechanics
- Good at science and engineering
- Individuals with very high emotional intelligence
- Good at interpersonal skills as they have great empathy too
- Highly imaginative, so can excel in creative field.
- Good at dramatics
and many more such amazing qualities…
We have many examples to corroborate this. Below are some high achievers in their fields and proud dyslexics-
Richard Branson- A billionaire, founder of Virgin group. He says "Once
freed from archaic schooling practices and preconceptions, my mind opened up.
Out in the real world, my dyslexia became my massive advantage: it helped me to
think creatively and laterally, and see solutions where others saw problems."
Tom cruise – One of the most successful star in Hollywood. He was diagnosed with learning disability when he was 7 years old. Tom says," I trained myself to focus my attention. I became very visual and learned how to create mental images in order to comprehend what I read."
John Chambers – Former CEO of Cisco, he is
dyslexic and had turned his dyslexia to his advantage. He says," I give no speeches: I just do an outline in my head".
These few examples highlight on the 'giftedness' of the brain in non verbal thinking. And how these successful people had managed their dyslexia.
Some of the other well-known
personalities -
Agatha Crystie
Albert Einstein
Leonardo di vinci
Walt Disney
Steven Spielberg
Steve Jobs
Tommy Hilfiger
Jay Leno
Many more such examples of success stories, you can google and read more about them. I am sharing a link where you can find the consolidated information - https://www.dyslexia.com/about-dyslexia/dyslexic-achievers/
Links on interview experts, news articles, websites I have referred -
https://chiefexecutive.net/quarter-ceos-dyslexic-says-ciscos-john-chambers/
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