Weissbluth encourages other people with dyslexia to look for gifts in the steps they use to overcome dyslexia. For example, he used a typewriter in grade school because he couldn’t read his own writing. As a result, he became familiar with computers very quickly and soon became an expert on them.
Elliot Weissbluth on how he uses dyslexia to his advantage #dyslexia
Submitted by Judy Hanning on Mon, 2017-01-30 08:00
Before turning the financial advice company HighTower Advisors into a company with 35 billion dollars in assets and 500 employees, Elliot Weissbluth worked diligently to find a way to cope with his dyslexia. His first success in dealing with dyslexia was forbidding himself to multi task, choosing to focus on one job at a time.
Elliot Weissbluth overcame dyslexia to be successful by focusing on single-tasking.
Key Takeaways:
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Before turning HighTower Advisors into a financial advice company with $35 billion in assets under management and 500 employees, Elliot Weissbluth had to learn how to live successfully with dyslexia.
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He figured out how to use it to his advantage.
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Weissbluth employs to overcome this learning disorder is to shun multi-tasking.