Smith has given TedxYouth talks where discusses both the challenge and the opportunity that dyslexia offers him. In a Huffington Post article, he says he chooses to run with his strengths, while not letting his weaknesses hold him back.
“The greatest thing about having dyslexia," he says, "is our impeccable problem-solving skills which can be uncanny to some people. In my mind, I know exactly how to go forward and how other industries need to move and this is proven as I have been ‘project managing’ for a failing business recently to simply problem solve and get it running."