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.
Dyslexia has its advantages. What are some you’ve found in research or in life?
Elliot Weissbluth overcame dyslexia to be successful by focusing on single-tasking.
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.
Among the most important tactics Mr. Weissbluth employs to overcome this learning disorder is to shun multi-tasking.
Laura Lurns · Learning Success expert
Key takeaways
- 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.
- He figured out how to use it to his advantage.
- Weissbluth employs to overcome this learning disorder is to shun multi-tasking.
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