4. Dyslexic Thinking and changemakers

This course introduces you to some of the world’s most powerful changemakers, from John F. Kennedy to Muhammad Ali, Erin Brockovich to Eleanor Roosevelt.

It finds that while everyone has the ability to create change, dyslexics tap into the skills they are hardwired with to approach changemaking differently. It notes that change starts with one person who's brave enough to stick their hand up and say, 'You know what, this isn't right. I'm going to do something'.

   What makes dyslexics such powerful changemakers?

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KATE GRIGGS

What do all of these people have in common? John F Kennedy. Muhammad Ali. Erin Brockovich or Eleanor Roosevelt. They were all dyslexic, and each one used their Dyslexic Thinking to transform the world we live in. But what makes dyslexics such powerful changemakers? Apple Founder, Steve Jobs, said, 'The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones that do.' There's a lot of truth in that.

But change starts with one person who's brave enough to stick their head up and say, 'You know what? This isn't right, I’m going to do something'. While everyone has the ability to create change, dyslexics tap into the skills they are hardwired with to approach changemaking differently. And those are skills I'll share in this course.

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