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Subject: Re: Can I be a Personal Assistant?

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Russell Van Brocklen

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Date Posted: 17:17:20 08/08/11 Mon
In reply to: Ash 's message, "Can I be a Personal Assistant?" on 09:54:44 03/03/11 Thu

Yes, I did the same job right out of college. However, I never told by boss that I was dyslexic because every time I did I found that it was only a matter of time before I was going to be fired.

People just do not understand how an obviously educated person could make all kinds of spelling mistakes. I used MS Word spell check on everything, and stayed late finish everything up.

I developed a program to help dyslexic individuals like yourself to overcome most of your selling and writing issues in about 50-100 hours of instruction. If you are interested, please contact me at:

dyslexi2@dyslexiaconsultants.com

We worked with Helene Hewitt's son Adam, who had similar spelling issues that you have, you can contact her at Heenie58@yahoo.com for a reference.

I created http://www.dyslexiaconsultants.com/ to provide the best general information on dyslexia online. In order to support the website I am starting an online tutoring business for highly motivated dyslexic high school and college students, using an innovative new approach based on the latest research in neural science, which was presented at the International Dyslexia Association, New York City Branch, in 2006.

In order to get a better idea about the capability of the online tutoring service I am offering, please visit www.TutorFi.com/demo and take a minute to view the video.

Please give me your feedback regarding the video and if you know any motivated dyslexic high school or college student�s that could use my special assistance, please visit me at http://www.tutorfi.com/manhattan-tutor and fill out the form on the right side of the webpage, below my picture.

I would appreciate you visiting me at http://www.dyslexiaconsultants.com/.

Russell Van Brocklen

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Date Posted: 14:52:14 08/22/11 Mon

Maybe a bit late in responding to this but I've been in the workforce for a few years now (I�m 56) and here�s what I can tell you. And tell your boss I said so. The one thing we have is we problem solve differently than most and we see things from a completely different angle and we see obvious roadblocks in a business plan that others don�t. We, at least me I don�t solve problems laterally. I have about 10,000 ideas all firing at the same time and bam one will show up as a �what about this� statement. I have no formal education past grade 12 and have been on so many high level management workshops and been the focal point of discussions because I have the ability to see a way through a problem or see potential problems when others don�t. So...use your strong abilities and don�t try to force yourself to use the weak ones. If your boss is intelligent he�ll pick up on the fact that you have some special skills and I�m betting that�s what he was thinking when he hired you. I wont say dyslexia is a gift or blessing but it does have some advantages. many disadvantages but forget those and head for the strong areas.