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Tommy Mallet admits his dyslexia has made business a ‘struggle’ but he always knew he’d be a millionaire
TOMMY Mallet has admitted his dyslexia has made running a business a ‘struggle’,
But the TOWIE favourite reveals he always knew he’d be a millionaire.
Tommy Mallet has admitted his dyslexia made aspect of business ‘a struggle’[/caption]
Tommy, 28, who recently welcomed his first child with girlfriend Georgia Kousoulou, owns Mallet London, a footwear business regularly raking in seven figures each year.
The reality show favourite spoke honestly about his dyslexia to BBC Radio 5 Live as part of their Word Matters adult literacy project.
He admitted: “More so when I got older, and I realised it affected me more than anything.
“When I started going into business, started having to read documents, buying cars and insurance and so on.”
But overcoming this has seen his footwear company go on to make millions[/caption]
The pair were regulars on The Only Way is Essex[/caption]
Tommy explained: “I can read anything that’s in front of me. I can read a text message, it’s just anything in-depth. I can get by. I’m getting better as I’m getting older.
“I’m putting a lot of energy into it. I’m taking my time, I’m finding a bit more patience which I don’t think I’ve ever had. So I’m getting there.
“But it’s quite a struggle on the day-to-day when you receive letters, legal letters, insurance documents, to be able to go through and things like that.”
The father-of-one added that he now has “someone I can forward them straight onto who has to go through them with me.”
As well as welcoming his son Brody last week, in April Tommy celebrated when he made the Forbes 30 under 30 list of most influential entrepreneurs.
The businessman has a multi-million pound footwear company[/caption]
The new dad says he always knew he was going to be a millionaire[/caption]
His self-assurance when it comes to his success is clear to see, despite the knockbacks he’s previously had.
On working in other companies, he recalled: “On my day to day work, if they give me an email to write, it would take me hours to do it.
“I feel like I got bullied by the older people I used to work for at the time.
“I was reading a newspaper, for example, trying to fit in and the guy took it off me and threw it over the other side of the room and said, ‘Go and pick that up, you can’t even read it’.”
Mallet went on: “I knew what I was worth and I knew I was worth more than someone telling me what to do and throwing a newspaper.
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“I always knew I was a leader from a young age and I always knew that I was going to be a success.’
He added: “I always knew I’d be the best at whatever I’d do. And I had that from a young age, like 12 I think, earlier, I think 9. I think I first told my dad I was going to be a millionaire at the age of 9.
“So when I’ve got a guy that works in an office, been wearing the same suit all week and the same shirt, throwing a newspaper and calling me stupid, I feel like it was just something that set the pace to show me I shouldn’t have been where I was and I needed to just level up and go elsewhere.
“That’s how it all started for me.”
