John Spence is extraordinary!

Katie Piper's Extraordinary People

Sony Music

Health & Fitness, Arts, Society & Culture

4.8 • 657 Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2019

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Recorded live at the Twinings - Here for You event in London, in this episode Katie is speaking with John Spence. John grew up without knowing he was dyslexic, had ADHD and Mearse-Irlen Syndrome. He wasn’t diagnosed until he was thirty four years old and had not read a book up until that point. Having his confidence shattered in school as a child hasn’t held him back. John shares his extraordinary story of resilience, determination and positivity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:21.3	Hi guys, we're at the Twinings Here for You event in London, going live with my podcast, Katie Piper's Extraordinary People.
1:33.8	Thank you very much. I think lots of us identify as different roles. And here today, I'm in my
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2:05.1	So if you're already following my podcast, I suppose you'll realise that that actually fits in quite nicely with some of the previous guests that I've been fortunate enough to have on to talk to me because they've all shown incredible
2:19.0	defence, incredible emotional resilience. And it's often a question that I get asked in interviews,
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