Richard Harold Smith or Dick Smith is a passionate man; He is passionate about many things: he is a businessman, an adventurer, a philanthropist and a conservationist. He has made millions of dollars but he is not really interested in the money itself. He was born in Sydney in 1944 and named Australian of the year in 1986.
Dick Smith admits that he was never any good in school and hardly listens at his classes, his action reflects his results . Surprisingly Dick managed to get his Leaving Certificate. How and Why Dick Smith become so successful?
Dick has been able to make his strength work for him and to sideline his weaknesses through a realistic self-acceptance of what he can and cannot do.
One of the most important qualities of an entrepreneur is risk-taking. Dick Smith can qualify as a great risk in business and in his adventure. He liked to push him self on the edge where either he succeed or fail.
Dick Smith love to work hard and insist his staff to work hard as well. The best example of his hard-working is Australian Geographic magazine where he wants first-class journal quality where it was sold out more than 110,000 copies in the f