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My Adventurous Life

By: Dick Smith
Narrated by: Dick Smith
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Entrepreneur, adventurer, philanthropist ... Australian icon Dick Smith shares his extraordinary life story for the first time.

'Part Bear Grylls, part Bill Gates, but 100% Aussie larrikin. Dick is a great innovator, philanthropist and adventurer, who in my eyes can do no wrong.' - Paul Hogan

'Businessman, adventurer, philanthropist . . . Dick Smith is a true Australian legend.' - Greg Mortimer OAM

'I have been charmed by good fortune to be born in Australia in the 1940s. I have lived through a time of great prosperity and every day I am reminded of my good luck.'

Dick Smith is a remarkable and proud Australian. He has been part of our national consciousness for over fifty years as an innovative and astute businessman, a ground-breaking adventurer, a generous philanthropist and a provocateur for the causes he feels deeply about. Yet, despite his great successes and achievements, Dick has remained down to earth and close to his roots.

So how did the young boy who was one of the most academically hopeless in class become the national living treasure he is today? And what was it within that kid with a speech impediment that allowed him to create three successful businesses, and take on some of the world's greatest and most dangerous aviation challenges?

In My Adventurous Life, Dick shares his inspiring story and the lessons he's learned about staying true to yourself. He has welcomed the freedoms that wealth brings, but has found the simple life more fulfilling. His responsibility is to the world and the people we share it with. Adventurers, Explorers & Survival Business Professionals & Academics Adventure
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Loved it, we need more people like this and very honest about life. Highly recommend.

Amazing Australian

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You are a true Australian business icon, your biography is a great insight to all the amazing things you have accomplished.

Great biography Dick.

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Dick is a great narrator and had a wonderful life’s journey and ethics I enjoyed his story

Everything in the book

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An honest and open account of the amazing adventures and inner workings of the mind of one of Australia’s most amazing entrepreneurs.

Inspirational!

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Dick makes no secret his fortune helped him achieve many things. But those achievements took guts, calculated risks, planning and having set indicators to say this is enough. His passion for Australia is commended amongst many other things.

Inspiring

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