Allen & Unwin

Whatever will happen to Dick? -- The feet of young men -- The power of love -- Planning my first expedition -- Some valuable life lessons -- Dick Smith, 'sales engineer' -- Picking up the basics of business -- Dick Smith, car radio nut -- A heady mix of catalogues and free publicity -- Champagne on ice -- Conquering Ball's Pyramid at last -- Change is in the air -- Taking to the skies -- Solo around the world in a helicopter -- Dick Smith's journal of adventure and discovery -- Solo to the top of the world -- Never complain about your tax -- Aviation safety reform -- Third time lucky -- Off the edge of the world -- Never-ending adventure -- Marching to a different drum.. - '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 and wealth brings, but has found the simple life more fulfilling. His responsibility is to the world and the people we share it with.

Autobiographies. : (OCoLC)fst01919894. - Biographies. : (OCoLC)fst01919896

Australia. : (OCoLC)fst01204543

338.092

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