Dick Smith is sharing his own story of success as HSC students sit their exams.

The entrepreneur has shared his life story in a new book, My Adventurous Life, telling Ben Fordham he wasn’t very good at school.

“Parents and grandparents, who are worried about their children or grandchildren if they’re no good at schoolwork, don’t worry too much I was absolutely hopeless … but I managed to do OK.”

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