Good question:
One take on it is that in some cases having a big problem in life forces you to adapt and by doing so you learn skills (without knowing it at the time) that allow you to do other things:
Concrete example: In David and Goliath, Malcolm Gladwell writes how among a group of successful entrepreneurs A LOT of them will have dyslexia (Richard Branson one of the more famous ones).
Having dyslexia is very hard on kids, and presents huge problems BUT
if you are able to confront and find ways around this problem, it develops very useful skills.
*Gladwell refers to as "desirable difficulties," or challenges that force people to learn new skills that prove extremely helpful later in life.
"They’re learning delegation, how to communicate with other people [and] motivate other people," Gladwell says.*
https://www.inc.com/graham-winfrey/malcolm-gladwell-on-why-entrepreneurs-need-adversity-to-succeed.html
I like to call it: "necessity is the mother of all inventions"
Note: A lot of people read this and make the WRONG logical conclusion.
Not ALL dyslexic people become good entrepreneurs.
But if you are very good at dealing and working around your dyslexia, you have a better than average skillset as an entrepreneur (depending on what field you choose of course)
Dyslexia is a very hard problem and makes normal life extremely difficult. Even most successful dyslexic people would not wish it on their worst enemy.
In my article on the Idea economy, I write about how we ALL will need to learn new skills to be successful in the future.
Perhaps successful dyslexic people will have even more advantages?
https://steemit.com/introduceyourself/@the-traveller/the-reason-why-i-want-to-build-a-platform-on-steemit-and-why-you-should-too-the-idea-economy