What can losing your sight teach you about vision? With a TED Talk that’s been viewed over 2 million times and a new book, Eyes Wide Open, Isaac Lidsky shows us why it isn’t external circumstances, but how we perceive and respond to them, that governs our reality.
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Show Notes
- Isaac’s eclectic bio: childhood actor; Harvard graduate; U.S. Supreme Court clerk; speaker; author; CEO (1:45)
- How progressively losing his sight changed his perception of reality (3:55)
- An inside look at his book, Eyes Wide Open (6:09)
- Shifting from anger and “why me” to positivity (7:43)
- How fear keeps us on the sideline (9:18)
- From childhood actor to graduating Harvard at age 19 (13:51)
- His Hollywood experience as “Weasel” on Saved By the Bell (15:08)
- How his blindness makes him a better leader (18:00)
- Welcoming triplets and the joy of fatherhood (21:34)
- The progress scientists have made towards restoring sight (22:47)
- What’s next for him (25:42)
Resources / People Mentioned
- Isaac Lidsky- Speaking
- Isaac Lidsky’s TED Talk: What reality are you creating for yourself?
- ODC Construction
- Isaac Lidsky- IMDB
- Saved By The Bell
- Sandra Day O’Connor
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
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And read:
- Eyes Wide Open by Isaac Lidsky
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