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Isaac Lidsky is an American actor, entrepreneur, corporate speaker, and writer. He was born with retinitis pigmentosa, which gradually caused his blindness. He was a child actor, working in commercials but was best known as Weasel on Saved by the Bell: The New Class. He graduated from Harvard with afficher plus degrees in mathematics and computer science in 1999. In 2004, He received a law degree from Harvard Law School. He worked as a law clerk for Judge Thomas L. Ambro on the U.S. Court of Appeals, and for Sandra Day O'Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the U.S. Supreme Court. He went on to work for an International Law firm. He and his college roommate Zac Merriman are founders of ODC Construction, LLC. Currently, he serves as CEO of the company. He is the founder of the nonprofit organization, Hope for Vision. It funds research for treatments and cures for blinding diseases. He speaks about his experiences for corporations and organizations. He is the author of Eyes Wide Open: Overcoming Obstacles and Recognizing Opportunities in a World That Can't See Clearly. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins

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Eyes Wide Open is about overcoming obstacles. It presents a mindset on how to do it. Most of all, it’s an encouraging and captivating book. Just imagine Isaac Lindsky, the author of the book, who as a blind person, graduated from Harvard Law School, worked for a top Manhattan law firm, and successfully salvaged a failing business and transformed it into a multimillion business.

I found this reading very gripping, as Isaac explained in details how he makes decisions and deals with people. We need to be more observant of what’s behind what we think we see. How to do that? It is critical to notice if the words, facial expressions, and tone all match up. Believe me – easy to say when it comes to doing that effortlessly and automatically. It’s important to ask questions and get rationales from each response.

What I found as the most hilarious, but also the strongest message, was his answer to a very common question which he receives – does he hear better than us? No, actually his hearing is even weaker. The only difference is that he uses his senses better than us. Unfortunately, a lot of... (if you like to read my full review please visit my blog: https://leadersarereaders.blog/eyes-wide-open-overcoming-obstacles-and-recognizi...
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LeadersAreReaders | 1 autre critique | Feb 22, 2019 |
Who doesn't need help overcoming obstacles? Recognizing opportunities, who'd ever want to miss one of those ? I expected the usual self help guide with steps examples and mantras to follow. I got a memoir with real life experiences. The author dealt with blindness slowing becoming one of his realities. In this books he bravely walks his reader through his fails, wins, stumbles, and triumphs over himself and his awakening to what is real not an illusion. His going blind, forced him to focus on other parts of life and judge them with a clearer vision. He had to reevaluate his actions, finding very surprising reasoning behind them.
I respect this mans journey and his strength to open his world to help others. I got some excellent points to work on for opening my own eyes. Truly listening is a big one I struggle with. "Tell it to my like I'm a 5 year old" His made a comment about how we listen only to react. I had that gasp moment, yes that is sadly true. I've been working on this and it is a hard one to break. the mind/ego wants to wander and dominate the conversation. For me this is the most important lesson I got from the book. I'm a work in progress. While I didn't get what I expected from this book based on the title I did get at least one great thing from it. I suspect each person will pick their own lesson to grab ahold of or maybe all of them ?
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