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Eyes Wide Open Overcoming Obstacles and Recognizing Opportunities in a World That Can't See Clearly

Isaac Lidsky

In this Fear has a tendency to give us tunnel vision—we fill the unknown with our worst imaginings and cling to what’s familiar. But when confronted with new challenges, we need to think more broadly and adapt. When Isaac Lidsky learned that he was beginning to go blind at age thirteen, eventually...

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The Jordan Harbinger Show

Isaac Lidsky discussed how losing his sight in his 20s was a catalyst for personal growth and a deeper understanding of how the brain constructs reality, eventually leading him to a fulfilling life and career.

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There's absolutely no question that losing my sight the way that I did, this sort of bizarre progressive way that I lost my sight, turned out to be among the best things that ever happened in my life.

— Episode: 333: Isaac Lidsky | Eyes Wide Open

Episode: 333: Isaac Lidsky | Eyes Wide Open

Isaac Lidsky discussed how losing his sight in his 20s was a catalyst for personal growth and a deeper understanding of how the brain constructs reality, eventually leading him to a fulfilling life and career.

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There's absolutely no question that losing my sight the way that I did, this sort of bizarre progressive way that I lost my sight, turned out to be among the best things that ever happened in my life.

I literally saw firsthand as I was losing my sight the awesome and empowering ability that we have, the way our minds create the realities we experience.

I am so blessed the life that I live is phenomenal, family, personally, you know, as a man, spiritually, in business, and it's directly a result of this eyes wide open vision.

I find the harder I work the more I have of it [luck].

We can't have a tendency to sort of misperceive the force of luck in our lives at least a couple of ways, so we think that luck is sort of good or bad.

Episode: 333: Isaac Lidsky | Eyes Wide Open

Isaac Lidsky's book discussed how he reframed his experience of going blind in his 20s as a positive experience, emphasizing how our brains construct reality based on our mental models, and how we can control how we experience our lives.

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There's absolutely no question that losing my sight the way that I did, this sort of bizarre progressive way that I lost my sight turned out to be among the best things that ever happened in my life.

I literally saw firsthand as I was losing my sight the awesome and empowering ability that we have, the way our minds create the realities we experience.

We can fund, obviously, circumstances beyond our control, but how those circumstances manifest themselves in a way we experience our lives is entirely within our control.

I am so blessed. The life that I live is phenomenal, family, personally, you know, as a man, spiritually, in business, and it's directly a result of this eyes wide open vision. I wouldn't want to live my life any other way.

I'm a big fan of luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.

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