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Eyes Wide Open

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

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Eyes Wide Open

By: Isaac Lidsky
Narrated by: Isaac Lidsky
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 In this New York Times bestseller, Isaac Lidsky draws on his experience of achieving immense success, joy, and fulfillment while losing his sight to a blinding disease to show us that it isn’t external circumstances, but how we perceive and respond to them, that governs our reality.

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 losing his sight entirely by the time he was twenty-five, he initially thought that blindness would mean an end to his early success and his hopes for the future. Paradoxically, losing his sight gave him the vision to take responsibility for his reality and thrive. Lidsky graduated from Harvard College at age nineteen, served as a Supreme Court law clerk, fathered four children, and turned a failing construction subcontractor into a highly profitable business.
Whether we’re blind or not, our vision is limited by our past experiences, biases, and emotions. Lidsky shows us how we can overcome paralyzing fears, avoid falling prey to our own assumptions and faulty leaps of logic, silence our inner critic, harness our strength, and live with open hearts and minds. In sharing his hard-won insights, Lidsky shows us how we too can confront life's trials with initiative, humor, and grace.
 Career Success Personal Development Personal Success Physical Illness & Disease Career Witty Success
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isaac's story is incredibly inspiring, the book had me really excited about learning to notice limiting beliefs as I have worked on this with myself quite extensively and have noticed substantial growth in my life as a result. The book hints at detailing great techniques to identify "your backward swimming fish" but not enough time was spent on this for my liking. the book took a turn for a business based approach to improving your life and Thats where I lost interest unfortunately, business minded people May have a different view but the book ended as an inspiring story with little that I found useful to implement in to my life. eckhart tolle, louise L hay, byron katie and gregg braden's currently have provided with some life changing techniques and perspectives, I was hoping to find something like this in isaac's book, and for me unfortunately this is where it fell short. a very inspiring story though.

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