#309: Going Blind to See More Clearly

The Art of Manliness

Society & Culture, Education, Philosophy

4.7 • 14.5K Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2017

⏱️ 36 minutes

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My guest today is Isaac Lidsky, author of the new book "Eyes Wide Open: Overcoming Obstacles and Recognizing Opportunities in a World That Can’t See Clearly." Today on the show, Isaac and I discuss how he went blind and his initial reaction to losing his sight. We then dig into insights he gained about resilience, humility, and Theodore Roosevelt’s “Man in the Arena” speech that allowed him to move forward in life. Among his accomplishments since going blind are graduating from Harvard Law School, clerking at the U.S. Supreme Court, working at a high-powered corporate law firm in NYC, and turning around a struggling construction business that now earns over $70 million in yearly revenue. Oh, and while he was doing all that, he was also busy being the dad of triplets. If you feel like your ability to move forward in life is hamstrung by limitations, or you struggle with being resilient to setbacks both big and small, Isaac is going to show you that it’s all in your mind, as well as what you can do to see things as they really are.

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0:00.0	["The End of The World"]
0:14.0	Brett McKay here and welcome to another edition of the Art of Manliness Podcasts.
0:18.0	Sight. Something we all take for granted, until it stops working the way it's supposed to.
0:22.0	While most of us will only have to deal with the annoyances of less than 2020 vision,
0:26.0	my guest today went from fully cited to completely blind when he was a teenager.
0:30.0	While terrifying and debilitating at first, he learned that losing his ability to see the physical world
0:34.0	actually allowed him to see reality from a sharper perspective. His name is Isaac Litzky
0:38.0	and his new book is Eyes Wide Open, overcoming obstacles and recognizing opportunities
0:42.0	in a world that can't see clearly.
0:44.0	And today on the show, Isaac and I discussed how he went blind in his initial reaction to losing his sight.
0:49.0	We then dig into the insights he gained about resilience, humility,
0:52.0	and theater Roosevelt's man in the arena that allowed him to move forward in life.
0:56.0	Among his accomplishments, since going blind, are graduating from Harvard Law,
0:58.0	clarking to the US Supreme Court, working at a high-powered law firm in New York City,
1:02.0	and turning around a struggling construction business that now earns over $70 million per year in revenue.
1:08.0	Oh, and while he was doing all that, he was also busy being the dad of triplets.
1:12.0	If you feel like your ability to move forward in life is hamstringed by limitations,
1:14.0	or you struggle with being resilient to setbacks both big and small,
1:18.0	Isaac is going to show you that it's all in your mind, and what you can do to see things as they really are.
1:22.0	After the show is over, check out the show notes at aowm.is slash litzky.
1:26.0	Music
1:33.0	Isaac Litzky, welcome to the show.
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