333: Isaac Lidsky | Eyes Wide Open
The Jordan Harbinger Show
Jordan Harbinger
4.8 • 12.3K Ratings
🗓️ 1 April 2020
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Isaac Lidsky (@isaaclidsky) is the only blind person to serve as a law clerk for the U.S. Supreme Court. He's also an entrepreneur, he was once a child actor on a popular '90s sitcom, and now he's the bestselling author of Eyes Wide Open: Overcoming Obstacles and Recognizing Opportunities in a World That Can't See Clearly.
What We Discuss with Isaac Lidsky:- Why Isaac Lidsky considers going blind in his twenties a "blessing."
- How Isaac's personal vision grew sharper even as his eyesight faded.
- How our brains construct reality based on our own mental models -- some of which we can control.
- How to reframe seemingly negative luck and events to work to your advantage.
- And much more...
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the show, I'm Jordan Harbinger. |
| 0:06.2 | As always, I'm here with producer Jason DeFilippo. |
| 0:08.8 | On the Jordan Harbinger show, we decode the stories, secrets and skills of the world's |
| 0:12.8 | most brilliant people, and turn their wisdom into practical advice that you can use to |
| 0:17.4 | impact your own life and those around you. |
| 0:19.6 | I want to help you see the Matrix when it comes to how these amazing people think and |
| 0:23.2 | behave, and we want you to become a better thinker. |
| 0:25.8 | If you're new to the show, we've got episodes with spies and CEOs, athletes and authors, |
| 0:30.4 | thinkers and performers, as well as toolboxes for skills like negotiation, body language, |
| 0:35.4 | persuasion and more. |
| 0:36.8 | So if you're smart and you like to learn and improve, you'll be right at home here with |
| 0:40.3 | us. |
| 0:41.3 | Today, one from the vault with my friend Isaac Lidsky, author of Eyes Wide Open. |
| 0:45.5 | He's the only blind person to serve as a law clerk for the US Supreme Court. |
| 0:50.0 | He was a child actor unsaved by the bell, among other things. |
| 0:53.4 | We'll discuss how going blind in his 20s was actually one of the best things that ever |
| 0:57.6 | happened to him, and how his personal vision grew even sharper even as his eyesight faded. |
| 1:02.9 | We'll also discover how our brains construct our reality based on our own mental models, |
| 1:08.3 | some of which we can actually control, and we'll learn how to reframe events and luck |
| 1:12.9 | that seem negative to work to our advantage. |
| 1:16.2 | If you want to know how I managed to book all the guests for the show, it's always about |
| 1:19.3 | networking. |
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