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ManTalks Podcast

Isaac Lidsky - What Reality Are You Creating for Yourself? How to Change Your Thoughts and Improve Your Life.

ManTalks Podcast

Connor Beaton

Education, Relationships, Self-improvement, Mental Health, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 591 Ratings

🗓️ 7 January 2019

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

As Inc. Magazine reported, “Isaac Lidsky may possess the most eclectic resume in business. Over the years, he has been a child television star (he played series regular “Weasel” on NBC’s “Saved By The Bell: The New Class”), a Supreme Court clerk (for Justices Sandra Day O’Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg), and the co-founder of an internet startup.” The full list of his accomplishments is far longer: Lidsky graduated from Harvard at 19 with an honors degree in mathematics and computer science. He then founded [x+1] with MediaMath’s Joe Zawadzki, which was later acquired for $230 million. Fascinated by the burgeoning field of “cyberlaw,” Lidsky left [x+1] and returned to Harvard to attend law school and graduated magna cum laude in 2004. As a U.S. Justice Department lawyer, Lidsky argued more than a dozen appeals in federal court on behalf of the United States and never lost a case. Along the way, he founded Hope For Vision, a nonprofit organization to fund the development of treatments for blinding diseases and within 5 years grew it to a dozen cities nationwide and more than $5 million. In 2011 Lidsky returned to his entrepreneurial roots. He purchased a small, struggling residential construction subcontractor and led the development of a proprietary suite of logistics and ERM software to transform it. His reinvented construction services company grew more than tenfold in its first five years, and today it boasts annual revenues in excess of $250 million. In 2016 Lidsky set out to share with others his empowering approach to living and leading, and he was promptly recognized as a visionary thought leader. His first book, Eyes Wide Open, hit the shelves as a New York Times best seller in March 2017. TED invited Lidsky to present a mainstage TED Talk at TEDSUMMIT 2016 in Banff, Canada, and it was viewed more than a million times in its first 20 days. Lidsky now consults and speaks to organizations around the world on issues including leadership, accountability and self-empowerment. In 2018 Lidsky returned to his adtech roots, founding Underscore CLT and taking the helm as its President. Lidsky is determined to lead the development of a new technology infrastructure for digital marketing, using blockchain and related technologies to mitigate the industry’s longstanding structural challenges and to deliver on its untapped promise. Perhaps most striking, Lidsky is only 39, and he is blind. Born with Retinitis Pigmentosa, a rare degenerative disease of the retina, from age 12 to 25 he slowly lost his sight. As his bio makes clear, however, neither his youth nor his blindness have limited him. Eyes Wide Open - http://www.lidsky.com/book/Connect With Isaac Website - www.lidsky.comFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/IsaacLidsky/Instagram - @isaaclidsky  Twitter - @isaaclidsky   Are you looking to find your purpose, navigate transition or fix your relationships, all with a powerful group of men from around the world? Check out The Alliance and join me today.  Check out our Facebook Page or the Men's community. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts  | Spotify For more episodes visit us at ManTalks.com | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter    Did you enjoy the podcast? If so please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or Stitcher. It helps our podcast get into the ears of new listeners, which expands the ManTalks Community Editing & Mixing by: Aaron The TechSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome, guys and gals to the Manteau show.

0:12.4

I'm Connor Bieden, the host and founder of Mantox.

0:15.1

This podcast brings together some of the best thought leaders, teachers, and extraordinary

0:19.9

individuals to help teach and mentor you on how to be a top performer in leaders, teachers, and extraordinary individuals to help teach

0:21.4

and mentor you on how to be a top performer in life, love, and business.

0:26.7

Joining me today is a really incredible guest with a very, very interesting background and

0:32.9

resume. Joining me today is Mr. Isaac Lidski.

0:37.1

Now, Inc. Magazine reported that Isaac Linski may possess the most eclectic resume in business.

0:43.7

And to be honest, I would actually agree with them.

0:46.4

And you're about to find out why.

0:48.1

So over the years, he has been a child television star.

0:52.1

So he played the role of Weasel on NBC's Saved by the Bell, the New Class, which I

1:01.5

didn't watch.

1:01.9

I watched the original one when I was younger.

1:04.0

I think my sister, like, loved that show.

1:06.4

And he was a Supreme Court clerk for justices Sandra Day O'Connor and Ruth Bader Gingrich,

1:14.4

which is incredible.

1:15.6

And the co-founder of an internet startup, along with a myriad of other things, he's done a TED talk.

1:22.3

He's done some incredible things.

1:23.3

But just to give you a context, to give you a little bit more insight into him, he graduated from Harvard at the age of 19.

1:31.0

19, he graduated from Harvard with an honors degree in mathematics and computer science.

1:36.5

He then founded X plus one with Media Maths Joe Zawadsky.

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