Before we get going, here's the bit where I remind you that nothing we discussed should be considered as investment advice.

This conversation is for informational and hopefully entertainment purposes only.

So, while we hope you find it both informative and entertaining, please do your own research

or speak to a financial advisor before putting a dime of your money into these crazy markets.

And now, on with the show.

Welcome to everybody to a very special year-end edition of the Grant Williams podcast. At the beginning of this year to celebrate my 100th podcast in this particular series, I had a wonderful conversation with my friend Lynn Brian Phipps about the extraordinary work she does at Beachwood Equine Therapy in Rhode Island and down in Florida. The response I received to that conversation was absolutely incredible, and many of you were kind and gracious enough to make donations to help support Lynn's incredible work. And I know that several of you actually went to see Lynn and work with her and the horses, because the emails I received brought tears to my eyes. It were just wonderful stories. So in closing out this year, I want to once again have a very different kind of conversation, again with someone who's doing extraordinary things to help change people's lives for the better. My guest today is Dr. John Bizetti, an ophthalmic eye surgeon who was introduced to me this summer by a dear friend of mine and my erstwhile golf partner, Mark McAuletti. And when Mark told me about the work Dr. Posetti was doing to help cute blindness in Africa, I was absolutely astonished. About not only the incredibly selfless work he and his team do, but the incredible amount of difference that can be made in a part of the world when making a difference is so very important. So I invited Dr. Posetti to join me on the podcast to talk

about that work, to talk about his journey and the things they're trying to do to cure blindness

in tens of thousands of people in sub-Saharan Africa, literally changing their world and their lives

overnight. At the end of our conversation, you'll find ways in which you can help John and his

team continue their incredible work. And if you're in a position to do so, even a modest donation can have a profound

effect. So without further ado, please enjoy my conversation with The Remarkable Dr. John Bizetti. John, welcome to the podcast.

It is a great pleasure to meet you and have a chance to talk to you.

Thanks for doing this.

Oh, it's a delight to be here, Grant.

Thank you so much for inviting me.

I'm excited to chat.

We were introduced by our mutual friend Mark Nicoletti,

and I would give a shout out to him, but he's a complete liability, and so I refuse to dignify him with any platform whatsoever. But Mark and I were chatting in the summer over dinner, and he told me about what you were doing. And it's truly an extraordinary thing. And the numbers which we'll get into in a little while are remarkable in the worst possible way. So before we get to what you're doing, let's talk a little bit

about you and your background so people can get a sense of who you are and how you reach the

point where you're at today. I am an ophthalmologist, so a physician who specializes in the

diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the eye. So a medical doctor, you go to medical school,

like any other doctor who might specialize in cardiology or neurosurgery, and an ophthalmologist

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