Eyes Wide Open: Overcoming Obstacles and Recognizing Opportunities in a World That Can't See Clearly Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

Isaac Lidsky (Author, Narrator), Penguin Audio (Publisher)

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In Eyes Wide Open, 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 13, eventually losing his sight entirely by the time he was 25, 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 19, 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 critics, 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.

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8 hours and 36 minutes
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Isaac Lidsky
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Isaac Lidsky
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14 March 2017
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English
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Penguin Audio
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B01MZFATTO
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Unabridged
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Listening Length	8 hours and 36 minutes
Author	Isaac Lidsky
Narrator	Isaac Lidsky
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Audible.com.au Release Date	14 March 2017
Publisher	Penguin Audio
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B01MZFATTO
Best Sellers Rank	94,518 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) 38 in Eye Problems (Books) 976 in Physical Illness & Disease 4,733 in Self-Help for Success

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Marco Lucio

Excelente libro, me abrió los ojos.

Reviewed in Mexico on 18 July 2017

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Isaac Lidsky narra cómo ha enfrentado situaciones en las que muchos habrían dado todo por pérdido y salido victorioso y feliz.

Me gustó su manera de enfrentar los miedos y lo que las otras personas piensan sobre tí, es liberador.

Es un libro del cuál hay que tomar notas y recordarlas continuamente, para evitar caer de nuevo en errores que como el autor indica, sólo nos engañamos a nosotros mismos.

Le recomiendo a todos mis conocidos leerlo.

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Aditiraher7

Must read!

Reviewed in India on 23 March 2018

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Great book. It gave me new confidence to look at the world and live with eyes wide open

KDR

A Master Class in Creating the Reality You Want

Reviewed in the United States on 20 March 2017

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This book has been eye-opening for me, as has the author's perspective on taking life head-on. Whereas most books on personal growth and leadership fail to inspire, and most books on inspiration and motivation fail to relate to realties we all face such as fear and personal challenges, for which platitudes do not provide the solution, Eyes Wide Open delivers on both accounts.

Through personal stories of major sagas in his life, smart reflection and some deconstruction of reality as we see it, Isaac Lidsky provides us with a life philosophy based on full awareness, total accountability and practical problem solving and self-ingenuity. He not only lends us solid perspective but also many actionable ways to overcome obstacles and thrive no matter the circumstances.

Frankly, I was moved by the book, and plan to recommend it often. It was enriching; time well spent.

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Sadia

One of best books you’ll ever read...

Reviewed in the United States on 12 December 2020

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I received a used copy in almost perfect shape.

Highly recommend this book. Intelligent, crisp read. Very well written. Authentic... reader can palpate his vulnerability and more than once he’d take you to that place, where you’ll inadvertently put yourself in his shoes and get the chills. A beautiful soul, and exceptional human being...

I bought additional copies to gift to loved ones going through a tough time. I’d highly recommend it for all ages and backgrounds.

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The blind cannot only hear better, they see better.

Reviewed in the United States on 21 April 2017

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An inspired book, easy to read with touching life stories. Mr. Lidsky is an excellent wordsmith. His chapter relating life to business was special to me. Assets, liabilities, balance sheet, income, expense all have their corollaries with life and he explains it well. I appreciated his thoughts on listening as it relates to hearing. Blind people don't hear better, they listen better and that is something that we should all practice.

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