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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.96,0:00:02.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When Dorothy was a little girl,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.56,0:00:04.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she was fascinated by her goldfish.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.08,0:00:08.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Her father explained to her that fish swim\Nby quickly wagging their tails
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.56,0:00:10.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to propel themselves through the water.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.04,0:00:13.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Without hesitation,\Nlittle Dorothy responded,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.20,0:00:16.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Yes, Daddy, and fish swim backwards\Nby wagging their heads."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.48,0:00:18.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.12,0:00:20.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In her mind, it was a fact\Nas true as any other.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.96,0:00:23.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fish swim backwards\Nby wagging their heads.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.32,0:00:24.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She believed it.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.32,0:00:28.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our lives are full\Nof fish swimming backwards.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.32,0:00:30.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We make assumptions\Nand faulty leaps of logic.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.84,0:00:32.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We harbor bias.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.12,0:00:34.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We know that we are right,\Nand they are wrong.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.40,0:00:36.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We fear the worst.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.04,0:00:38.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We strive for unattainable perfection.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.92,0:00:41.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We tell ourselves\Nwhat we can and cannot do.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.88,0:00:45.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In our minds, fish swim by in reverse\Nfrantically wagging their heads
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.00,0:00:47.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we don't even notice them.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.16,0:00:51.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going to tell you\Nfive facts about myself.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.36,0:00:52.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One fact is not true.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.76,0:00:58.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One: I graduated from Harvard at 19\Nwith an honors degree in mathematics.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.68,0:01:03.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Two: I currently run\Na construction company in Orlando.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.92,0:01:08.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Three: I starred on a television sitcom.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.44,0:01:13.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Four: I lost my sight\Nto a rare genetic eye disease.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.96,0:01:19.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Five: I served as a law clerk\Nto two US Supreme Court justices.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.36,0:01:21.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which fact is not true?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.88,0:01:25.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Actually, they're all true.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.24,0:01:27.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah. They're all true.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.80,0:01:30.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.68,0:01:36.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At this point, most people really\Nonly care about the television show.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.36,0:01:38.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.68,0:01:41.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know this from experience.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.32,0:01:45.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK, so the show was NBC's\N"Saved by the Bell: The New Class."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.68,0:01:49.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I played Weasel Wyzell,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.24,0:01:54.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who was the sort of dorky,\Nnerdy character on the show,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.32,0:01:59.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which made it a very\Nmajor acting challenge
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.12,0:02:00.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for me as a 13-year-old boy.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.64,0:02:02.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.32,0:02:06.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, did you struggle\Nwith number four, my blindness?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.12,0:02:08.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why is that?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.28,0:02:12.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We make assumptions\Nabout so-called disabilities.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.28,0:02:15.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a blind man, I confront\Nothers' incorrect assumptions
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.48,0:02:17.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about my abilities every day.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.64,0:02:21.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My point today is not\Nabout my blindness, however.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.20,0:02:22.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's about my vision.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.48,0:02:27.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Going blind taught me\Nto live my life eyes wide open.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.20,0:02:30.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It taught me to spot\Nthose backwards-swimming fish
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.60,0:02:32.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that our minds create.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.12,0:02:34.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Going blind cast them into focus.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.76,0:02:37.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What does it feel like to see?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.72,0:02:40.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's immediate and passive.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.80,0:02:42.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You open your eyes and there's the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.96,0:02:45.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Seeing is believing. Sight is truth.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.08,0:02:46.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.12,0:02:48.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, that's what I thought.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.52,0:02:54.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then, from age 12 to 25,\Nmy retinas progressively deteriorated.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.28,0:02:58.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My sight became an increasingly bizarre
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.32,0:03:00.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,carnival funhouse hall\Nof mirrors and illusions.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.64,0:03:03.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The salesperson I was relieved\Nto spot in a store
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.00,0:03:05.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was really a mannequin.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.88,0:03:07.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Reaching down to wash my hands,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.40,0:03:10.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I suddenly saw it was\Na urinal I was touching, not a sink,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.64,0:03:12.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when my fingers felt its true shape.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.16,0:03:15.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A friend described\Nthe photograph in my hand,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.32,0:03:17.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and only then I could see\Nthe image depicted.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.72,0:03:23.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Objects appeared, morphed\Nand disappeared in my reality.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.08,0:03:26.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was difficult and exhausting to see.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.60,0:03:30.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I pieced together fragmented,\Ntransitory images,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.88,0:03:32.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,consciously analyzed the clues,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.88,0:03:35.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,searched for some logic\Nin my crumbling kaleidoscope,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.84,0:03:38.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until I saw nothing at all.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.60,0:03:41.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I learned that what we see
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.28,0:03:43.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is not universal truth.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.20,0:03:46.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is not objective reality.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.00,0:03:52.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What we see is a unique,\Npersonal, virtual reality
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.72,0:03:54.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is masterfully\Nconstructed by our brain.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.56,0:03:57.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me explain with a bit\Nof amateur neuroscience.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.92,0:04:01.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your visual cortex takes up\Nabout 30 percent of your brain.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.56,0:04:05.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's compared to approximately\Neight percent for touch
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.04,0:04:06.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and two to three percent for hearing.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.60,0:04:11.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every second, your eyes\Ncan send your visual cortex
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.36,0:04:13.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as many as two billion\Npieces of information.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.36,0:04:17.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The rest of your body can send your brain\Nonly an additional billion.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.68,0:04:22.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So sight is one third\Nof your brain by volume
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.92,0:04:26.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and can claim about two thirds\Nof your brain's processing resources.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.04,0:04:28.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's no surprise then
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.28,0:04:30.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the illusion\Nof sight is so compelling.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.40,0:04:32.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But make no mistake about it:\Nsight is an illusion.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.92,0:04:35.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's where it gets interesting.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.76,0:04:37.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To create the experience of sight,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.88,0:04:41.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your brain references your conceptual\Nunderstanding of the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.44,0:04:45.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,other knowledge, your memories,\Nopinions, emotions, mental attention.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.52,0:04:50.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All of these things and far more\Nare linked in your brain to your sight.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.04,0:04:54.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These linkages work both ways,\Nand usually occur subconsciously.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.48,0:04:56.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So for example,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.36,0:04:58.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what you see impacts how you feel,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.52,0:05:01.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the way you feel\Ncan literally change what you see.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.04,0:05:03.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Numerous studies demonstrate this.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.60,0:05:06.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you are asked to estimate
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.48,0:05:09.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the walking speed of a man\Nin a video, for example,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.68,0:05:13.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your answer will be different if you're\Ntold to think about cheetahs or turtles.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.12,0:05:18.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A hill appears steeper\Nif you've just exercised,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.44,0:05:20.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a landmark appears farther away
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.68,0:05:22.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you're wearing a heavy backpack.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.96,0:05:26.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have arrived\Nat a fundamental contradiction.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.16,0:05:32.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What you see is a complex\Nmental construction of your own making,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.60,0:05:34.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you experience it passively
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.40,0:05:36.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a direct representation\Nof the world around you.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.68,0:05:40.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You create your own reality,\Nand you believe it.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.56,0:05:43.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I believed mine until it broke apart.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.92,0:05:47.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The deterioration of my eyes\Nshattered the illusion.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.72,0:05:51.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, sight is just one way
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.04,0:05:52.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we shape our reality.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.28,0:05:55.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We create our own realities\Nin many other ways.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.16,0:06:00.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's take fear as just one example.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.44,0:06:04.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your fears distort your reality.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.88,0:06:10.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Under the warped logic of fear,\Nanything is better than the uncertain.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.08,0:06:12.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fear fills the void at all costs,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.56,0:06:14.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,passing off what you dread\Nfor what you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.72,0:06:17.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,offering up the worst\Nin place of the ambiguous,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.52,0:06:19.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,substituting assumption for reason.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.12,0:06:22.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Psychologists have\Na great term for it: awfulizing.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.88,0:06:23.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.00,0:06:25.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.56,0:06:28.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fear replaces the unknown with the awful.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.08,0:06:31.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, fear is self-realizing.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.00,0:06:33.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you face the greatest need
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.76,0:06:36.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to look outside yourself\Nand think critically,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.44,0:06:39.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fear beats a retreat\Ndeep inside your mind,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.28,0:06:41.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,shrinking and distorting your view,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.08,0:06:43.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,drowning your capacity\Nfor critical thought
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.16,0:06:44.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a flood of disruptive emotions.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.88,0:06:48.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you face a compelling\Nopportunity to take action,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.76,0:06:51.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fear lulls you into inaction,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.28,0:06:54.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,enticing you to passively watch\Nits prophecies fulfill themselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.88,0:07:00.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was diagnosed\Nwith my blinding disease,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.12,0:07:03.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I knew blindness would ruin my life.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.40,0:07:07.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Blindness was a death sentence\Nfor my independence.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.36,0:07:09.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was the end of achievement for me.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.60,0:07:14.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Blindness meant I would live\Nan unremarkable life,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.60,0:07:16.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,small and sad,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.32,0:07:17.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and likely alone.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.28,0:07:19.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I knew it.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.44,0:07:24.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was a fiction born of my fears,\Nbut I believed it.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.80,0:07:27.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was a lie, but it was my reality,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.44,0:07:30.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just like those backwards-swimming fish\Nin little Dorothy's mind.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.92,0:07:34.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I had not confronted\Nthe reality of my fear,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.44,0:07:35.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would have lived it.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.20,0:07:37.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am certain of that.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.92,0:07:42.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So how do you live your life\Neyes wide open?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.48,0:07:44.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is a learned discipline.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.52,0:07:47.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It can be taught. It can be practiced.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.68,0:07:50.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I will summarize very briefly.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.64,0:07:53.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hold yourself accountable
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.56,0:07:56.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for every moment, every thought,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.08,0:07:57.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every detail.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.12,0:07:59.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See beyond your fears.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.80,0:08:01.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Recognize your assumptions.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.56,0:08:03.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Harness your internal strength.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.36,0:08:05.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Silence your internal critic.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.56,0:08:08.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Correct your misconceptions\Nabout luck and about success.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.48,0:08:12.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Accept your strengths and your weaknesses,\Nand understand the difference.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.60,0:08:14.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Open your hearts
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.92,0:08:16.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to your bountiful blessings.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.48,0:08:19.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your fears, your critics,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.72,0:08:21.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your heroes, your villains --
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.60,0:08:24.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they are your excuses,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.64,0:08:26.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rationalizations, shortcuts,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.00,0:08:29.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,justifications, your surrender.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.36,0:08:32.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are fictions you perceive as reality.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.00,0:08:35.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Choose to see through them.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.68,0:08:36.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Choose to let them go.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.08,0:08:41.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are the creator of your reality.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.24,0:08:45.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With that empowerment\Ncomes complete responsibility.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.44,0:08:51.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I chose to step out of fear's tunnel\Ninto terrain uncharted and undefined.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.44,0:08:54.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I chose to build there a blessed life.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.12,0:08:57.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Far from alone,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.92,0:09:00.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I share my beautiful life with Dorothy,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.92,0:09:02.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my beautiful wife,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.60,0:09:04.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with our triplets,\Nwhom we call the Tripskys,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.40,0:09:08.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and with the latest addition\Nto the family,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.44,0:09:09.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sweet baby Clementine.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.84,0:09:12.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What do you fear?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.60,0:09:15.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What lies do you tell yourself?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.52,0:09:19.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How do you embellish your truth\Nand write your own fictions?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.36,0:09:22.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What reality are you\Ncreating for yourself?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.20,0:09:27.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In your career and personal life,\Nin your relationships,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.40,0:09:29.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in your heart and soul,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.04,0:09:31.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your backwards-swimming fish\Ndo you great harm.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.56,0:09:36.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They exact a toll in missed opportunities\Nand unrealized potential,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.40,0:09:39.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they engender insecurity and distrust
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.80,0:09:42.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where you seek fulfillment and connection.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.56,0:09:45.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I urge you to search them out.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.36,0:09:51.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Helen Keller said that the only thing\Nworse than being blind
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.56,0:09:53.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is having sight but no vision.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.92,0:09:58.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For me, going blind\Nwas a profound blessing,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.72,0:10:00.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because blindness gave me vision.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.72,0:10:03.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hope you can see what I see.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.28,0:10:05.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.52,0:10:07.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.72,0:10:23.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bruno Giussani: Isaac, before you\Nleave the stage, just a question.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.92,0:10:27.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is an audience of entrepreneurs,\Nof doers, of innovators.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.72,0:10:31.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are a CEO of a company\Ndown in Florida,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.40,0:10:33.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and many are probably wondering,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.56,0:10:35.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how is it to be a blind CEO?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:35.80,0:10:39.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What kind of specific challenges\Ndo you have, and how do you overcome them?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.60,0:10:42.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Isaac Lidsky: Well,\Nthe biggest challenge became a blessing.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.76,0:10:45.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't get visual feedback from people.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.88,0:10:47.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:10:48.00,0:10:50.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,BG: What's that noise there? IL: Yeah.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:50.20,0:10:53.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, for example,\Nin my leadership team meetings,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.72,0:10:56.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't see facial\Nexpressions or gestures.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:57.64,0:11:01.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've learned to solicit\Na lot more verbal feedback.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:01.40,0:11:05.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I basically force people\Nto tell me what they think.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.08,0:11:07.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in this respect,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.96,0:11:12.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's become, like I said, a real blessing\Nfor me personally and for my company,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:12.08,0:11:14.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we communicate\Nat a far deeper level,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.40,0:11:17.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we avoid ambiguities,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.08,0:11:24.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and most important, my team knows\Nthat what they think truly matters.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:26.56,0:11:29.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,BG: Isaac, thank you for coming to TED.\NIL: Thank you, Bruno.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.48,0:11:33.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)