[Njtechdiv] This book changed my life

[PRAMIT BHARGAVA]

It may be interesting to find more motivational books like these...


Thanks
Pramit

On Tue, Feb 19, 2019 at 6:16 PM Jane Degenshein via Njtechdiv <
njtechdiv at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Well glad that you found strength in this book and then in yourself
> BTW the book is also available on BARD:
> Touch the top of the world: a blind man's journey to climb farther than
> the eye can see DB51505Weihenmayer, Erik. Reading time: 12 hours, 3
> minutes.
> Read by Dan Bloom.
>
> Sports and Recreation
> Adventure
> Disability
>
> In this adventure-packed memoir, the author recalls rebelling against
> becoming blind by age fifteen. Relates acquiring a passion for
> mountaineering and developing the character traits that enabled him to
> succeed. Covers his climbing exploits and his wedding on top of Mount
> Kilimanjaro. Some strong language. 2001.
>
> *From:* PRAMIT BHARGAVA via Njtechdiv <njtechdiv at nfbnet.org>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, February 19, 2019 7:37 AM
> *To:* njtechdiv at nfbnet.org
> *Cc:* PRAMIT BHARGAVA <pramit.vision at gmail.com>
> *Subject:* [Njtechdiv] This book changed my life
>
>
> Hello friends,
>
> I am Pramit. I am visually impaired (cannot read at all).
>
> A while back I finished reading this great book by Erik Weihenmayer, a
> blind mountaineer. Erik’s attitude towards life is so powerful and
> motivating that it really shook me up that I could focus on bigger things
> in life than getting trapped in the day to day nonsense.
>
> The book’s title is “Touch the Top of the World: A Blind Man's Journey to
> Climb Farther than the Eye Can See”, and its available on Audible.
>
> Hence this led to a resolution that I will single mindedly go after my
> passion to build better  tech solution which will work for me and in the
> process, hopefully, will work for broader visually impaired community.
>
> Divine forces have enabled me to put together a tech startup with an
> equally motivated partner.
>
> My interest in technology is due to it playing a pivotal role in keeping
> me working independendly even as my vision kept dropping since 1999.
>
> Amongst other things, I am a voracious reader (hearer of audiobooks), I
> love meditating and I am also an experimental cook. I was lucky enough to
> reverse my diabetes through significant lifestyle changes about 10 years
> back. Sharing my learning and motivating others online is another interest
> area. I do this strictly on a non-commercial basis. Link:
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2knVCQE9_70
>
> Thanks
>
> Pramit
>
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