[Trainer-Talk] This book changed my life

Tue Feb 19 20:51:08 UTC 2019

Hello All,

Here is another book that you might be interested in reading.  It is called Thriving Blind.  For more information go to 
https://www.amazon.com/Thriving-Blind-Stories-Succeeding-Without-ebook/dp/B07NTW5C77/ref=sr_1_1?crid=18ICTE4FOAT5G&keywords=thriving+blind&qid=1550609353&s=gateway&sprefix=thriving+blind%2Caps%2C269&sr=8-1

Also if any of you assistive technology trainers are on face book.  You can check out the thriving blind face book page at
https://www.facebook.com/thrivingblind/

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Dear Pramit:

You may also be interested in reading Weihenmayer's follow-up book, entitled, "No Barriers: A blind Man's Journey to Kayak the Grand Canyon," which is available I'm pretty sure anywhere books are sold, listened to and read. It is equally inspiring.

By the way, for ryou and any other persons in this list, a quick question. What does it take to startup your own self-employment venture in the world of technology for the visually impaired? Like, does it have to strictly be selling? I am wondering if teaching technology this way can be a viable solution. I would love and appreciate anyone's input in this.

Take care and have an awesome day!

-- Humberto

[JAWS Certified, 2019]<http://www.freedomscientific.com/certification>

On 2/19/19 10:05 AM, Bryan Schulz via Trainer-Talk wrote:

Hi,

Pretty much anyone could be successful if they were given $300,000!
Bryan

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Subject: [Trainer-Talk] 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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