Sanford Greenberg shares how does a missed diagnosis lead to a lifetime of blindness, and a fight to save others. Join Laura Gassner Otting as she hosts this episode of LGOtv with special guest, Sanford Greenberg – End Blindness 2020 Founder, Barrier Breaker, Daring Dreamer.
Timestamps
1:40 – “I met my wife when we were in 6th grade.”
3:25 – She was your “beshert.”
5:35 – “I entered my junior year with 20/20 vision…by the end of the year, I had 0/0 vision.”
11:56 – “I am a drop-out, I have no money, I have no eyes, and I have no future.” She married me anyway.
16:50 – Where did you find the drive to say that you are not going to live a life of mediocrity?
22:03 – “When [my grandmother] hugged you, it was like being anointed.”
24:45 – How did you get out of bed on the days where it felt like it was almost too much?
25:00 – Art Garfunkel and Sue were everything.
30:32 – “I suddenly walked into something very soft, a woman’s breast.”
33:19 – “My first thought when I woke up from surgery was, ‘My God, my mother is seeing her eldest son go blind…’”
36:42 – Art Garfunkel left me to find my way home, completely blind, on the New York City Subway. “He said, ‘I knew you could do it, but I wanted you to know that you could do it.’”
39:18 – “You have to deal with the blindness every day. Every hour. Every minute. The only rest you get is when you sleep.”
43:05 – “It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and science.”
51:40 – Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a hero to us all, and a neighbor and friend to Sandy.
53:05 – End Blindness by 20/20
55:50 – “We decided that we would end blindness within the next 2,978 days. Because that was the time that it took Neil Armstrong to land on the moon…”
Links
https://www.hellodarkness-book.com
https://www.endblindnessby2020.com
https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/wilmer
https://www.hellodarkness-book.com/
Washington Post Best Selling Author and Motivational Keynote Speaker, Laura Gassner Otting, inspires people to push past the doubt and indecision that keep great ideas in limbo because her presentations make listeners think bigger and accept greater challenges that reach beyond their limited scope of belief.
She delivers strategic thinking, well-honed wisdom, and perspective generated by decades of navigating change across the start-up, nonprofit, political, as well as philanthropic landscapes. Laura dares listeners to find their voice, and generate the confidence needed to tackle larger-than-life challenges. She leads them to seek new ways of leading, managing, and mentoring others.