Susan Robinson’s TEDTalk just surpassed 1 million views and is still going strong. Susan’s humor and unique presentation about her experience with vision loss is educational to all, not just the Blind and Visually Impaired community, as her intent reaches out to the world wide community to broaden their thinking and to reshape their philosophy and to transform their philosophy on “What Is” possible.

Susan authors the Oh Fabled One blog on the web which continues her experiences she shared on her Ted Talk. Be sure to check out the blog and leave your comments as Susan wants to hear from you.

This podcast is based on her vision loss experiences; however, there is so much more as Susan talks her talk the way only Susan Robinson can. You will learn a lot as she talks about her experiences and her views from a perspective only she can tell. But remember, She failed at being disabled.

You can find her blog on the web at Oh Fabled One. Subscribe and don’t miss any of her posts!

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And be sure to check out Susan Robinson on TedTalk!

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Transcription:

Susan Robinson: Consultant, Business Owner, TED Talk 1 Million Club – How I Fail at Being Disabled

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Susan:

As an organizational leader, a business leader and a boss, I’ve had to terminate people from their jobs, and I’ve not ever terminated someone because they were fully sighted.

Vision is a way of processing the world.

So just because I process the world differently, doesn’t mean that my skill set is diminished.

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Susan:

I’ve started looking at people very differently that way to say I don’t really care what you can’t do, I want to know what you can do, and let’s talk about that.

You might get this too, I see just like you when I take my glasses off, now I understand that that’s coming from a good place, and people are just trying to relate to someone else and build a human to human connection and I totally appreciate it.

However it is the equivalent of saying to someone who uses a wheelchair, I’m just like you when I sit down, it just doesn’t make any sense.

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Jeff:

That’s the voice of Susan Robinson, she’s a consultant entrepreneur, blog writer, and yes, this is a podcast with the blindness perspective, and there’s a lot more.

It’s about achieving goals, reaching your highest potential, and proving to yourself that you’re doing the best that you can.

Susan’s TED talk just went over million views.

Susan:

I’m uninterested in being pitied.

I’m interested in being the best person that I can be and to be successful in the endeavors that I go after and somebody pitying me is really an unfortunate obstacle that is unsolicited.

I think this was my way of trying to get folks to broaden their thinking and reshape their philosophy, transform their philosophy on what is possible.

Jeff:

Susan is probably more comfortable talking to corporate executives and business leaders, and here she is on Blind Abilities, where you can get podcast with a blindness perspective on the web at www.