{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"195 What\u2019s Your Excuse? Lessons on Problem-Solving, Asking for Help, and Doing the Next Thing","description":" This may be the most heartfelt episode I\u2019ve ever recorded. In this deeply human conversation, Maxwell Ivey: The Blind Blogger, and I talk about what it means to keep moving when life doesn\u2019t hand you easy options. Maxwell lost his sight as a child, taught himself to code, built a business, and learned to ask for help without shame.   We talk about the quiet power of asking, the courage to act before conditions are perfect, and a rare take on gratitude-not as politeness, but as the willingness to use what\u2019s been given.   Somewhere along the way, we find ourselves reflecting on The Four Agreements and how \u201cdon\u2019t take things personally\u201d and \u201cdon\u2019t make assumptions\u201d become essential mindsets in the world of disability and education.   It\u2019s unpolished, honest, and full of wisdom that only comes from lived experience. Stay to the end to hear Maxwell sing his original song, Don\u2019t Wait on Someday.   You can find Maxwell at theblindblogger.net. ","author_name":"Non Linear Learning - Rethinking Education for Neurodivergent Learners","author_url":"https:\/\/www.drvaishsarathy.com\/","html":"