Below are some of the most intriguing, thought-provoking and actionable performance-related content pieces I read, watched or listened to this week.
[pic: Happy Birthday this week to my pup Dubya who turned 9 years old]
- Stop Preparing For The Last Disaster
“The same disasters tend not to happen twice in a row. A more effective approach is simply to prepare to be surprised by life, instead of expecting the past to repeat itself.”
https://fs.blog/2020/06/last-disaster/
- A Body Of Work
“It exists inside you … and has existed from the moment you were born, and possibly even before that.”
https://stevenpressfield.com/2020/06/a-body-of-work/
- Why Do People Avoid Facts That Could Help Them?
“Deliberate ignorance is a widespread preference not only in relation to painful news and events, such as death and divorce, but also pleasurable ones, such as birth. Research shows that people enjoy the suspense.”
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-do-people-avoid-facts-that-could-help-them/
- On Luck Relative to Hard Work
“Absolute success is luck. Relative success is hard work.”
https://jamesclear.com/luck-vs-hard-work
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