What I’m Reading – Week of October 25th

Below are some of the most intriguing, thought-provoking and actionable performance-related content pieces I read, watched or listened to this week.

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  • A Basic Skill We Should Have Learned as Kids

“Emotions really do work like sets of spectacles. It is a huge help to know which lens you’re seeing the world through, at any given moment.”

https://www.raptitude.com/2015/05/basic-skill/

  • On the Illusion of Choice (short video)

Young people have the illusion of choices. But if you want to be good, you have no choices.” – Nick Saban

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0CAAlMo3f8

  • What Sharks Can Teach Us About Survivorship Bias

“If we focus only on the survivor stories, we might think that being a real estate agent or an architect is safer than starting a technology company.”

https://fs.blog/2020/10/sharks-survivorship-bias/

  • On Resilience: What My Sled Dogs Taught Me About Planning for the Unknown

“Planning for forever is essentially impossible, which can actually be freeing: It brings you back into the present.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/23/sports/sled-dogs-mushing-unknowns-planning.html

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