What I’m Reading – Week of October 7th

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

 

  • The Surfer’s Secret to Happiness

If you added up the seconds that a good surfer actually spent riding the waves, it would amount to only the smallest fraction of an entire life. Yet surfers are surfers all the time.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/10/opinion/disability-surfers-happiness.html

  • Letter To My Younger Self

“You’re going to be part of something else. You’re going to be part of changing the women’s game. Of showing other girls who felt they didn’t belong that they do belong.”

https://www.theplayerstribune.com/en-us/articles/marta-brazil-letter-to-my-younger-self

  • The Fast Track To A Life Well Lived Is Feeling Grateful

“At base, emotions are about the future, not the past. From an evolutionary standpoint, feeling pain or pleasure that can’t change anything would be a useless waste of the brain’s efforts. The true benefit of emotions comes from their power to guide decisions about what comes next.”

https://aeon.co/ideas/the-fast-track-to-a-life-well-lived-is-feeling-grateful

  • Why We Can Never Do Just One Thing

“We can’t expect to interact with any system without repercussions. Over time, even minor externalities can cause significant strain in our lives and relationships.”

https://fs.blog/2019/09/externalities-why-we-can-never-do-one-thing/

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