{"id":1051,"date":"2020-07-25T14:28:07","date_gmt":"2020-07-25T21:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/?p=1051"},"modified":"2020-07-24T14:38:01","modified_gmt":"2020-07-24T21:38:01","slug":"im-reading-week-july-26th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/im-reading-week-july-26th\/","title":{"rendered":"What I&#8217;m Reading &#8211; Week of July 26th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Below are some of the most intriguing, thought-provoking and actionable performance-related content pieces I read, watched or listened to this week.<\/p>\n<p>[<em>pic: Dubya makes a new friend<\/em>]<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1052\" src=\"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/dubya-and-chewie-july-2020-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/dubya-and-chewie-july-2020-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/dubya-and-chewie-july-2020-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/dubya-and-chewie-july-2020-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/dubya-and-chewie-july-2020-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/dubya-and-chewie-july-2020-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/dubya-and-chewie-july-2020-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Don&#8217;t Try &#8211; Intend<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>&#8220;Why try when you can intend? Well, tries are much cheaper than intentions, and they do accomplish things \u2014 just not usually the task itself.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.raptitude.com\/2020\/07\/dont-try-intend\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.raptitude.com\/2020\/07\/dont-try-intend\/<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Improve Your Memory And Maintain a Healthy Brain<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>&#8220;Life-long learning is a journey, not a destination \u2014 there\u2019s never a shortage of new things to learn.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/kaizen-habits\/3-hobbies-that-can-improve-your-memory-and-maintain-a-healthy-brain-b42ae7b8606e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/medium.com\/kaizen-habits\/3-hobbies-that-can-improve-your-memory-and-maintain-a-healthy-brain-b42ae7b8606e<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Focus On Your Legacy Now \u2013 There Is No Later<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>&#8220;If you were to \u2018depart\u2019 tomorrow, when your peers and loved ones gather to discuss what is your lasting contribution, what you are to be remembered for, what will they say?&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/focus-on-your-legacy-now\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/damondamore.com\/focus-on-your-legacy-now\/<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>It&#8217;s OK to Be Good and Not Great<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>&#8220;Trust comes from vulnerability.\u2019 Recent experimental data suggests that this is because deep down inside, most everyone dislikes having to pretend they\u2019ve got all their shit together. When you let your guard down and get real, others feel relieved and gain the confidence to do the same.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outsideonline.com\/2348226\/case-being-good-enough\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.outsideonline.com\/2348226\/case-being-good-enough<\/a><\/p>\n<p>As always, follow my Legacy Mentor feed on Instagram for daily quotes, book and product reviews, and knowledge bombs.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/legacymentorofficial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.instagram.com\/legacymentorofficial<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This post originally appeared at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.damondamore.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.damondamore.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>* Don&#8217;t Try &#8211; Intend:  &#8220;Why try when you can intend? Well, tries are much cheaper than intentions, and they do accomplish things \u2014 just not usually the task itself.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>* Improve Your Memory And Maintain a Healthy Brain:  &#8220;Life-long learning is a journey, not a destination \u2014 there\u2019s never a shortage of new things to learn.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>* It\u2019s OK to Be Good and Not Great:  \u201cTrust comes from vulnerability.\u2019 Recent experimental data suggests that this is because deep down inside, most everyone dislikes having to pretend they\u2019ve got all their shit together. When you let your guard down and get real, others feel relieved and gain the confidence to do the same.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>* Focus On Your Legacy Now \u2013 There Is No Later:  &#8220;If you were to \u2018depart\u2019 tomorrow, when your peers and loved ones gather to discuss what is your lasting contribution, what you are to be remembered for, what will they say?&#8221;<br \/>\n* <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,66],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[670,12],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1051"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1051"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1051\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1051"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=1051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}