{"id":1058,"date":"2020-08-09T17:32:10","date_gmt":"2020-08-10T00:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/?p=1058"},"modified":"2020-08-09T17:32:10","modified_gmt":"2020-08-10T00:32:10","slug":"im-reading-week-august-9th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/im-reading-week-august-9th\/","title":{"rendered":"What I&#8217;m Reading &#8211; Week of August 9th"},"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><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-659\" src=\"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Sunday_mornings_w_Baby_Bear__idratherbewithmy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Sunday_mornings_w_Baby_Bear__idratherbewithmy.jpg 640w, https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Sunday_mornings_w_Baby_Bear__idratherbewithmy-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Sunday_mornings_w_Baby_Bear__idratherbewithmy-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The Myth of Grit and Determination<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>&#8220;Behavioral goals are difficult because they tend to revolve around conflicting desires.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.raptitude.com\/2020\/08\/the-myth-of-grit-and-determination\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.raptitude.com\/2020\/08\/the-myth-of-grit-and-determination\/<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Appearances vs Experiences: What Really Makes Us Happy<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>&#8220;In the search for happiness, we often confuse how something looks with how it\u2019s likely to make us feel.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fs.blog\/2020\/07\/appearances-vs-experiences\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/fs.blog\/2020\/07\/appearances-vs-experiences\/<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>How Smart People Make Better Decisions<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>&#8220;Thinking about your thinking \u2014 most decisions require a deeper level of exploration.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/mind-cafe\/second-and-third-order-thinking-how-smart-people-make-better-decisions-50d0842ac812\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/medium.com\/mind-cafe\/second-and-third-order-thinking-how-smart-people-make-better-decisions-50d0842ac812<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Willpower And Self-Control<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>&#8220;Self-control and discipline operate the same. Just because you may get briefly distracted by the urge to stay in bed or binge on Netflix instead of getting in your workout doesn\u2019t mean you actually have to do it. &#8220;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/trailrunnermag.com\/training\/willpower-and-self-control.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/trailrunnermag.com\/training\/willpower-and-self-control.html<\/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>* The Myth of Grit and Determination:  &#8220;Behavioral goals are difficult because they tend to revolve around conflicting desires.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>* Appearances vs Experiences: What Really Makes Us Happy:  &#8220;In the search for happiness, we often confuse how something looks with how it\u2019s likely to make us feel.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>* How Smart People Make Better Decisions:  &#8220;Thinking about your thinking \u2014 most decisions require a deeper level of exploration.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>* Willpower And Self-Control:  &#8220;Self-control and discipline operate the same. Just because you may get briefly distracted by the urge to stay in bed or binge on Netflix instead of getting in your workout doesn\u2019t mean you actually have to do it. &#8220;<\/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":[150,671,420],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1058"}],"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=1058"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1058\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1058"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=1058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}