{"id":1081,"date":"2020-08-30T11:58:58","date_gmt":"2020-08-30T18:58:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/?p=1081"},"modified":"2020-08-30T11:58:58","modified_gmt":"2020-08-30T18:58:58","slug":"im-reading-week-august-30th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/im-reading-week-august-30th\/","title":{"rendered":"What I&#8217;m Reading &#8211; Week of August 30th"},"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-large wp-image-1083\" src=\"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/123-1024x785.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"785\" srcset=\"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/123-1024x785.png 1024w, https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/123-300x230.png 300w, https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/123-768x589.png 768w, https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/123.png 1161w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The Difference Between Amateurs and Professionals<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>&#8220;The answer is complicated and likely multifaceted. Most of us are just amateurs.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fs.blog\/2017\/08\/amateurs-professionals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/fs.blog\/2017\/08\/amateurs-professionals\/<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>How to Live Without Regret (5 min. video)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>&#8220;8x Olympic medalist Apolo Ohno discusses internal battles and focusing on the process instead of the outcome.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HBtt2p5gQiQ&amp;t=1s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CLICK HERE FOR YOUTUBE LINK<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Structured Distraction: How To Make The Most Of Breaks<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>&#8220;Knowing that being distracted is a natural state for our brain, how can we bring some structure to this natural rhythm?&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nesslabs.com\/structured-distraction-breaks-at-work\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/nesslabs.com\/structured-distraction-breaks-at-work<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>When The Magic Happens<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>&#8220;We know that creativity and discovery surge when people are forced to find, rather than just want, new solutions.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.collaborativefund.com\/blog\/when-the-magic-happens\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.collaborativefund.com\/blog\/when-the-magic-happens\/<\/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 Difference Between Amateurs and Professionals:  &#8220;The answer is complicated and likely multifaceted. Most of us are just amateurs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>* When The Magic Happens:  &#8220;We know that creativity and discovery surge when people are forced to find, rather than just want, new solutions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>* How to Live Without Regret (5 min. video):  &#8220;8x Olympic medalist Apolo Ohno discusses internal battles and focusing on the process instead of the outcome.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>* Structured Distraction: How To Make The Most Of Breaks:  &#8220;Knowing that being distracted is a natural state for our brain, how can we bring some structure to this natural rhythm?&#8221;<\/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":[324],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1081"}],"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=1081"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1081\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1081"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=1081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}