{"id":1391,"date":"2021-05-16T10:51:44","date_gmt":"2021-05-16T17:51:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/?p=1391"},"modified":"2021-05-16T10:51:45","modified_gmt":"2021-05-16T17:51:45","slug":"what-im-reading-week-of-may-16th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/what-im-reading-week-of-may-16th\/","title":{"rendered":"What I&#8217;m Reading &#8211; Week of May 16th"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<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\n\n\n<p>[pic: IG @<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/legacymentorofficial\/\" target=\"_blank\">legacymentorofficial<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IG-Surrender-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IG-Surrender-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IG-Surrender-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IG-Surrender-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IG-Surrender.png 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Efficiency is the Enemy<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8220;There\u2019s a good chance most of the problems in your life and work come down to insufficient slack. Here\u2019s how slack works and why you need more of it.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fs.blog\/2021\/05\/slack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/fs.blog\/2021\/05\/slack\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Be a Pro for One Hour<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8220;Even if we\u2019re working a full-time job, waitressing, driving an Uber, juggling kids and ex-husbands and all the other heartaches and the thousand natural shocks that flesh is heir to, we\u2019re in the same boat with many, many full-time, big-name professional artists and entrepreneurs.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/stevenpressfield.com\/2021\/05\/be-a-pro-for-one-hour\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/stevenpressfield.com\/2021\/05\/be-a-pro-for-one-hour\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Choices<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8220;Indecision is not an option.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.etymologynerd.com\/blog\/choices\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.etymologynerd.com\/blog\/choices<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>The Importance of Knowing Yourself<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8220;Don&#8217;t let anyone decide who you are.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ofdollarsanddata.com\/just-one-more\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/ofdollarsanddata.com\/just-one-more\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As always, follow my Legacy Mentor feed on Instagram for daily quotes, book and product reviews, and knowledge bombs.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/legacymentorofficial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.instagram.com\/legacymentorofficial<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This post originally appeared at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.damondamore.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.damondamore.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"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. [pic: IG @legacymentorofficial] Efficiency is the Enemy &#8220;There\u2019s a good chance most of the problems in your life and work come down to insufficient slack. Here\u2019s how slack works and why you need more &#8230; <a title=\"What I&#8217;m Reading &#8211; Week of May 16th\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/what-im-reading-week-of-may-16th\/\" aria-label=\"More on What I&#8217;m Reading &#8211; Week of May 16th\">Read more<\/a><\/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":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1391"}],"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=1391"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1391\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1391"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=1391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}