{"id":1462,"date":"2021-10-24T11:23:35","date_gmt":"2021-10-24T18:23:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/?p=1462"},"modified":"2021-10-24T11:23:36","modified_gmt":"2021-10-24T18:23:36","slug":"what-im-reading-week-of-october-24th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/what-im-reading-week-of-october-24th\/","title":{"rendered":"What I&#8217;m Reading &#8211; Week of October 24th"},"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=\"977\" src=\"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/JP-7-sentences-1024x977.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/JP-7-sentences-1024x977.png 1024w, https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/JP-7-sentences-300x286.png 300w, https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/JP-7-sentences-768x733.png 768w, https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/JP-7-sentences.png 1188w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>[&#8220;A lot of people resist transition and therefore never allow themselves to enjoy who they are. Embrace the change, no matter what it is; once you do, you can learn about the new world you&#8217;re in. There&#8217;s only one life. There&#8217;s no repeats. You only get one life, and you gotta take advantage of it.&#8221; repost @jordan.b.peterson]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>On the Illusion of Choice (YouTube video)<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<em>Young people have the illusion of choices. But if you want to be good, you have no choices.<\/em>\u201d \u2013 Nick Saban<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=R0CAAlMo3f8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=R0CAAlMo3f8<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>On Creating Good Stories<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;<em>We are vehemently faithful to our own view of the world, our story. We want to know what new story we\u2019re stepping into before we exit the old one. We don\u2019t want an exit if we don\u2019t know exactly where it is going to take us, even\u2014or perhaps especially\u2014in an emergency<\/em>.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stevenpressfield.com\/2018\/08\/stories-are-about-change\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/stevenpressfield.com\/2018\/08\/stories-are-about-change\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Your Whole Life Is Borrowed Time<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8220;The universe is not at all sentimental\u2014aliveness is always going to be an arbitrary status that can be revoked at any time. No recourse, no due process.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.raptitude.com\/2018\/08\/your-whole-life-is-borrowed-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.raptitude.com\/2018\/08\/your-whole-life-is-borrowed-time\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>It Sounds Crazy<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8220;It\u2019s a rare person who wants to hear what he doesn\u2019t want to hear.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.collaborativefund.com\/blog\/it-sounds-crazy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.collaborativefund.com\/blog\/it-sounds-crazy\/<\/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.\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/legacymentorofficial\" target=\"_blank\">www.instagram.com\/legacymentorofficial<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>* On the Illusion of Choice (YouTube video):  \u201cYoung people have the illusion of choices. But if you want to be good, you have no choices.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>*On Creating Good Stories:  &#8220;We are vehemently faithful to our own view of the world, our story. We want to know what new story we\u2019re stepping into before we exit the old one. We don\u2019t want an exit if we don\u2019t know exactly where it is going to take us, even\u2014or perhaps especially\u2014in an emergency.\u201c<\/p>\n<p>* Your Whole Life Is Borrowed Time:  &#8220;The universe is not at all sentimental\u2014aliveness is always going to be an arbitrary status that can be revoked at any time. No recourse, no due process.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>* It Sounds Crazy:  &#8220;It\u2019s a rare person who wants to hear what he doesn\u2019t want to hear.&#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":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1462"}],"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=1462"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1462\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1464,"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1462\/revisions\/1464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1462"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=1462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}