{"id":1466,"date":"2021-11-14T17:28:59","date_gmt":"2021-11-15T01:28:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/?p=1466"},"modified":"2021-11-14T17:29:00","modified_gmt":"2021-11-15T01:29:00","slug":"what-im-reading-week-of-november-14th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/what-im-reading-week-of-november-14th\/","title":{"rendered":"What I&#8217;m Reading &#8211; Week of November 14th"},"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\/11\/IG-JC-life-1024x576.png\" alt=\"* Avoiding Stupidity is Easier than Seeking Brilliance:  \" class=\"wp-image-1467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IG-JC-life-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IG-JC-life-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IG-JC-life-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IG-JC-life.png 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Avoiding Stupidity is Easier than Seeking Brilliance<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8220;The point is that most of us are amateurs but we refuse to believe it.  This is a problem because we\u2019re often playing the game of the professionals.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fs.blog\/avoiding-stupidity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/fs.blog\/avoiding-stupidity\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>How to Level Up<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8220;New tracks of capability await us everywhere, often just beyond a waist-high hedge of awkwardness. Once you level up, you never go back down, and struggles that seemed eternal can disappear for good.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.raptitude.com\/2021\/10\/how-to-level-up-instead-of-plugging-away\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.raptitude.com\/2021\/10\/how-to-level-up-instead-of-plugging-away\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>The Pain Zone<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8221; Every one of us wants to quit. Every one wants to back off, just a little, so this damn struggle will stop hurting so much.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stevenpressfield.com\/2021\/10\/the-pain-zone\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/stevenpressfield.com\/2021\/10\/the-pain-zone\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>The Same Stories, Again and Again<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8220;Innovation is hard to predict and easy to underestimate because so much occurs by accident, when several boring discoveries compound into something extraordinary.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.collaborativefund.com\/blog\/the-same-stories-again-and-again\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.collaborativefund.com\/blog\/the-same-stories-again-and-again\/<\/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>* Avoiding Stupidity: &#8220;The point is that most of us are amateurs but we refuse to believe it.  This is a problem because we\u2019re often playing the game of the professionals.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>* How to Level Up:  &#8220;New tracks of capability await us everywhere, often just beyond a waist-high hedge of awkwardness. Once you level up, you never go back down, and struggles that seemed eternal can disappear for good.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>* The Pain Zone:  &#8220;Every one of us hits that wall. Every one feels our lungs burning, our heart about to explode out of our chest. Every one of us wants to quit. Every one wants to back off, just a little, so this damn struggle will stop hurting so much.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>* The Same Stories, Again and Again:  &#8220;Innovation is hard to predict and easy to underestimate because so much occurs by accident, when several boring discoveries compound into something extraordinary.&#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\/1466"}],"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=1466"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1466\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1469,"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1466\/revisions\/1469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1466"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=1466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}