{"id":404,"date":"2019-01-20T20:48:04","date_gmt":"2019-01-21T04:48:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/?p=404"},"modified":"2019-01-20T20:48:04","modified_gmt":"2019-01-21T04:48:04","slug":"im-reading-week-january-20th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/im-reading-week-january-20th\/","title":{"rendered":"What I&#8217;m Reading &#8211; The Week of January 20th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At this point everyone is back to work or home from CES and it&#8217;s time to FOCUS.\u00a0 Hopefully you&#8217;ll find some actionable gems of wisdom as I did in the articles below.<\/p>\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<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-230 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/header_extended_2-1024x540.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/header_extended_2-1024x540.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/header_extended_2-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/header_extended_2-768x405.jpg 768w, https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/header_extended_2.jpg 1895w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Life and Business Lessons from Morgan Housel<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.collaborativefund.com\/blog\/things-im-pretty-sure-about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.collaborativefund.com\/blog\/things-im-pretty-sure-about\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Part of the reason pessimism is more seductive than optimism is because it\u2019s easy to underestimate our ability to change in the future<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Why Delayed Gratification Works<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/community.intelligentfanatics.com\/t\/delayed-gratification-works\/1667\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/community.intelligentfanatics.com\/t\/delayed-gratification-works\/1667<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>You can create a masterpiece in two days &#8211; after years of effort<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Why Insecure People Buy More Things<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/sex-relationships\/interpersonal-insecurity-leads-to-materialism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/bigthink.com\/sex-relationships\/interpersonal-insecurity-leads-to-materialism<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Money may not buy you love, but it won&#8217;t break your heart either<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Less Focus on Specific Goals and More Focus On Practicing Life<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peakperformancebook.net\/single-post\/2018\/12\/19\/Walkingthepath\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.peakperformancebook.net\/single-post\/2018\/12\/19\/Walkingthepath<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Life satisfaction is a byproduct of transitioning from being a seeker, or someone who wants a certain lifestyle, to a practitioner, or someone who lives that lifestyle day in and day out.<\/em>&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>On Going Deep Versus Going Broad<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.raptitude.com\/2018\/12\/why-the-depth-year-was-my-best-year\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.raptitude.com\/2018\/12\/why-the-depth-year-was-my-best-year\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Depth wasn\u2019t so much a game of persistently striving to top myself, it was more like a new lens for looking at the tools and opportunities that had always been there<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>For daily inspiration, actionable ideas and knowledge bombs\u00a0follow my Legacy Mentor feed on Instagram.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/legacymentorofficial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.instagram.com\/legacymentorofficial<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This post originally appeared at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.damondamore.com\/\">www.damondamore.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>* Life and Business Lessons from Morgan Housel:  &#8220;Part of the reason pessimism is more seductive than optimism is because it\u2019s easy to underestimate our ability to change in the future.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>* Why Delayed Gratification Works: &#8220;You can create a masterpiece in two days &#8211; 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