{"id":450,"date":"2019-03-15T15:50:18","date_gmt":"2019-03-15T22:50:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/?p=450"},"modified":"2019-03-15T15:50:18","modified_gmt":"2019-03-15T22:50:18","slug":"im-reading-week-march-17th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/im-reading-week-march-17th\/","title":{"rendered":"What I&#8217;m Reading &#8211; The Week of March 17th"},"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>&nbsp;<\/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>The Passion Paradox<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Intensity and drive can be great. It is often the gateway to flow states, or those times when you are completely in the zone, fully absorbed in what you are doing. Intensity and drive can also lead to anxiety, burnout, and even cheating and fraud<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.passionparadoxbook.com\/single-post\/2019\/03\/12\/What-Do-You-Control-What-Controls-You\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.passionparadoxbook.com\/single-post\/2019\/03\/12\/What-Do-You-Control-What-Controls-You<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Not Caring Is A Powerful Skill<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Figure out what you can control and obsess over it. Identify what doesn\u2019t matter and ignore it. Determine what you\u2019re incapable of and stay away from it<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.collaborativefund.com\/blog\/not-caring-a-unique-and-powerful-skill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.collaborativefund.com\/blog\/not-caring-a-unique-and-powerful-skill\/<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Defining Your Values<\/strong> (NSFW)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;<em>We are defined by what we choose to find important in our lives. We are defined by our prioritizations<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/markmanson.net\/personal-values\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/markmanson.net\/personal-values<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The Art of Repetition<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>&#8220;If you want to create lasting habits you must develop a high tolerance for repetition.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/awealthofcommonsense.com\/2019\/03\/the-art-of-repetition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/awealthofcommonsense.com\/2019\/03\/the-art-of-repetition\/<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Discovering The Benefits Of An Unbalanced Life.&#8221; Podcast Interview with Brad Stulberg (co-author, The Passion Paradox)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Great interview on self-compassion, mindfulness and personal performance.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themorningshakeout.com\/podcast-episode-53-with-brad-stulberg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.themorningshakeout.com\/podcast-episode-53-with-brad-stulberg\/<\/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\">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>* The Passion Paradox:  &#8220;Intensity and drive can be great. It is often the gateway to flow states, or those times when you are completely in the zone, fully absorbed in what you are doing. Intensity and drive can also lead to anxiety, burnout, and even cheating and fraud.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>* Not Caring Is A Powerful Skill: &#8220;Figure out what you can control and obsess over it. Identify what doesn\u2019t matter and ignore it. Determine what you\u2019re incapable of and stay away from it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>* Defining Your Values (NSFW): &#8220;We are defined by what we choose to find important in our lives. We are defined by our prioritizations.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>* The Art of Repetition:  &#8220;If you want to create lasting habits you must develop a high tolerance for repetition.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>* &#8220;Discovering The Benefits Of An Unbalanced Life.&#8221; Podcast Interview with Brad Stulberg (co-author, The Passion Paradox): A great interview on self-compassion, mindfulness and personal performance.<\/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":[249,247,246,245,77,252,251,250,248],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450"}],"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=450"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=450"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}