{"id":459,"date":"2019-04-03T17:37:03","date_gmt":"2019-04-04T00:37:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/?p=459"},"modified":"2019-04-03T17:37:03","modified_gmt":"2019-04-04T00:37:03","slug":"im-reading-week-april-1st","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/im-reading-week-april-1st\/","title":{"rendered":"What I&#8217;m Reading &#8211; The Week of April 1st"},"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><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-230\" 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 Shadow Side of Greatness<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Success in one area is often tied to failure in another area, especially at the extreme end of performance. The more extreme the greatness, the longer the shadow it casts<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jamesclear.com\/shadow-side\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/jamesclear.com\/shadow-side<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Separating Identity From Passion<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Identities seem permanent, but they are in fact malleable. It may seem like we are stuck as who we are, but our stories can be altered.<\/em>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scienceofrunning.com\/2019\/03\/separating-my-identity-from-running.html?v=7516fd43adaa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.scienceofrunning.com\/2019\/03\/separating-my-identity-from-running.html?v=7516fd43adaa<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Your Lifestyle Has Already Been Designed<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;<em>A heartfelt rant about how our work makes us so tired and unfulfilled that we give the money right back<\/em>. &#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.raptitude.com\/2010\/07\/your-lifestyle-has-already-been-designed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.raptitude.com\/2010\/07\/your-lifestyle-has-already-been-designed\/<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Counter-intuitive Competitive Advantages<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Scared and running &gt; fat and happy<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.collaborativefund.com\/blog\/counterintuitive-competitive-advantages\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.collaborativefund.com\/blog\/counterintuitive-competitive-advantages\/<\/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>* Counter-intuitive Competitive Advantages: &#8220;Scared and running > fat and happy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>* Your Lifestyle Has Already Been Designed &#8220;A heartfelt rant about how our work makes us so tired and unfulfilled that we give the money right back.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>* Separating Identity From Passion: &#8220;Identities seem permanent, but they are in fact malleable. It may seem like we are stuck as who we are, but our stories can be altered.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>* The Shadow Side of Greatness: &#8220;Success in one area is often tied to failure in another area, especially at the extreme end of performance. The more extreme the greatness, the longer the shadow it casts.&#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":[263,264,262,261],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459"}],"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=459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=459"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}