{"id":556,"date":"2019-07-06T13:52:44","date_gmt":"2019-07-06T20:52:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/?p=556"},"modified":"2019-07-06T13:55:13","modified_gmt":"2019-07-06T20:55:13","slug":"im-reading-week-july-7th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/im-reading-week-july-7th\/","title":{"rendered":"What I&#8217;m Reading &#8211; Week of July 7th"},"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-229\" src=\"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Overhead_Books-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Overhead_Books-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Overhead_Books-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Overhead_Books-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Overhead_Books.jpg 1499w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The Two Types of Authenticity &#8211; HBR Study (short podcast)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>&#8220;Restaurants stand in for any business in this example &#8211; if you can exhibit either one of these types of authenticity there were (clear) benefits.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thereformedbroker.com\/2019\/07\/05\/the-two-types-of-authenticity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/thereformedbroker.com\/2019\/07\/05\/the-two-types-of-authenticity<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Authenticity Under Fire<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>&#8220;Researchers are calling into question authenticity as a scientifically viable concept.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.scientificamerican.com\/beautiful-minds\/authenticity-under-fire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/blogs.scientificamerican.com\/beautiful-minds\/authenticity-under-fire\/<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Two Ways To Get Better At Something<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>&#8220;Rather than going for the maximum challenge you can handle (for a mercifully short time) you\u2019re looking for that \u201cjust challenging enough to improve\u201d window. And once you find it, you live in it.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.raptitude.com\/2019\/06\/two-ways-to-get-better-at-something\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.raptitude.com\/2019\/06\/two-ways-to-get-better-at-something\/<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The Power of Symbolism and The Architecture of Mind<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>&#8220;Symbols are among the most powerful of all ideas. Be very cautious in what you choose to take as a means of representing yourself, or what you let others use to represent things to you. The symbol is almost a direct link to your mind\u2019s concept network, so be sure to look deeper, as it is the only way to defend your thoughts from those who would influence them.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/masterthyself.com\/power-symbolism-architecture-thought\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/masterthyself.com\/power-symbolism-architecture-thought\/<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>If Self-Discipline Feels Difficult, You&#8217;re Doing It Wrong<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>&#8220;Chances are, at some point in your life, you\u2019ve tried to change your behavior through sheer willpower. And chances are, you also failed miserably. Don\u2019t feel bad! This is what happens most of the time.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/markmanson.net\/self-discipline-youre-doing-it-wrong\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/markmanson.net\/self-discipline-youre-doing-it-wrong<\/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 noreferrer\">www.instagram.com\/legacymentorofficial<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This post originally appeared at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.damondamore.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.damondamore.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>* Authenticity Under Fire:  &#8220;Researchers are calling into question authenticity as a scientifically viable concept.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>* If Self-Discipline Feels Difficult, You&#8217;re Doing It Wrong:  &#8220;Chances are, at some point in your life, you\u2019ve tried to change your behavior through sheer willpower. And chances are, you also failed miserably. Don\u2019t feel bad! This is what happens most of the time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>* The Two Types of Authenticity &#8211; HBR Study (short podcast):  &#8220;Restaurants stand in for any business in this example &#8211; if you can exhibit either one of these types of authenticity there were (clear) benefits.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>* Two Ways To Get Better At Something:  &#8220;Rather than going for the maximum challenge you can handle (for a mercifully short time) you\u2019re looking for that \u201cjust challenging enough to improve\u201d window. And once you find it, you live in it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>* The Power of Symbolism and The Architecture of Mind:  &#8220;Symbols are among the most powerful of all ideas. Be very cautious in what you choose to take as a means of representing yourself, or what you let others use to represent things to you. The symbol is almost a direct link to your mind\u2019s concept network, so be sure to look deeper, as it is the only way to defend your thoughts from those who would influence them.&#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":[375,254,376,22,373,374],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556"}],"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=556"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=556"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}