{"id":570,"date":"2019-07-20T18:52:28","date_gmt":"2019-07-21T01:52:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/?p=570"},"modified":"2019-07-20T18:52:28","modified_gmt":"2019-07-21T01:52:28","slug":"im-reading-week-july-21st","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/im-reading-week-july-21st\/","title":{"rendered":"What I&#8217;m Reading &#8211; Week of July 21st"},"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-571\" src=\"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/D7-1024x731.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"731\" srcset=\"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/D7-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/D7-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/D7-768x549.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The Natural Cure for Burnout Is Profound and Utter Awe<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>&#8220;We can\u2019t help but view our circumstances against a broader backdrop. Awe forces us, even if only for a few brief moments, to expand our awareness.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forge.medium.com\/the-natural-cure-for-burnout-is-profound-and-utter-awe-bfa9f6b3e2d1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/forge.medium.com\/the-natural-cure-for-burnout-is-profound-and-utter-awe-bfa9f6b3e2d1<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Your Brain Can Only Take So Much Focus<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>&#8220;Unfocus allows us to update information in the brain, giving us access to deeper parts of ourselves and enhancing our agility, creativity and decision-making too.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/getpocket.com\/explore\/item\/your-brain-can-only-take-so-much-focus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/getpocket.com\/explore\/item\/your-brain-can-only-take-so-much-focus<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>On Adult ADD<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>&#8220;I believe experience is the only wa<\/em><em>y to truly know what works. You can read or philosophize forever, but what are you going to try?&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/robbe.blog\/on-adult-a-d-d\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/robbe.blog\/on-adult-a-d-d\/<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>How To Be Happy<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>&#8220;<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some highlights: &#8211; Be where you are, not in past or future &#8211; Surround yourself wisely (people and things) -Live below your means &#8211; Don&#8217;t compare &#8211; Exercise &#8211; Spend time in nature &#8211; Sleep &#8211; Cut out bullsh*t &#8211; Help others &#8211; Know it&#8217;s ok to be sad too.&#8221; (Brad Stulberg)<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/guides\/well\/how-to-be-happy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/guides\/well\/how-to-be-happy<\/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>* The Natural Cure for Burnout Is Profound and Utter Awe:  &#8220;We can\u2019t help but view our circumstances against a broader backdrop. Awe forces us, even if only for a few brief moments, to expand our awareness.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>* How To Be Happy:  &#8220;Some highlights: &#8211; Be where you are, not in past or future &#8211; Surround yourself wisely (people and things) -Live below your means &#8211; Don&#8217;t compare &#8211; Exercise &#8211; Spend time in nature &#8211; Sleep &#8211; Cut out bullsh*t &#8211; Help others &#8211; Know it&#8217;s ok to be sad too.&#8221; (Brad Stulberg)<\/p>\n<p>* On Adult ADD:  &#8220;I believe experience is the only way to truly know what works. You can read or philosophize forever, but what are you going to try?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>* Your Brain Can Only Take So Much Focus:  &#8220;Unfocus allows us to update information in the brain, giving us access to deeper parts of ourselves and enhancing our agility, creativity and decision-making too.&#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":[395,371,396,75,188],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/570"}],"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=570"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/570\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=570"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}