{"id":604,"date":"2019-08-26T20:04:48","date_gmt":"2019-08-27T03:04:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/?p=604"},"modified":"2019-08-26T20:04:48","modified_gmt":"2019-08-27T03:04:48","slug":"im-reading-week-august-25th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/im-reading-week-august-25th\/","title":{"rendered":"What I&#8217;m Reading &#8211; The Week of August 25th"},"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-42\" src=\"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/DD-BW2-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/DD-BW2-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/DD-BW2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/DD-BW2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/DD-BW2-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Why Everyone Should Write\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>&#8220;Turning gut feelings into tools means understanding their origin, limits, and how they interact with other ideas. Which requires turning them into words.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.collaborativefund.com\/blog\/why-everyone-should-write\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.collaborativefund.com\/blog\/why-everyone-should-write\/<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Cutting Through Indecision &amp; Overthinking<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>&#8220;Taking any action is likely to be better than inaction and indecision, but we can get so caught up in trying to find the perfect decision that we make no decision.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zenhabits.net\/overthink\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/zenhabits.net\/overthink\/<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Creating the Best Version of You<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>&#8220;People struggle to define their real selves, but they don\u2019t have to.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/the-psychological-key-to-creating-the-best-version-of-you\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/the-psychological-key-to-creating-the-best-version-of-you\/<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>How To Know If You&#8217;re A Morning Person<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>&#8220;The life of a person who wakes up really, really early.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/health\/archive\/2019\/08\/how-know-if-youre-morning-person\/595990\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/health\/archive\/2019\/08\/how-know-if-youre-morning-person\/595990\/<\/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>* Cutting Through Indecision &#038; Overthinking:  &#8220;Taking any action is likely to be better than inaction and indecision, but we can get so caught up in trying to find the perfect decision that we make no decision.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>* How To Know If You&#8217;re A Morning Person:  &#8220;The life of a person who wakes up really, really early.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>* Creating the Best Version of You:  &#8220;People struggle to define their real selves, but they don\u2019t have to.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>* Why Everyone Should Write:  &#8220;Turning gut feelings into tools means understanding their origin, limits, and how they interact with other ideas. 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