{"id":649,"date":"2019-09-22T14:43:05","date_gmt":"2019-09-22T21:43:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/?p=649"},"modified":"2019-09-22T14:43:05","modified_gmt":"2019-09-22T21:43:05","slug":"im-reading-week-september-22nd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/im-reading-week-september-22nd\/","title":{"rendered":"What I&#8217;m Reading &#8211; Week of September 22nd"},"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=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-172\" src=\"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/books-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/books-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/books-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/books-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/books.jpg 1698w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Resistance and Self Loathing<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>&#8220;Though it seems ultra-personal, the voice of self-loathing is in fact universal. It is impersonal. Now to the good news about self-loathing&#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stevenpressfield.com\/2013\/11\/resistance-and-self-loathing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/stevenpressfield.com\/2013\/11\/resistance-and-self-loathing\/<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Why Complexity Sells<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>&#8220;Things you don\u2019t understand create a mystique around people who do.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.collaborativefund.com\/blog\/why-complexity-sells\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.collaborativefund.com\/blog\/why-complexity-sells\/<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The Power of Questions<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>&#8220;The quality of the answers we get are directly correlated with the quality of the questions we ask. Here\u2019s how to improve your questions.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fs.blog\/2019\/09\/power-questions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/fs.blog\/2019\/09\/power-questions\/<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Why We Can\u2019t Sit Quietly In A Room Alone<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>&#8220;Eventually, by cultivating receptivity rather than defensiveness, a kind of tranquility can emerge.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.raptitude.com\/2019\/08\/sitting-quietly\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.raptitude.com\/2019\/08\/sitting-quietly\/<\/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<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>* Resistance and Self Loathing:  &#8220;Though it seems ultra-personal, the voice of self-loathing is in fact universal. It is impersonal. Now to the good news about self-loathing&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>* Why We Can\u2019t Sit Quietly In A Room Alone:  &#8220;Eventually, by cultivating receptivity rather than defensiveness, a kind of tranquility can emerge.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>* The Power of Questions:  &#8220;The quality of the answers we get are directly correlated with the quality of the questions we ask. Here\u2019s how to improve your questions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>* Why Complexity Sells:  &#8220;Things you don\u2019t understand create a mystique around people who do.&#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":[499,498,497],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649"}],"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=649"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=649"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}