{"id":689,"date":"2019-10-14T10:54:42","date_gmt":"2019-10-14T17:54:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/?p=689"},"modified":"2019-10-14T10:54:42","modified_gmt":"2019-10-14T17:54:42","slug":"im-reading-week-october-14th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/im-reading-week-october-14th\/","title":{"rendered":"What I&#8217;m Reading &#8211; Week of October 14th"},"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=\"aligncenter wp-image-586 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Ground_hugs_with_Dubs_is_my__meditation_The_b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"661\" srcset=\"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Ground_hugs_with_Dubs_is_my__meditation_The_b.jpg 640w, https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Ground_hugs_with_Dubs_is_my__meditation_The_b-290x300.jpg 290w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Becoming a Morning Person<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>&#8220;You will likely start your day with more energy than before, improve your overall mood in the morning, and create some quality time for getting more accomplished in the day.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nutritionrealigned.com\/blog\/becoming-a-morning-person\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.nutritionrealigned.com\/blog\/becoming-a-morning-person<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[You can also listen in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nutritionrealigned.com\/podcast\/episode\/19a18720\/ep-036-10-ways-to-be-more-productive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">EP 036 &#8211; 10 Ways to be More Productive on the Her Inspired Journey Podcast<\/a>. All episodes of the podcast can be found on PodBean, Stitcher, Spotify, the Apple podcast app.]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Get Up! Begin Your Day<\/strong> (a double-dose of morning content)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>&#8220;I am rehearsing doing something I don\u2019t want to do. I\u2019m rehearsing doing something I\u2019m afraid of. I\u2019m rehearsing doing something that hurts.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stevenpressfield.com\/2019\/10\/get-up-begin-your-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/stevenpressfield.com\/2019\/10\/get-up-begin-your-day\/<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Cross The Gap Before It Grows<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>&#8220;When you avoid something, it doesn\u2019t merely remain unfamiliar. It becomes stigmatized in your mind. With each instance of avoidance, your inclination to avoid it grows.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.raptitude.com\/2019\/10\/cross-the-gap-before-it-grows\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.raptitude.com\/2019\/10\/cross-the-gap-before-it-grows\/<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>On Comparing Yourself to Others<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>&#8220;If you can\u2019t compare yourself to others and you can\u2019t compare yourself to your former self, what should you do? You should compare yourself to where you would expect to be in the &#8216;average&#8217; state of the world.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ofdollarsanddata.com\/whats-your-delta\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/ofdollarsanddata.com\/whats-your-delta\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>NOTE<\/strong>!!! Our new Mastermind Class is filling up quickly with some incredible entrepreneurs and small business owners, with an even split of male and female members so far. Applications accepted through end of this week: <a href=\"https:\/\/legacymentormastermind.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.legacymentormastermind.com\u00a0<\/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>* Becoming a Morning Person:  &#8220;You will likely start your day with more energy than before, improve your overall mood in the morning, and create some quality time for getting more accomplished in the day.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>* On Comparing Yourself to Others:  &#8220;If you can\u2019t compare yourself to others and you can\u2019t compare yourself to your former self, what should you do? You should compare yourself to where you would expect to be in the &#8216;average&#8217; state of the world.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>* Cross The Gap Before It Grows:  &#8220;When you avoid something, it doesn\u2019t merely remain unfamiliar. It becomes stigmatized in your mind. With each instance of avoidance, your inclination to avoid it grows.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>* Get Up! Begin Your Day:  &#8220;I am rehearsing doing something I don\u2019t want to do. I\u2019m rehearsing doing something I\u2019m afraid of. I\u2019m rehearsing doing something that hurts.&#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":[515,516,19,514,479,513],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689"}],"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=689"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=689"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}