{"id":744,"date":"2019-12-09T10:09:57","date_gmt":"2019-12-09T18:09:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/?p=744"},"modified":"2019-12-09T10:09:57","modified_gmt":"2019-12-09T18:09:57","slug":"im-reading-week-december-8th-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/im-reading-week-december-8th-2\/","title":{"rendered":"What I&#8217;m Reading &#8211; Week of December 8th"},"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>(rainy Sunday hike catching up on podcast listens)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-745\" src=\"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_20191208_102730_645.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1794\" srcset=\"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_20191208_102730_645.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_20191208_102730_645-181x300.jpg 181w, https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_20191208_102730_645-768x1276.jpg 768w, https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_20191208_102730_645-616x1024.jpg 616w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Obsession Is Natural<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>By Kobe Bryant<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theplayerstribune.com\/en-us\/articles\/kobe-bryant-allen-iverson-obsession-is-natural\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.theplayerstribune.com\/en-us\/articles\/kobe-bryant-allen-iverson-obsession-is-natural<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Mental Models <\/strong>(VERY LONG POST but I&#8217;m a huge fan of Shane and of FS)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>&#8220;Mental models are how we understand the world. Not only do they shape what we think and how we understand but they shape the connections and opportunities that we see. Mental models are how we simplify complexity, why we consider some things more relevant than others, and how we reason.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fs.blog\/mental-models\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/fs.blog\/mental-models\/<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>On Perfection<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>&#8220;Perfection dangles on a string as we run in place chasing after it on our respective treadmills. We\u2019ve put perfection up a pedestal that none of us can ever reach.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.allthingsare1.com\/2019\/11\/27\/perfection\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.allthingsare1.com\/2019\/11\/27\/perfection\/<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Do What You\u2019re Doing<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>\u201cDo what you\u2019re doing\u201d sounds trite. But it draws your attention to the self-defeating inner resistance that often underlies challenging tasks.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.raptitude.com\/2019\/11\/do-what-youre-doing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.raptitude.com\/2019\/11\/do-what-youre-doing\/<\/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>* On Perfection:  Perfection dangles on a string as we run in place chasing after it on our respective treadmills. We\u2019ve put perfection up a pedestal that none of us can ever reach.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>* Obsession Is Natural By Kobe Bryant<\/p>\n<p>* Do What You\u2019re Doing: It sounds trite. But it draws your attention to the self-defeating inner resistance that often underlies challenging tasks.<\/p>\n<p>* Mental Models: &#8220;Mental models are how we understand the world. Not only do they shape what we think and how we understand but they shape the connections and opportunities that we see. Mental models are how we simplify complexity, why we consider some things more relevant than others, and how we reason.&#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":[506,554,507,556,201,154,555],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/744"}],"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=744"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/744\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=744"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}