{"id":761,"date":"2019-12-23T20:22:47","date_gmt":"2019-12-24T04:22:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/?p=761"},"modified":"2019-12-23T20:22:47","modified_gmt":"2019-12-24T04:22:47","slug":"im-reading-week-december-22nd-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/im-reading-week-december-22nd-2\/","title":{"rendered":"What I&#8217;m Reading &#8211; Week of December 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>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-764\" src=\"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Laptop_Side.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4272\" height=\"2665\" srcset=\"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Laptop_Side.jpg 4272w, https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Laptop_Side-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Laptop_Side-768x479.jpg 768w, https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Laptop_Side-1024x639.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4272px) 100vw, 4272px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Ideas That Changed My Life<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>&#8220;You spend years trying to learn new stuff but then look back and realize that maybe like 10 big ideas truly changed how you think and drive most of what you believe.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.collaborativefund.com\/blog\/ideas-that-changed-my-life\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.collaborativefund.com\/blog\/ideas-that-changed-my-life\/<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The Importance of Being Challenged<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>&#8220;Complacency is the enemy of progress, yet humans are conditioned to seek a state of ease. It is vital to continue on a path to progress, never resting on one\u2019s laurels.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blairbellecurve.com\/the-importance-of-being-challenged\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/blairbellecurve.com\/the-importance-of-being-challenged\/<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>A Million Nameless Joys Await<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>&#8220;In an era when it feels as though we\u2019ve somehow seen everything already, or at least photos of it online, it\u2019s comforting to know that out there, just beyond the boundaries of our own routines, await subtle flavors of joy we can\u2019t conceive of.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.raptitude.com\/2019\/10\/a-million-nameless-joys-await\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.raptitude.com\/2019\/10\/a-million-nameless-joys-await\/<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Pressure Cooker<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>&#8220;What we\u2019re really driving at when we say &#8216;don\u2019t have any expectations&#8217; is two-fold. We\u2019re looking to turn down the pressure we put on ourselves by setting a high bar. And we\u2019re trying to avoid being disappointed when we inevitably feel like we aren\u2019t living up to that bar.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.allthingsare1.com\/2019\/12\/20\/pressure-cooker\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.allthingsare1.com\/2019\/12\/20\/pressure-cooker\/<\/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<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>* The Importance of Being Challenged:  &#8220;Complacency is the enemy of progress, yet humans are conditioned to seek a state of ease. It is vital to continue on a path to progress, never resting on one\u2019s laurels.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>* Ideas That Changed My Life:  &#8220;You spend years trying to learn new stuff but then look back and realize that maybe like 10 big ideas truly changed how you think and drive most of what you believe.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>* A Million Nameless Joys Await:  &#8220;In an era when it feels as though we\u2019ve somehow seen everything already, or at least photos of it online, it\u2019s comforting to know that out there, just beyond the boundaries of our own routines, await subtle flavors of joy we can\u2019t conceive of.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>* Pressure Cooker:  &#8220;What we\u2019re really driving at when we say &#8216;don\u2019t have any expectations&#8217; is two-fold. We\u2019re looking to turn down the pressure we put on ourselves by setting a high bar. And we\u2019re trying to avoid being disappointed when we inevitably feel like we aren\u2019t living up to that bar.&#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":[561,563,560,70,562,234],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/761"}],"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=761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/761\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=761"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}