{"id":824,"date":"2020-02-09T13:12:52","date_gmt":"2020-02-09T21:12:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/?p=824"},"modified":"2020-02-09T13:12:52","modified_gmt":"2020-02-09T21:12:52","slug":"im-reading-week-february-9th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/im-reading-week-february-9th\/","title":{"rendered":"What I&#8217;m Reading &#8211; Week of February 9th"},"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>[pic: one of my favorite art pieces that I own &#8211; Miles Davis portrait by a homeless artist in LA]<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-825\" src=\"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200113_105219_243.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1336\" height=\"1336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200113_105219_243.jpg 1336w, https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200113_105219_243-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200113_105219_243-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200113_105219_243-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200113_105219_243-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1336px) 100vw, 1336px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The Difference Between Getting By and Getting Better<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>&#8220;When you\u2019re a kid learning to navigate life, you inevitably find certain things particularly challenging. So you figure out a way to get by.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.raptitude.com\/2020\/02\/getting-by-and-getting-better\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.raptitude.com\/2020\/02\/getting-by-and-getting-better\/<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Seth Godin \/ Brian Koppelman Interview on Professionals versus Hacks\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can listen via the Spotify web embed below &#8211; click play on the right, or if you prefer<a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/new-seth-godin-9-17-19\/id814550071?i=1000450149828\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> iTunes CLICK HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>(<em>Thank you to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tonyblauer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tony Blauer<\/a> for the recommendation<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Spotify Embed: NEW - Seth Godin 9\/17\/19\" width=\"100%\" height=\"232\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed-podcast\/episode\/5nH2s3sQwS0c6wPvkjbRN8?si=e3mP5C4lTZCIN841kRaXqA\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Even The Best Are Really Bad At Part Of Their Job<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>&#8220;Olympians who participate in some of the hardest endurance races there are finishing in the BOTTOM 20% of the Grit Scale.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thegrowtheq.com\/even-the-best-are-really-bad-at-part-of-their-job\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/thegrowtheq.com\/even-the-best-are-really-bad-at-part-of-their-job\/<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The Narrative Fallacy (<\/strong>PDF format<strong>)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;<em>The deep structure of the mind is such that stories, reasons, and causes, things that points an arrow in the direction of Why, are the ones that stick most deeply.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fs.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/The-Narrative-Fallacy.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/fs.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/The-Narrative-Fallacy.pdf<\/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>* Even The Best Are Really Bad At Part Of Their Job:  &#8220;Olympians who participate in some of the hardest endurance races there are finishing in the BOTTOM 20% of the Grit Scale.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>* The Difference Between Getting By and Getting Better:  &#8220;When you\u2019re a kid learning to navigate life, you inevitably find certain things particularly challenging. So you figure out a way to get by.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>* Seth Godin \/ Brian Koppelman Interview on Professionals versus Hacks<\/p>\n<p>* The Narrative Fallacy:  &#8220;The deep structure of the mind is such that stories, reasons, and causes, things that points an arrow in the direction of Why, are the ones that stick most deeply.\u201d<\/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":[591],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824"}],"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=824"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=824"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}