{"id":830,"date":"2020-02-16T21:46:08","date_gmt":"2020-02-17T05:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/?p=830"},"modified":"2020-02-16T21:46:08","modified_gmt":"2020-02-17T05:46:08","slug":"im-reading-week-february-16th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/im-reading-week-february-16th\/","title":{"rendered":"What I&#8217;m Reading &#8211; Week of February 16th"},"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: on my way to speak to a group of MBAs at USC]<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-832\" src=\"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/USC.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1033\" height=\"1318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/USC.png 1033w, https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/USC-235x300.png 235w, https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/USC-768x980.png 768w, https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/USC-803x1024.png 803w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1033px) 100vw, 1033px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>How to Create Gratitude<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>&#8220;It\u2019s important that it\u2019s an ordinary moment, because those are the kinds of moments that often seem neutral in value. Abundant and unremarkable.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.raptitude.com\/2020\/02\/how-to-create-gratitude\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.raptitude.com\/2020\/02\/how-to-create-gratitude\/<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Emotionally Intelligent People Insert a Pause Between Action And Reaction<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>&#8220;Understanding your emotions is great, but what\u2019s even more useful for you is making use of that knowledge.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/personal-growth\/emotionally-intelligent-people-know-how-to-insert-a-pause-between-action-and-reaction-96a9c70c556\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/medium.com\/personal-growth\/emotionally-intelligent-people-know-how-to-insert-a-pause-between-action-and-reaction-96a9c70c556<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>It\u2019s Better To Focus On Where You Are Going Than How You Are Feeling<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>&#8220;Think of valued living as going about your daily life in the service of values that you find important, whereby engaging in these actions creates a sense of meaning and purpose.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/aeon.co\/ideas\/its-better-to-focus-on-where-you-are-going-than-how-you-are-feeling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/aeon.co\/ideas\/its-better-to-focus-on-where-you-are-going-than-how-you-are-feeling<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The Illusory Truth Effect<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>&#8220;Truth is a precarious thing, not because it doesn\u2019t objectively exist, but because the incentives to warp it can be so strong.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fs.blog\/2020\/02\/illusory-truth-effect\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/fs.blog\/2020\/02\/illusory-truth-effect\/<\/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>* It\u2019s Better To Focus On Where You Are Going Than How You Are Feeling:  &#8220;Think of valued living as going about your daily life in the service of values that you find important, whereby engaging in these actions creates a sense of meaning and purpose.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>* The Illusory Truth Effect:  &#8220;Truth is a precarious thing, not because it doesn\u2019t objectively exist, but because the incentives to warp it can be so strong.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>* How to Create Gratitude:  &#8220;It\u2019s important that it\u2019s an ordinary moment, because those are the kinds of moments that often seem neutral in value. Abundant and unremarkable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>* Emotionally Intelligent People Insert a Pause Between Action And Reaction:  &#8220;Understanding your emotions is great, but what\u2019s even more useful for you is making use of that knowledge.&#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":[212,161,318],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/830"}],"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=830"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/830\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=830"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}