{"id":850,"date":"2020-03-01T13:48:51","date_gmt":"2020-03-01T21:48:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/?p=850"},"modified":"2020-03-01T13:48:51","modified_gmt":"2020-03-01T21:48:51","slug":"im-reading-week-march-1st","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/im-reading-week-march-1st\/","title":{"rendered":"What I&#8217;m Reading &#8211; Week of March 1st"},"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 &#8211; speaking last week to a group of 9th graders from San Antonio]<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_851\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-851\" style=\"width: 1014px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-851\" src=\"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_20200226_221517_714-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_20200226_221517_714-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_20200226_221517_714-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_20200226_221517_714-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_20200226_221517_714-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_20200226_221517_714.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-851\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">damon d&#8217;amore speaker legacy mentor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The Curse of Ambition: Steven Pressfield and Ryan Holiday<\/strong> (<em>video<\/em>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>&#8220;On Kobe Bryant, Alexander The Great and Ambition.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=T6OTjXCpPPk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=T6OTjXCpPPk.<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Structured Procrastination\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>&#8220;One needs to be able to recognize and commit oneself to tasks with inflated importance and unreal deadlines, while making oneself feel that they are important and urgent.&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pamelajhobart.com\/blog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">thx to Pam Hobart for this! Check out her blog<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.structuredprocrastination.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.structuredprocrastination.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>How To Be More Optimistic<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>&#8220;Optimism can be learned.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/02\/18\/smarter-living\/how-to-be-more-optimistic.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/02\/18\/smarter-living\/how-to-be-more-optimistic.html<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The Power Of Great Feedback<\/strong> (<em>video<\/em>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>&#8220;How to give clear feedback to others in order to unleash their potential.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=E8dJfutKCx0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=E8dJfutKCx0&#8230;<\/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>* Structured Procrastination:  &#8220;One needs to be able to recognize and commit oneself to tasks with inflated importance and unreal deadlines, while making oneself feel that they are important and urgent.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>* The Curse of Ambition: Steven Pressfield and Ryan Holiday (video): &#8220;On Kobe Bryant, Alexander The Great and Ambition.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>* How To Be More Optimistic:  &#8220;Optimism can be learned.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>* The Power Of Great Feedback (video):  &#8220;How to give clear feedback to others in order to unleash their potential.&#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":[321,609,138,12,7,13,122],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/850"}],"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=850"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/850\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=850"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}