Read / Watch / Listen
Below are some of the most intriguing, thought-provoking and actionable performance-related content pieces I read/watched/listened to and shared with clients this week: By Damon D'Amore
Why an Abundance of Knowledge Doesn’t Necessarily Change People’s Minds
https://awealthofcommonsense.com/2018/09/darwins-golden-rule/
“The human brain is, in large part, a machine for winning arguments, a machine for convincing others that its owner is right – and thus a machine for convincing its owner of the same thing.”
The Value of Distraction
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/a-new-theory-of-distraction
“What if, in fact, we’re not very good at being distracted? What if we actually don’t value distraction enough?”
On Self-Doubt
https://stevenpressfield.com/2018/09/self-doubt-is-good/
“For every measure of self-doubt we experience consciously, there is an equal and opposite measure of self-belief growing and enlarging itself unconsciously. Our self-doubt is the inverse manifestation of our artistic dream.
The greater the one, the greater the other.” -
The Different Types of ‘Smart’
https://www.collaborativefund.com/blog/different-kinds-of-smart/
“The smart way to handle long-term thinking is enjoying what you’re doing day to day enough that the terminal rewards don’t constantly cross your mind.” -
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