This is the Read to Lead podcast, episode 495.

I didn't know books could be great.

Like, everything that I was given to read at school was really boring.

It was like a textbook that, like, covered 300 years

of stuff that I couldn't relate to. And it was so, so boring. It's easily one of the biggest

lies we tell ourselves. The harder you work, the better you'll do. But a lot of the time,

working harder doesn't yield better results. It just us exhausted hi i'm jeff brown this is the

read to lead podcast the podcast dedicated to your personal and professional growth and if you want to

get further in life faster than most you might want to take up the habit of reading with consistency

and intention my goal is that this podcast helps you do exactly that. This week, we're going to be interviewing

the author of a book called The Performance Paradox, turning the power of mindset into action.

His name is Eduardo Briseño, and I'll be asking Eduardo to share about what he means when he says

we don't learn by doing, we learn while doing, how we can leverage our responses to different

kinds of mistakes

to improve learning and performance, common misconceptions about learning and a growth mindset,

and much, much more. In just about a week and a half, members of my read-to-league community

and I are going to be getting together to discuss a book you're going to be hearing more about

in the future called Leadership is Overrated, How the Navy Seals and Successful Businesses Create Self-Leading

Teams that Win. Thursday, October 12th, we're gathering to discuss that book. Many are reading it

now. And in fact, the authors of the book, Chris Mefford and Kyle Buckett, will be joining us for that discussion.

Again, that's Thursday, October 12th. The following Tuesday, then my interview with the authors

releases as episode 498. I encourage you to pick up a copy of Leadership is overrated and join

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