Booklog

By: David Goggins

I don't often read motivational style books, but I am often intrigued by Navy SEALs. And certainly a SEAL who is also the only man in history to complete SEAL, Army Ranger, and Air Force Tactical Air Controller training. The ultimate comeback story. Humans are incredible.

By: Suneel Gupta

By our good friend, Suneel Gupta. What a great read to help you craft your story, your pitch, and yourself. Whether you're an entrepreneur, a writer, or simply trying something new, find out how to become Backable.

By: Dr. Sanjay Gupta

We have an aging population and cognitive decline can feel inevitable. But it isn't. Dr. Gupta does a great job of explaining simple, effective ways to keep your brain sharp.

By: Mike Smerklo

Without a doubt, one of the realest, no BS takes about entrepreneurship. He doesn't make it seem glamorous, but he does make it seem fulfilling. And his stories about the early days (dot-com bubble, working with Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, and growing a company through the dot-com bust) are great. Read this for our Founders Book Club, where author Mike Smerklo joined us.

By: Stephen A. Schwarzman

I've never read anything by Steve Schwarzman, but I came away from this one fully impressed. He clearly watered down some of the controversial topics (as to be expected), but nonetheless his track record at Blackstone is enviable.

By: Sonke Ahrens

This was one of the weirder books I've read in a while. Found it from the #RoamCult, and, yeah, it was weird. I guess I learned some things about good note-taking, but if you're not super into that sort of thing, skip this.

By: Caldwell Esselstyn Jr

With a family history of heart disease, understanding prevention is something I take seriously. This was interesting, though light on science and lacking moderation of all sorts.

By: George Black

Yellowstone is one of the best places on Earth. This book was a really interesting read into the early days of American exploration.

By: John Gierach

I read this as an a little hype for our summer trip to our cabin in Montana. What an enjoyable read.

By: Cal Newport

This is mostly stuff you know: focus on providing yourself time to do the work you need to do. But that's easier said than done, which is why we co-founded and invested in Motion.

By: Buster Benson

Buster is a friend from Amazon days so I was really excited to read this. In today's world, we're not so good at disagreeing... can we do it better?

By: Rob Fitzpatrick

I was skeptical, but this was a really useful guide to asking great questions to properly validate an idea.

By: Annie Duke

Changed the way I think about probabilistic decision-making. Loved it.

By: Randall E. Stross

Oldie but goodie. A profile of Benchmark from the go-go days of the dot-com bubble.

By: Gina Keating

Loved it. Read it for Founders Book Club, and it was excellent. Netflix is a remarkable company with a remarkable story.

By: Vincent J. Cannato

Given our current immigration climate, I felt this was an important read. It was very dense, so I bored of it, but it was certainly informative and carried some narrative violations on both sides.

By: David Epstein

I liked this book. I like to believe I'm a better generalist than specialist, so this was a good confirmation bias that it's okay to be that way.