Useful Not True: Choosing Beliefs That Work
In Useful Not True, Derek Sivers challenges the idea of objective certainty. Instead, he invites us to see beliefs as tools—mental models we adopt not because they’re true, but because they help us act, grow, and find peace.
This book is about intellectual humility, reframing reality, and choosing perspectives that serve your future self.
Truth may be uncertain. But usefulness is actionable.
Anything You Want: Build Your Perfect World
In Anything You Want, Derek Sivers shares lessons from building CD Baby into a customer-obsessed, unconventional company. It’s a manifesto for designing work around happiness, creativity, and personal philosophy.
Build the business that builds the life you want.
Shoe Dog: Building, Competing, and Creating with Purpose
What does it really mean to compete, to negotiate, to build culture—and to fail well? In this post, Phil Knight’s Shoe Dog offers an unfiltered look at work as play, business as craft, and ambition as something bigger than money.
The goal isn’t just to survive the game. It’s to create something that helps others live more fully.
Happy New Year! It’s my favorite time of the year where we get the opportunity to reflect and be grateful for the year we’ve had.
Overall, 2025 was pretty great; and it’s my pleasure to share it with you.
How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others
Seeing others clearly is the foundation of trust. In this post, David Brooks explores empathy, attention, and the quiet power of presence. It’s a guide to building deeper relationships—at work, at home, and within ourselves.
To know others, you must first learn to see.
Amp It Up: Raise the Standards, Pick Up the Pace
Excellence is a choice—and so is intensity. In this post, Frank Slootman shares a bold blueprint for leaders who want to build urgency, sharpen focus, and align their teams for speed, clarity, and impact.
What happens when you stop playing defense and start pushing harder?
Getting Naked: Build Loyalty Through Vulnerability
Trust isn’t earned through perfection—it’s earned through humility. In this post, Patrick Lencioni outlines the fears that keep service providers from being honest, generous, and human—and offers a radical path to deeper client loyalty.
Serve with truth. Lead with trust.
The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: Saving Yourself
True freedom starts within. In this post, Naval Ravikant shares lessons on clarity, self‑care, meditation, and the courage to walk your own path. It’s a guide to shedding expectations, mastering your mind, and choosing the life only you can live.
The hardest part isn’t doing what you want—it’s knowing what you want.
The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: Learning Happiness
Happiness isn’t something you chase—it’s something you choose. Naval Ravikant shares timeless lessons on desire, presence, envy, and the habits that build lasting peace of mind.
Stop chasing the game—start enjoying life.
Mindset (Part 2): Inside the Mindsets
Mindset shapes more than how you learn—it shapes how you live. In this post, Carol Dweck takes us deeper into the hidden forces behind effort, failure, ego, and identity. What happens when you stop trying to prove yourself and start trying to grow?
Success isn’t who you are. It’s who you are becoming.
Mindset (Part 1): The Mindsets
You’re not born smart—or stuck where you are. In this post, we explore Carol Dweck’s powerful idea that your abilities aren’t fixed, they’re built. Through effort, strategy, and the right mindset, your potential expands.
Grow into who you could be. Start with how you think.
Hell Yeah or No (Part 7): Saying Yes
Saying yes isn’t about chasing everything—it’s about choosing the right now. In this final post of the series, Derek Sivers explores what makes a great goal, how to find your passion, and why fear is often just excitement in disguise.
Say yes to what moves you. Right now.
Hell Yeah or No (Part 6): Fix Faulty Thinking
To grow, you don’t always need more—you sometimes need less. In this post, Derek Sivers challenges outdated beliefs, lazy thinking, and mental rigidity. It’s a call to unlearn, subtract, and move your mind in new directions.
Wisdom isn’t just knowing—it’s letting go.
Hell Yeah or No (Part 5): What’s Worth Doing
What if the best ideas are the ones you overlook? In this post, Derek Sivers’ insights challenge you to share your work, balance passion with practicality, and build a business when there’s real demand.
It’s about meaning, money, and momentum—on your terms.
Hell Yeah or No (Part 4): Change Perspective
Growth begins with humility—Learn to love being wrong, take full ownership of your life, and embrace randomness as a source of wonder. Inspired by Derek Sivers’ Hell Yeah or No, it’s a reminder that changing your view can change your life.
Perspective isn’t passive—it’s a decision.
Beto's Blog 