Episode · Invest Like the Best · 2025-08-19
Patrick O'Shaughnessy & Mark Bertolini: books mentioned on Invest Like the Best #438
Mark Bertolini - Performance During Pain - [Invest Like the Best, EP.438]
My guest today is Mark Bertolini. Mark is the former CEO of Aetna and the current CEO of Oscar Health.
Mark Bertolini discussed The prince by Niccolò Machiavelli, Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine by Tinsley R. Harrison, The Heart and Science of Yoga by Leonard T. Perlmutter and others, The Bhagavad Gita by Jack Hawley, and The Upanishads by Swami Paramananda.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The prince
The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli is a foundational political treatise that explores how rulers gain, maintain, and wield power.
Discussed“And there's a a quote I have have had under my bladder every day of my working career that I I'm I'm a fascinated with um with Renaissance Italy. And it was Nicolo Makavelli when he wrote you know to the pr and the prince”
Where to get it
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Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine
Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine by Tinsley R.
Discussed“I'm sleeping in his room. made him bring a bed in. I am meeting with the medical team for an hour every morning going through my Harrison's immer internal medicine text and sticky notes. I've got a PubMed”
Where to get it
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The Heart and Science of Yoga
Discussed“And I said, you know, there's more to this than just the practice, the physical practice. And so I started reading about the American Viney Yoga Institute. And there was this great book by Leonard Pearl Malter called the heart and science of yoga and it relates it to western medicine”
Where to get it
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The Bhagavad Gita
The Bhagavad Gita is a revered ancient spiritual and philosophical text that addresses duty, action, and human existence through a dialogue between the prince Arjuna and Lord Krishna.
Discussed“So I started reading the Bhagavad Gita and the opanads and the pratabayam and all these other sorts of things and started to realize this is just rich and that yoga is not in the United States is this physical practice”
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The Upanishads
The Upanishads by Swami Paramananda is a foundational collection of ancient Hindu philosophical texts exploring the nature of reality, consciousness, and the self.
Discussed“So I started reading the Bhagavad Gita and the opanads and the pratabayam and all these other sorts of things and started to realize this is just rich and that yoga is not in the United States is this physical practice”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“Um there's a great book um rural poverty in America's written about that area. And she was their angel in the hills um that took care of them when they were when they needed when they needed healthcare coverage.”
“And I went into his room and I said, "Game over." And we we did the sorrowful mysteries of the rosary together. And he went into hospice and I was meeting with the medical team that morning. I didn't have my Harrison's mortal text internal medicine text or my laptop.”