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Every book Brent Beshore recommended on podcasts
Key facts
- Brent Beshore has recommended or discussed 6 books on podcasts, as of March 28, 2017.
- Brent Beshore has talked about books on 1 podcast, as of March 28, 2017.
- Those books came up in 3 episodes, as of March 28, 2017.
- The 3 books Brent Beshore has mentioned in the most episodes, as of March 28, 2017: Drive, Making Sense of God and Mistakes Were Made (but Not by Me).
- The latest episode with a book mention from Brent Beshore aired on March 28, 2017.
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Brent Beshore’s most recommended books
- Making Sense of God by Timothy J. Keller
- Mistakes Were Made (but Not by Me) by Carol Tavris
- Poor Charlie's Almanack by Peter D. Kaufman
- The (Honest) Truth about Dishonesty by Dan Ariely
Brent Beshore appeared on podcast episodes to discuss private equity, venture capital, and building disaster-resistant, compound-interest businesses. During these conversations, he recommended several books that shaped his worldview and thinking. He recommended Timothy J. Keller's Making Sense of God, suggesting it helped lay bare the alternatives to faith and encouraged readers to examine their personal worldviews. Beshore also named Peter D. Kaufman's compilation Poor Charlie's Almanack as a spectacular and formative influence on his approach to investing. To explore the psychology of self-deception and how investors can mislead themselves, he recommended Carol Tavris's Mistakes Were Made (but Not by Me). He similarly highlighted Dan Ariely's The (Honest) Truth about Dishonesty as a work that holds up a mirror to human nature. In addition to these recommendations, Beshore discussed Daniel H. Pink's Drive, noting that while it had merit in certain contexts, he sought a more concrete framework for understanding business incentives, though he valued fostering the autonomy, mastery, and purpose emphasized in Pink's work. He also mentioned Rich Cohen's The Fish That Ate the Whale during conversations about mentorship and referenced the Bible as a foundational source of knowledge for his prayer life and personal reflection.
Books Brent Beshore recommended or discussed
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Drive
Discussed“So there's been a lot of behavioral psychology books written. Daniel Pink, you know, synthesize a lot of really good literature in his book drive, which I think holds considerable merit in some instances.”
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Making Sense of God
Recommended“I'm going to get him to nudge to read it at some point is making sense of God by Tim Keller. And regardless of wherever you are in your faith journey, I think it's a book that lays bare the alternatives to faith”
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Mistakes Were Made (but Not by Me)
Recommended“Um, you know, I really like the book mistakes were made, but not by me, which may sound like an interesting investing recommendation, but it really talks about the psychology of self-deception.”
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Poor Charlie's Almanack
Recommended“If you're going to be in the investing business, I'd say, you know, in terms of books that really helped shape what I was thinking, poor Charlie's Almanac, you know, what Peter Kaufman put together there was just, I mean, just spectacular, right?”
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The (Honest) Truth about Dishonesty
Recommended“It's had a, it's had a big impact on the way I think about things kind of like Dan Ariely's book about dishonesty. That's another, another really interesting one to just really hold the mirror up about who we really are, I guess would be a way to say it.”
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The Fish That Ate the Whale
Discussed“I had a great conversation today with somebody about the book, the fish that ate the whale that, that is a Murray that we talked about on the last podcast.”
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Appearances
Other mentions (1: passing, ad reads, own books)
“for me, uh, you know, a lot of knowledge is found in the Bible and my, you know, prayer life's important to me. Uh, that's something that, you know, I've really, um, you know, has been a blossoming for me”