Carlos Rivera

If you only remember one thing from The Checklist Manifesto: Checklists seem able to defend against failure.

Honest review after the summary of The Five Love Languages: People speak different love languages. What surprised me most is how practical it felt. Not fluff. I wrote three notes in my phone and already used one in a meeting today. Curious if anyone else got the same takeaway!

Needed this reminder today ✨ All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.

Honest review after the summary of A Random Walk Down Wall Street: A blindfolded monkey throwing darts at a newspaper's financial pages could select a portfolio that would do just as well as one carefully selected by experts. What surprised me most is how practical it felt. Not fluff. I wrote three notes in my phone and already used one in a meeting today. Curious if anyone else got the same takeaway!

Just finished Big Magic. This landed: Do whatever brings you to life. Follow your own fascinations, obsessions, and compulsions.

I’ve read a lot of “same advice, new packaging” books… Capital in the Twenty-First Century wasn’t that. r > g The Book Drop summary made the structure crystal clear. I’m copying one framework into my notes and testing it for 7 days. Will update if it sticks!

Just finished Being Mortal. This landed: Our most cruel failure is how we treat the dying.