Content should come with a disclaimer - likely useful, neutral, waste of time. That would help both readers and author. Pay attention to this. It's not enough to read...process the content.
Most content is noise not signal. Filter!
Rolf Dobelli, author of The Not to Do List, suggests refining your reading palette.
1. Stay within your Circle of Competence - your lane or area of expertise. Even within our Circle, there’s an abundance of material.
2. Produce more than you consume. I don’t believe this because it limits our exposure to diversity of ideas. Exposure to ideas doesn't oblige us to become either advocates or critics.
3. Engage deeply. Society seldom rewards superficial knowledge leading to analysis of complex areas. Scoring off service might distill to putting opponents in a disadvantage but you need specifics. Prosperity requires effective responses, not just information. Study, take notes, develop a plan and find whether better process changes outcomes.
4. Reread the best content. Imprint the lessons available in what you found to be the best content. Some of the books I've read multiple times include:
- Basketball: Multiple Offense and Defense (Dean Smith)
- Man's Search for Meaning (Viktor Frankl)
- Legacy (James Kerr)
- Search Inside Yourself (Chade-Meng Tan)
- In These Girls, Hope is a Muscle (Madeleine Blais)
- The Score Takes Care of Itself (Bill Walsh)
- Chop Wood, Carry Water (Joshua Medcalf)
The goal isn't curating a library of 5,000 books, but to read excellent books and take away worthy lessons.
Lagniappe. Keep grinding.
Talent comes and goes. Motivation fades.
— Greg Berge (@GregBerge) July 2, 2026
Consistency stays.
That’s what wins.
Show up. Work. Repeat.
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Lagniappe 2. Unplug and restart.
