Kyle Harrison
to-read
On Becoming a Person
On Becoming a Person: A Therapist's View of Psychotherapy
- Author
- Carl R. Rogers
- Published
- 1961
- Pages
- 420
- Recommended
- Once
Why it’s on the list: Peter Fenton calls Rogers’ founding text of client-centered therapy the one book that captures Benchmark. Its ideas of fully understanding the other person, unconditional positive regard and congruence (no mask) are, in his telling, how a board member becomes useful to a founder.
Where I saw it: The Benchmark Partnership (Uncapped with Jack Altman), Uncapped Ep. 41, February 2026.
Connections
- The Benchmark Partnership (Uncapped with Jack Altman): Fenton’s “to be useful in a relationship, you have to first permit yourself to understand the other person fully.”
- Benchmark, Peter Fenton
- The Puritans of Venture Capital: the high-touch, small-partnership model this book is used to justify.