“It doesn’t matter what you do with your life, as long as you are doing what is consistent with your nature and… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
I believe that for the most part, achieving success - whatever that is for you - is mostly a matter of personal… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
I believe that one of the best ways of getting at truth is reflecting with others who have opposing views and who… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
People who worry about looking good typically hide what they don't know and hide their weaknesses, so they never learn how to… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
“Great is better than terrible, and terrible is better than mediocre, because terrible at least gives life flavor.” — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
There is an excellent correlation between giving society what it wants and making money, and almost no correlation between the desire to… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
To test if you are worrying too much about looking good, observe how you feel when you find out you've made a… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
“Whatever circumstances life brings you, you will be more likely to succeed and find happiness if you take responsibility for making your… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
Ironically, people who suppress the mini-confrontations for fear of conflict tend to have huge conflicts later, which can lead to separation, precisely… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
“Imagine that in order to have a great life you have to cross a dangerous jungle. You can stay safe where you… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
“I cannot say that having an intense life filled with accomplishments is better than having a relaxed life filled with savoring, though… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
“everyone has strengths and weaknesses, and everyone has an important role to play in life. Nature made everything and everyone for a… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
“I also feared boredom and mediocrity much more than I feared failure. For me, great is better than terrible, and terrible is… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
I have found that by looking at what is rewarded and punished, and why, universally - i.e., in nature as well as… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
For me, the best things in life - meaningful work, meaningful relationships, interesting experiences, good food, sleep, music, ideas, sex, and other… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
You'll see that excuses like "That's not easy" are of no value and that it pays to "push through it" at a… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
Unlike in school, in life you don't have to come up with all the right answers. You can ask the people around… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
Principles are what allow you to live a life consistent with those values. Principles connect your values to your actions. — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
“passing on knowledge is like passing on DNA—it is more important than the individual, because it lives way beyond the individual’s life.” — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
“Remember that the quality of the life you get will depend largely on the quality of the decisions that you make as… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
Life is like a giant smorgasbord of more delicious alternatives than you can ever hope to taste. So you have to reject… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
There is giant untapped potential in disagreement, especially if the disagreement is between two or more thoughtful people — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
“Whatever success I’ve had in life has had more to do with my knowing how to deal with my not knowing than… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
“For me, not telling people what’s really going on so as to protect them from the worries of life is like letting… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
School typically doesn't prepare young people for real life - unless their lives are spent following instructions and pleasing others. In my… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
“Principles are fundamental truths that serve as the foundations for behavior that gets you what you want out of life. They can… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
“If you can think for yourself while being open-minded in a clearheaded way to find out what is best for you to… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
“I realized that passing on knowledge is like passing on DNA—it is more important than the individual, because it lives way beyond… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
“In order to have the best life possible, you have to: 1) know what the best decisions are and 2) have the… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
I've learned that each mistake was probably a reflection of something that I was (or others were) doing wrong, so if I… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
It is a law of nature that you must do difficult things to gain strength and power. As with working out, after… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
For every mistake that you learn from you will save thousands of similar mistakes in the future, so if you treat mistakes… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
Don't be a perfectionist, because perfectionists often spend too much time on little differences at the margins at the expense of other… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
Once you accept that playing the game will be uncomfortable, and you do it for a while, it will become much easier… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
I believe there are an infinite number of laws of the universe and that all progress or dreams achieved come from operating… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
Life is like a game where you seek to overcome the obstacles that stand in the way of achieving your goals. You… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
Do not feel bad about your mistakes or those of others. Love them! Remember that one: they are to be expected; two:… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
When there is pain, the animal instinct is 'fight or flight' (i.e., to either strike back or run away) - reflect instead.… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
I could see that making judgments about people so that they are tried and sentenced in your head, without asking them for… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
If you can stare hard at your problems, they almost always shrink or disappear, because you almost always find a better way… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
“Slow down your thinking so you can note the criteria you are using to make your decision. 2. Write the criteria down as a principle.… — Ray Dalio Copy Share
“Having a process that ensures problems are brought to the surface, and their root causes diagnosed, assures that continual improvements occur.” — Ray Dalio Copy Share
“If you can’t successfully do something, don’t think you can tell others how it should be done” — Ray Dalio Copy Share
“I believe that the key to success lies in knowing how to both strive for a lot and fail well. By failing well, I… — Ray Dalio Copy Share
I'm scared of one man, one vote because it suggests that everybody has an equal ability at making decisions, and I think that's dangerous. — Ray Dalio Copy Share
“A manager’s ability to recognize when outcomes are inconsistent with goals and then modify designs and assemble people to rectify them makes all the… — Ray Dalio Copy Share
“So I learned to be radically open-minded to allow others to point out what I might be missing.” — Ray Dalio Copy Share
“During those terrible days after 9/11, when the whole country was being whipsawed by emotion, or the weeks between September 19 and October 10,… — Ray Dalio Copy Share
“is more effective to train that subconscious, emotional you the same way you would teach a child to behave” — Ray Dalio Copy Share
I think that the first thing is you should have a strategic asset allocation mix that assumes that you don't know what the future… — Ray Dalio Copy Share
Life is like a game where you seek to overcome the obstacles that stand in the way of achieving your goals. You get better… — Ray Dalio Copy Share
“when we look down on ourselves through the eyes of nature we are of absolutely no significance. It is a reality that each one… — Ray Dalio Copy Share
“Great questions are a much better indicator of future success than great answers.” — Ray Dalio Copy Share
