I believe that the biggest problem that humanity faces is an ego sensitivity to finding out whether one is right or wrong… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
In China anything less than 6% growth is a recession meaning that it also causes financial problems and it's disruptive and it's… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
“problems are brought to the surface, and their root causes diagnosed, assures that continual improvements occur.” — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
I think the basic problem is that everybody thinks they know what the truth is, and sometimes they're even distorting the truth… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
“Don’t try to find solutions yet. Your focus in this step is strictly on listing the problems.” — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
Most people have a hard time confronting their weaknesses in a really straightforward, evidence-based way. They also have problems speaking frankly to… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
The pain of problems is a call to find solutions rather than a reason for unhappiness and inaction, so it's silly, pointless,… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
We don't know what truth is anymore. You or other media people can say there's no problem, but you're losing your credibility.… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
Success is achieved by people who deeply understand reality and know how to use it to get what they want. The converse… — 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
Radical transparency is critical to having an idea meritocracy because it shows what's actually happening without spin and prevents people from maneuvering… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
With the media, we don't know what's true, and we don't have radical transparency because we're seeing everything through somebody else's eyes.… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
When I say I believe in radical truth and radical transparency, all I mean is we take things that ordinarily people would… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
I believe that our society's "mistake-phobia" is crippling, a problem that begins in most elementary schools, where we learn to learn what… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
I'm sure Donald Trump will think that he has the truth, and some journalist is arguing that he has truth, and somebody… — 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
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
One of the greatest sources of problems in our society arises from people having loads of wrong theories in their heads -… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
Since the only way you are going to find solutions to painful problems is by thinking deeply about them - i.e., reflecting… — 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
