There is nothing to fear from truth…Being truthful is essential to being an independent thinker and obtaining greater understanding of what is… — Ray Dalio Being truthful Copy Share Image
“If you find you can’t reconcile major differences—especially in values—consider whether the relationship is worth preserving.” — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
“When faced with a choice between achieving their goal or pleasing (or not disappointing) others, they would choose achieving their goal every… — Ray Dalio Choice Copy Share Image
“Remember that almost everything will take more time and cost more money than you expect.” — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
“Recognize that experience creates internalized learning that book learning can’t replace.” — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
“It is a common mistake to move in a nanosecond from identifying a tough problem to proposing a solution” — Ray Dalio Failure Copy Share Image
“Successful organizations have cultures in which evidence-based decision making is the norm rather than the exception.” — Ray Dalio Decision making 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 Action Copy Share Image
Meditation helps you stay in a calm, clear-headed state so that when challenges come at you, you can deal with them like… — Ray Dalio Calm Copy Share Image
“Remember that people tend to pick people like themselves, so choose interviewers who can identify what you are looking for. If you’re… — 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
“Watch out for people who think it’s embarrassing not to know. They’re likely to be more concerned with appearances than actually achieving… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
“By developing a partnership with your computer alter ego in which you teach each other and each do what you do best,… — Ray Dalio Alter ego Copy Share Image
“In my opinion, most organizations overvalue the abilities piece and undervalue the character piece because of a shortsighted focus on getting the… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
“Specifying our investment decision-making criteria in algorithms and running historical data through them, or specifying our work principles in algorithms and using… — 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 Life Copy Share Image
“a. View painful problems as potential improvements that are screaming at you. Though it won’t feel that way at first, each and every… — Ray Dalio First step Copy Share Image
“Elon Musk (of Tesla, SpaceX, and SolarCity), Jeff Bezos (of Amazon), and Reed Hastings (of Netflix) are other great shapers from the… — Ray Dalio Business world Copy Share Image
“Looking back on getting fired from Apple in 1985, Steve Jobs said, “It was awful-tasting medicine, but I guess the patient needed… — Ray Dalio Failure 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 Knowledge Copy Share Image
“Don’t get hung up on your views of how things “should” be because you will miss out on learning how they really… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
“Watch out for people who confuse goals and tasks, because if they can’t make that distinction, you can’t trust them with responsibilities.” — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
“Recognize that while most people prefer compliments, accurate criticism is more valuable. You’ve heard the expression “no pain no gain.” — Ray Dalio Compliments Copy Share Image
“Find the most believable people possible who disagree with you and try to understand their reasoning.” — Ray Dalio Reasoning Copy Share Image
“There is no worse course in leadership than to hold out false hopes soon to be swept away.” — Ray Dalio Hope Copy Share Image
“If you limit your goals to what you know you can achieve, you are setting the bar way too low.” — Ray Dalio Goals Copy Share Image
“If you can’t successfully do something, don’t think you can tell others how it should be done” — Ray Dalio Success Copy Share Image
“It’s a basic reality that if you don’t experience the consequences of your actions, you’ll take less ownership of them.” — Ray Dalio Consequences Copy Share Image
“The brains that we were born with had learned that snakes are dangerous and flowers are not.” — 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
“Perceivers see new things and change direction often. This is discomforting to planners,” — Ray Dalio New things Copy Share Image
Radical transparency fosters goodness in so many ways for the same reasons that bad things are more likely to take place behind… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
“Having expectations for people (including yourself) without knowing what they are like is a sure way to get in trouble.” — Ray Dalio Expectations Copy Share Image
“Knowing how people operate and being able to judge whether that way of operating will lead to good results is more important… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
There is a strong tendency to get used to and accept very bad things that would be shocking if seen with fresh… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
“When a problem occurs, conduct the discussion at two levels: 1) the machine level (why that outcome was produced) and 2) the… — Ray Dalio Problem solving Copy Share Image
“Think of your teams the way that sports managers do: No one person possesses everything required to produce success, yet everyone must… — Ray Dalio Football Copy Share Image
“If you are not aggressive, you are not going to make money, and if you are not defensive, you are not going… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
“meaningful work and meaningful relationships were and still are my primary goals and everything I did was for them.” — Ray Dalio Goals 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 Failure Copy Share Image
