Failure Quotes by Ray Dalio

“People who do this fail because they are stubbornly stuck in their own heads.”

— Ray Dalio

“require the acceptance of failure as a part of the process”

— Ray Dalio

“I also feared boredom and mediocrity much more than I feared failure.”

— Ray Dalio

“Everyone has weaknesses. They are generally revealed in the patterns of mistakes they make.”

— Ray Dalio

“every mistake you make can teach you something, so there’s no end to learning.”

— Ray Dalio

“If you don’t have a willingness to fail, you’re going to have to be very careful not to invent.”

— Ray Dalio

“Don’t mistake a cause of a problem with the real problem.”

— Ray Dalio

“I believe that the key to success lies in knowing how to both strive for a lot and fail well.”

— Ray Dalio

“When everybody thinks the same thing—such as what a sure bet the Nifty 50 is—it is almost certainly reflected in the price,…

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“Clearly assign responsibilities. Eliminate any confusion about expectations and ensure that people view their failures to complete their tasks and achieve their…

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“If something went badly, you had to put it in the log, characterize its severity, and make clear who was responsible for…

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Demand is best measured in terms of spending. You know, I think in traditional economics, it's a mistake to measure it in…

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“Understanding what is true is essential for success, and being radically transparent about everything, including mistakes and weaknesses, helps create the understanding…

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“Know what types of mistakes are acceptable and what types are unacceptable, and don’t allow the people who work for you to…

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I've learned that each mistake was probably a reflection of something that I was (or others were) doing wrong, so if I…

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“If you’re not failing, you’re not pushing your limits, and if you’re not pushing your limits, you’re not maximizing your potential”

— Ray Dalio

“If something went badly, you had to put it in the log, characterize its severity, and make clear who was responsible for…

— Ray Dalio

“I also feared boredom and mediocrity much more than I feared failure. For me, great is better than terrible, and terrible is…

— Ray Dalio

“Teach and reinforce the merits of mistake-based learning. To encourage people to bring their mistakes into the open and analyze them objectively,…

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So I learned that the people who make the most of the process of encountering reality, especially the painful obstacles, learn the…

— Ray Dalio

“I believe that the key to success lies in knowing how to both strive for a lot and fail well. By failing…

— Ray Dalio

Most people have a hard time confronting their weaknesses in a really straightforward, evidence-based way. They also have problems speaking frankly to…

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“Learn from success as well as from failure. Radical truth doesn’t require you to be negative all the time. Point out examples…

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“Typically, by doing what comes naturally to us, we fail to account for our weaknesses, which leads us to crash. What happens…

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“Over the years that followed, I found that most of the extraordinarily successful people I’ve met had similar big painful failures that…

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The expression I use: Pain + Reality = Progress. Whenever I would have a painful mistake, I started to view that as…

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“But this approach fails in cases where the future is different from the past and you don’t know the cause-effect relationships well…

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“I saw that to do exceptionally well you have to push your limits and that, if you push your limits, you will…

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“Everyone fails. Anyone you see succeeding is only succeeding at the things you’re paying attention to—I guarantee they are also failing at…

— Ray Dalio

“Observe the patterns of mistakes to see if they are products of weaknesses. Everyone has weaknesses and they are generally revealed in…

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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

“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

“I believe that the key to success lies in knowing how to both strive for a lot and fail well. By failing…

— Ray Dalio

“Observe the patterns of mistakes to see if they are products of weaknesses.”

— Ray Dalio

“They move on to fix problems without getting at their root causes, which is a recipe for continued failure.”

— Ray Dalio

“Don’t design jobs to fit people; over time, this almost always turns out to be a mistake.”

— Ray Dalio

“It is a common mistake to move in a nanosecond from identifying a tough problem to proposing a solution”

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“Even experts can make mistakes; my point is simply that it pays to be radically open-minded and triangulate with smart people.”

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“Remember that when it comes to assessing people, the two biggest mistakes you can make are being overconfident in your assessment and…

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“Winston Churchill hit the nail on the head when he said, “Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of…

— Ray Dalio