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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Be wary of the arrogant intellectual who comments from the stands without having played on the field. — 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
Never say anything about a person you wouldn't say to them directly, and don't try people without accusing them to their face.… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
Sometimes we forge our own principles and sometimes we accept others' principles, or holistic packages of principles, such as religion and legal… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
“no matter what asset class one held, there would come a time when it would lose most of its value. This included… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
“Making money in the markets is tough. The brilliant trader and investor Bernard Baruch put it well when he said, “If you… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
When growth is slower-than-expected, stocks go down. When inflation is higher-than-expected, bonds go down. When inflation is lower-than-expected, bonds go up. — 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
To make money in the markets, you have to think independently and be humble. — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
When you think that it's too hard, remember that in the long run, doing the things that will make you successful is… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
What I'm trying to say is that for the average investor, what I would encourage them to do is to understand that… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
“Investors think independently, anticipate things that haven’t happened yet, and put real money at stake with their bets. Policymakers come from environments… — 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
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
The biggest mistake investors make is to believe that what happened in the recent past is likely to persist. They assume that… — 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
“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 Image
“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 Image
“If you can’t successfully do something, don’t think you can tell others how it should be done” — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
“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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
“So I learned to be radically open-minded to allow others to point out what I might be missing.” — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
“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 Image
“is more effective to train that subconscious, emotional you the same way you would teach a child to behave” — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
