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
“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
“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
“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
“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
There is giant untapped potential in disagreement, especially if the disagreement is between two or more thoughtful people — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
This is my year of transition from what I'm calling the second phase of my life to the third phase of my… — 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 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
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
Principles are concepts that can be applied over and over again in similar circumstances as distinct from narrow answers to specific questions.… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
“the markets was much more fun than having a real job. As long as my basic living expenses were covered, I knew… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
Ask yourself whether you have earned the right to have an opinion. Opinions are easy to produce, so bad ones abound. Knowing… — 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
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
“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
“The evolutionary process of productive adaption and ascent—the process of seeking, obtaining, and pursuing more and more ambitious goals—does not just pertain… — 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
People who excel at book learning tend to call up from memory what they have learned in order to follow stored instructions.… — 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
“Distinguish between you as the designer of your machine and you as a worker with your machine. One of the hardest things… — 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
“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
