“Build your organization from the top down. An organization is the opposite of a building: Its foundation is at the top, so… — Ray Dalio Computers Copy Share Image
When there is pain, the animal instinct is 'fight or flight' (i.e., to either strike back or run away) - reflect instead.… — Ray Dalio Animal Copy Share Image
“the incremental benefits of having a lot and being on top are not nearly as great as most people think. Having the… — Ray Dalio Good food Copy Share Image
“To me, the greatest success you can have as the person in charge is to orchestrate others to do things well without… — Ray Dalio Doing things Copy Share Image
“One of the most important decisions you can make is who you ask questions of. Make” — Ray Dalio Ask questions Copy Share Image
I'm just saying that if you understand how the economic machine works, it just works like a machine. There are cause-effect relationships. — Ray Dalio Causes Copy Share Image
“it pays to stress-test your thinking, even when you’re pretty sure you’re right.” — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
“Don’t worry about whether or not your people like you and don’t look to them to tell you what you should do.… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
“Because I believed that the choice was between accelerating inflation and deflationary depression, I was holding both gold (which performs well in… — Ray Dalio Opposite direction Copy Share Image
More than anything else, what differentiates people who live up to their potential from those who don't is a willingness to look… — Ray Dalio Differentiate Copy Share Image
Each person assesses each other person's credibility on different dimensions, because people are strong and weak in different things. — Ray Dalio Credibility Copy Share Image
“Think like an owner, and expect the people you work with to do the same.” — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
“for my family relative to how much should go to people and causes that are more distant, yet more desperately in” — Ray Dalio Family Copy Share Image
“To acquire principles that work, it’s essential that you embrace reality and deal with it well. Don’t fall into the common trap… — Ray Dalio Learning 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 Believe Copy Share Image
“Logic, reason, and common sense are your best tools for synthesizing reality and understanding what to do about it.” — Ray Dalio Intelligence Copy Share Image
“To me it all looked like a beautiful machine with logical cause-effect relationships. By understanding these relationships, I could come up with… — Ray Dalio Computers Copy Share Image
“The greatest gift you can give someone is the power to be successful. Giving people the opportunity to struggle rather than giving… — Ray Dalio Greatest gift Copy Share Image
“those things don’t get much better when you have a lot of money or much worse when you have less. And the” — Ray Dalio Money Copy Share Image
“Remember that believable opinions are most likely to come from people 1) who have successfully accomplished the thing in question at least… — Ray Dalio Three times Copy Share Image
“People who can accurately sort probabilities from possibilities are generally strong at “practical thinking”;” — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
“An excellent skier is probably going to be a better ski coach than a novice skier. Believability applies to management too. The… — Ray Dalio Management Copy Share Image
“I realized that passing on knowledge is like passing on DNA—it is more important than the individual, because it lives way beyond… — Ray Dalio Knowledge Copy Share Image
“You will either learn valuable lessons from your mistakes and press on, better equipped to succeed—or you won’t and you will fail.” — Ray Dalio Failure Copy Share Image
Evolution is the only thing that exists through time. That is true for computers, or people, or a business. We tend to… — Ray Dalio Biology Copy Share Image
