“people’s greatest weaknesses are the flip sides of their greatest strengths.” — Ray Dalio Greatest strength Copy Share Image
“Getting a lot of attention for being successful is a bad position to be in.” — Ray Dalio Attention Copy Share Image
“I just want to be right—I don’t care if the right answer comes from me.” — Ray Dalio Right Copy Share Image
“Play jazz with people with whom you are compatible but who will also challenge you” — Ray Dalio Jazz Copy Share Image
“The two biggest barriers to good decision making are your ego and your blind spots.” — Ray Dalio Barriers Copy Share Image
“Experience taught me how invaluable it is to reflect on and write down my decision-making criteria whenever I made a decision, so… — Ray Dalio Decision making Copy Share Image
“future. That led me to make a thirty-minute video, How the Economic Machine Works, which I released in 2013.” — Ray Dalio Economics Copy Share Image
Nature gave us pain as a messaging device to tell us that we are approaching, or that we have exceeded, our limits… — Ray Dalio Devices Copy Share Image
“The more open- minded you are, the less likely you are to deceive yourself— and the more likely it is that others… — Ray Dalio Honest feedback 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
“Don’t let the little things divide you when your agreement on the big things should bind you.” — Ray Dalio Big things Copy Share Image
“Radical open- mindedness and radical transparency are invaluable for rapid learning and effective change.” — Ray Dalio Change Copy Share Image
“Know that most everyone thinks that what they did, and what they are doing, is much more important than it really is.” — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
Most people have a hard time confronting their weaknesses in a really straightforward, evidence-based way. They also have problems speaking frankly to… — Ray Dalio Confronting 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… — Ray Dalio Failing Copy Share Image
I think the greatest tragedy of mankind is that people have ideas and opinions in their heads but don't have a process… — Ray Dalio Distortion Copy Share Image
I believe that the biggest problem that humanity faces is an ego sensitivity to finding out whether one is right or wrong… — Ray Dalio Believe Copy Share Image
Some people have subject matter expertise in one thing. Some people tend to be creative but not reliable, and others are reliable… — Ray Dalio Be creative 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 Action Copy Share Image
“Every time you confront something painful, you are at a potentially important juncture in your life—you have the opportunity to choose healthy… — Ray Dalio Painful truth Copy Share Image
“1. Put our honest thoughts out on the table, 2. Have thoughtful disagreements in which people are willing to shift their opinions as they… — Ray Dalio Disagreements 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 Achieve Copy Share Image
I'm sure Donald Trump will think that he has the truth, and some journalist is arguing that he has truth, and somebody… — Ray Dalio Arguing Copy Share Image
“Most people assume that the challenges that go along with growing a large business are greater than those of growing a smaller… — Ray Dalio Business Copy Share Image
“Fast talking can be especially effective when it’s used against people worried about appearing stupid. Don’t be one of those people. Recognize… — Ray Dalio Make sense Copy Share Image
“It’s senseless to have making money as your goal as money has no intrinsic value—its value comes from what it can buy,… — Ray Dalio Goals Copy Share Image
“Governance is the oversight system that removes the people and the processes if they aren’t working well. It is the process that… — Ray Dalio Checks and balances 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 Achieve Copy Share Image
“I didn’t value experience as much as character, creativity, and common sense, which I suppose was related to my having started Bridgewater… — Ray Dalio Common sense Copy Share Image
“a. Get over “blame” and “credit” and get on with “accurate” and “inaccurate.” — Ray Dalio Accurate Copy Share Image
“beneficial change begins when you can acknowledge and even embrace your weaknesses.” — Ray Dalio Beneficial Copy Share Image
“Understand the differences between managing, micromanaging, and not managing.” — Ray Dalio Leader Copy Share Image
We don't have ways of resolving the arguments in idea meritocratic way. — Ray Dalio Argument Copy Share Image
“Distinguish between idle complaints and complaints meant to lead to improvement” — Ray Dalio Complaints Copy Share Image