“Don’t get frustrated. If nothing bad is happening to you now, wait a bit and it will. That is just reality.” — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
“Whatever success I’ve had in life has had more to do with my knowing how to deal with my not knowing than… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
“Winston Churchill hit the nail on the head when he said, “Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of… — 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
“Remember that everyone must be overseen by a believable person who has high standards.” — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
“No matter what work you do, at a high level you are simply setting goals and building machines to help you achieve… — Ray Dalio Computers Copy Share Image
“Remember that people are built very differently and that different ways of seeing and thinking make people suitable for different jobs.” — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
It all comes down to interest rates. As an investor, all you're doing is putting up a lump-sump payment for a future… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
“Having the basics—a good bed to sleep in, good relationships, good food, and good sex—is most important, and those things don’t get… — Ray Dalio Good food 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
“Recognize that performance in school doesn’t tell you much about whether a person has the values and abilities you are looking for.… — Ray Dalio Education Copy Share Image
“Use evaluation tools such as performance surveys, metrics, and formal reviews to document all aspects of a person’s performance.It’s hard to have… — Ray Dalio Communication Copy Share Image
“Heroes inevitably experience at least one very big failure (which Campbell calls an “abyss” or the “belly of the whale” experience) that… — Ray Dalio Hero Copy Share Image
“Successful people are those who can go above themselves to see things objectively and manage those things to shape change. f. Asking others… — Ray Dalio Skill Copy Share Image
“Use “double-do” rather than “double-check” to make sure mission-critical tasks are done correctly. Double-checking has a much higher rate of errors than… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
By and large, life will give you what you deserve and it doesn't give a damn what you like. So it is… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
“Perceivers see new things and change direction often. This is discomforting to planners,” — Ray Dalio New things Copy Share Image
“It’s a basic reality that if you don’t experience the consequences of your actions, you’ll take less ownership of them.” — Ray Dalio Consequences Copy Share Image
“The brains that we were born with had learned that snakes are dangerous and flowers are not.” — 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
“If you can’t successfully do something, don’t think you can tell others how it should be done” — Ray Dalio Success Copy Share Image
“They move on to fix problems without getting at their root causes, which is a recipe for continued failure.” — Ray Dalio 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
“Whenever I observe something in nature that I (or mankind) think is wrong, I assume that I’m wrong and try to figure… — Ray Dalio Nature Copy Share Image
“Don’t design jobs to fit people; over time, this almost always turns out to be a mistake.” — Ray Dalio Failure Copy Share Image
“To be effective you must not let your need to be right be more important than your need to find out what’s… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
“meaningful work and meaningful relationships were and still are my primary goals and everything I did was for them.” — Ray Dalio Goals Copy Share Image
“If you are not aggressive, you are not going to make money, and if you are not defensive, you are not going… — 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 Failure Copy Share Image
“Knowing how people operate and being able to judge whether that way of operating will lead to good results is more important… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
“Think of your teams the way that sports managers do: No one person possesses everything required to produce success, yet everyone must… — Ray Dalio Football Copy Share Image
“When a problem occurs, conduct the discussion at two levels: 1) the machine level (why that outcome was produced) and 2) the… — Ray Dalio Problem solving Copy Share Image
There is a strong tendency to get used to and accept very bad things that would be shocking if seen with fresh… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
Radical transparency fosters goodness in so many ways for the same reasons that bad things are more likely to take place behind… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
“Having expectations for people (including yourself) without knowing what they are like is a sure way to get in trouble.” — Ray Dalio Expectations Copy Share Image
“Successful organizations have cultures in which evidence-based decision making is the norm rather than the exception.” — Ray Dalio Decision making Copy Share Image
Principles are what allow you to live a life consistent with those values. Principles connect your values to your actions. — Ray Dalio Action Copy Share Image
“Recognize that experience creates internalized learning that book learning can’t replace.” — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
“Remember that almost everything will take more time and cost more money than you expect.” — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
“It is a common mistake to move in a nanosecond from identifying a tough problem to proposing a solution” — Ray Dalio Failure Copy Share Image
