“When faced with a choice between achieving their goal or pleasing (or not disappointing) others, they would choose achieving their goal every… — Ray Dalio Choice Copy Share Image
“If you find you can’t reconcile major differences—especially in values—consider whether the relationship is worth preserving.” — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
There is nothing to fear from truth…Being truthful is essential to being an independent thinker and obtaining greater understanding of what is… — Ray Dalio Being truthful Copy Share Image
“There is no worse course in leadership than to hold out false hopes soon to be swept away.” — Ray Dalio Hope Copy Share Image
“If you limit your goals to what you know you can achieve, you are setting the bar way too low.” — Ray Dalio Goals Copy Share Image
“Don’t get hung up on your views of how things “should” be because you will miss out on learning how they really… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
“Find the most believable people possible who disagree with you and try to understand their reasoning.” — Ray Dalio Reasoning Copy Share Image
“Recognize that while most people prefer compliments, accurate criticism is more valuable. You’ve heard the expression “no pain no gain.” — Ray Dalio Compliments Copy Share Image
“Knowing that I could be painfully wrong and curiosity about why other smart people saw things differently prompted me to look at… — Ray Dalio Smart people 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 Copy Share Image
“A lot of people vest their blind faith in machine learning because they find it much easier than developing deep understanding. For… — Ray Dalio Artificial intelligence Copy Share Image
“there are two broad approaches to decision making: evidence/logic-based (which comes from the higher- level brain) and subconscious/emotion-based (which comes from the… — Ray Dalio Decision making Copy Share Image
I think the President of the United States must operate by rules. I think our judicial system must operate by the rules.… — Ray Dalio Credibility Copy Share Image
“Chances are you won’t have time to deal with the unimportant things, which is better than not having time to deal with… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
“Distinguish big problems from small ones. You only have so much time and energy; make sure you are investing them in exploring… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
“I saw that to do exceptionally well you have to push your limits and that, if you push your limits, you will… — Ray Dalio Push Your Limits Copy Share Image
“Watch out for people who confuse goals and tasks, because if they can’t make that distinction, you can’t trust them with responsibilities.” — 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 Knowledge Copy Share Image
“My approach was to hire, train, test, and then fire or promote quickly, so that we could rapidly identify the excellent hires… — Ray Dalio Fitness Copy Share Image
“If you can think for yourself while being open-minded in a clearheaded way to find out what is best for you to… — Ray Dalio Courage Copy Share Image
“Ultimately, to help people succeed you have to do two things: First let them see their failures so clearly that they are… — Ray Dalio Failure Copy Share Image
“if you can recognize that you have blind spots and open-mindedly consider the possibility that others might see something better than you—and… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
“The most valuable habit I’ve acquired is using pain to trigger quality reflections. If you can acquire this habit yourself, you will… — Ray Dalio Habit Copy Share Image
I've learned that each mistake was probably a reflection of something that I was (or others were) doing wrong, so if I… — Ray Dalio Failure Copy Share Image
“While I used to get angry and frustrated at people because of the choices they made, I came to realize that they… — Ray Dalio Angry And Frustrated Copy Share Image
“Be imprecise. Understand the concept of “by-and-large” and use approximations. Because our educational system is hung up on precision, the art of… — Ray Dalio Conceptual thinking Copy Share Image
“Remember that most people are happiest when they are improving and doing the things that suit them naturally and help them advance.… — Ray Dalio Strength Copy Share Image
“people who have common sense, imagination, and determination, who know what they value and what they want, and who also use computers,… — Ray Dalio Common sense Copy Share Image
“Don’t do work for people in another department or grab people from another department to do work for you unless you speak… — Ray Dalio Leader Copy Share Image
“I urge you to be curious enough to want to understand how the people who see things differently from you came to… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
A beautiful deleveraging balances the three options. In other words, there is a certain amount of austerity, there is a certain amount… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
“Using principles is a way of both simplifying and improving your decision making. While it might seem obvious to you by now,… — Ray Dalio Decision making Copy Share Image
“But while almost all of us quickly agreed on the principles intellectually, many still struggled to convert what they had agreed to… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
“go slowly when faced with the choice between two things that you need that are seemingly at odds. That way you can… — Ray Dalio Choice Copy Share Image
“Over the course of our lives, we make millions and millions of decisions that are essentially bets, some large and some small.… — Ray Dalio Choice Copy Share Image
“1. Don’t confuse what you wish were true with what is really true. 2. Don’t worry about looking good—worry instead about achieving your goals.… — Ray Dalio Achieving goals 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 Gift Copy Share Image
I treasure the fact there's media freedom, but with that goes responsibility. I think that there should be a self-regulatory organization and… — Ray Dalio Facts Copy Share Image
“• Identifying, accepting, and learning how to deal with your weaknesses, • Preferring that the people around you be honest with you rather than… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
As Harvard developmental psychologist Robert Kegan, who has studied Bridgewater, says, in most work places everyone is working two jobs. The first… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
