I think it is in the nature of individuals and individual entities not to self-correct. — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
“I have seen people who agree on the major issues waste hours arguing over details.” — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
There are two main drivers of asset class returns - inflation and growth. — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
“I saw pain as nature’s reminder that there is something important for me to learn.” — Ray Dalio Nature Copy Share Image
“the satisfaction of success doesn’t come from achieving your goals, but from struggling well.” — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
“You need to develop a fierce intolerance of badness of any kind, regardless of its severity.” — 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 Aspirations Copy Share Image
“In picking people for long-term relationships, values are most important, abilities come next, and skills are the least important.” — Ray Dalio Relationship Copy Share Image
“Never say anything about someone that you wouldn’t say to them directly and don’t try people without accusing them to their faces.” — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
“It is a fundamental law of nature that you get stronger only by doing difficult things.” — Ray Dalio Difficult things Copy Share Image
“Don’t just pay attention to your job; pay attention to how your job will be done if you are no longer around.” — Ray Dalio Attention Copy Share Image
When growth is slower-than-expected, stocks go down. When inflation is higher-than-expected, bonds go down. When inflation is lower-than-expected, bonds go up. — Ray Dalio Customer Copy Share Image
“most organizations are bad at recruiting. It starts with interviewers picking people they like and who are like them instead of focusing… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
“New is overvalued relative to great. For example, when choosing which movie to watch or what book to read, are you drawn… — Ray Dalio Books Copy Share Image
“Fast talkers are people who articulately and assertively say things faster than they can be assessed as a way of pushing their… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
I don't think individual media outlets will regulate. There are such things as self-regulatory organizations that will look at the members of… — Ray Dalio Behavior Copy Share Image
Maintain 'baseball cards' and/or 'believability matrixes' for your people. Imagine if you had baseball cards that showed all the performance stats. You… — Ray Dalio Baseball Copy Share Image
“I cannot say that having an intense life filled with accomplishments is better than having a relaxed life filled with savoring, though… — Ray Dalio Life Copy Share Image
“As much as I love and have benefited from artificial intelligence, I believe that only people can discover such things and then… — Ray Dalio Artificial intelligence 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 Courage Copy Share Image
Sometimes we forge our own principles and sometimes we accept others' principles, or holistic packages of principles, such as religion and legal… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
“Bernard Baruch put it well when he said, “If you are ready to give up everything else and study the whole history… — Ray Dalio Courage Copy Share Image
“Debating takes time, and that time increases exponentially depending on the number of people participating in the discussion, so you have to… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
“the satisfaction of success doesn’t come from achieving your goals, but from struggling well. To understand what I mean, imagine your greatest… — Ray Dalio Academy award Copy Share Image
“Much as I loved the job and the people I worked with, I didn’t fit into the Shearson organization. I was too… — Ray Dalio 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 Copy Share Image
“if everyone understood the basics, then economic policymakers would be able to do the right things a lot faster and with less… — Ray Dalio Economics Copy Share Image
“Everyone fails. Anyone you see succeeding is only succeeding at the things you’re paying attention to—I guarantee they are also failing at… — Ray Dalio Failure Copy Share Image
I think meditation has been the single biggest reason for whatever success Ive had — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
“the happiest people discover their own nature and match their life to it.” — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
“it pays to stress-test your thinking, even when you’re pretty sure you’re right.” — Ray Dalio Stress Copy Share Image
“I also feared boredom and mediocrity much more than I feared failure.” — Ray Dalio Failure Copy Share Image
“The most valuable habit I’ve acquired is using pain to trigger quality reflections.” — Ray Dalio Habit Copy Share Image