Principles: Life and Work

By Ray Dalio


Ray Dalio, one of the world’s most successful investors and entrepreneurs, shares the unconventional principles that he’s developed, refined, and used over the past forty years to create unique results in both life and business—and which any person or organization can adopt to help achieve their goals. In 1975, Ray Dalio founded an investment firm, …


Published date: January 1, 2011
Type: Books
Genre: Biography

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I was blown away. It’s both a guide to life, a guide to business, and also I think an insight into [the author] and someone who’s built an amazing business.

I think the guiding quote of the book is [one] from Mark Twain, 'History does not repeat, but it does rhyme.'

Sketched really concise and good thoughts for [how to approach life].

The author open sourced Bridgewater’s methods in [this book] and the results were good evidence that collectives can operate at higher levels when they are open and honest about and can see past their cognitive flaws.

Ray Dalio is a great guy and has a great book out you all need to get called Principles. It’s a major key!!