Logic, reason, and common sense are your best tools for synthesizing reality and understanding what to do about it.
Source: Ray Dalio's Book Principles
Source: Ray Dalio's Book Principles
1. Keep in mind both the rates of change and the levels of things, and the relationships between them. 2. Be imprecise. 3. Remember the 80/20 Rule and know what the key 20 percent is. 4. Be an imperfectionist. Source: Ray Dalio's
1.Use the terms “above the line” and “below the line” to establish which level a conversation is on. 2. Remember that decisions need to be made at the appropriate level, but they should also be consistent across levels. Source: Ray Dalio's Book
1. One of the most important decisions you can make is who you ask questions of. 2. Don’t believe everything you hear. 3. Everything looks bigger up close. 4. New is overvalued relative to great. 5. Don’t oversqueeze dots. Source: Ray Dalio's
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