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Principles: Life and Work

byRay Dalio

Ray Dalio presents the principles he developed while building Bridgewater Associates and making decisions in markets and management. He advocates radical truth, radical transparency, systematic reflection on mistakes, and converting lessons into explicit rules that can guide future choices. The book moves between autobiography, personal decision-making, and organizational design, describing tools such as idea meritocracy and believability-weighted debate. Dalio encourages readers to treat life and work as systems that can be observed and improved. His framework is demanding and controversial, but it offers a detailed account of how one influential investor sought consistency in uncertain environments.

Publisher

Simon & Schuster

Publication date

2019

Format

Print edition

Pages

160

ISBN

9781501124020