20 Inspiring Ray Dalio Success Quotes and Sayings
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About Ray Dalio
Ray Dalio is Founder, Co-Chairman and Co-Chief Investment Officer of Bridgewater Associates. He started Bridgewater out of his two-bedroom apartment in New York in 1975 and under his leadership, the firm has grown into the fifth most important private company in the US according to Fortune Magazine. His net worth is 18 billion USD.
Dalio began investing at age 12 when he bought shares of Northeast Airlines for $300 and tripled his investment after the airline merged with another company. Dalio received a bachelor’s degree in finance from Long Island University (CW Post) and an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1973.
After completing his education, Dalio worked on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange and traded commodity futures. He later worked as the Director of Commodities at Dominick & Dominick LLC. In 1974 he became a futures trader and broker at Shearson Hayden Stone. In 1975 he founded investment management firm Bridgewater Associates out of his apartment. The firm opened an office in Westport, Connecticut in 1981 and became the world’s largest hedge fund in 2005. As of October 2017 it had $160 billion in assets under management.
In 2012 Dalio appeared on the annual Time 100 list of the 100 most influential people in the world. In 2011 and 2012 Bloomberg Markets listed him as one of the 50 Most Influential people. Institutional Investor’s Alpha ranked him №2 on their 2012 Rich List. ( 1)
Ray Dalio is also the author of The New York Times #1 Bestseller Principles, which outlines his work and life principles, the foundation of Bridgewater’s distinctive culture, and the cornerstone of his and Bridgewater’s success. ( Get the audiobook for free.)
Ray Dalio, one of the world’s most successful investors and entrepreneurs, shares the unconventional principles that helped him create unique results in life and business-and which any person or organization can adopt to better achieve their goals.
Ray Dalio Success Quotes and Sayings
Here are the most powerful lessons from the Ray Dalio success quotes:
Great questions are a much better indicator of future success than great answers.
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When you think that it’s too hard, remember that in the long run, doing the things that will make you successful is a lot easier than being unsuccessful.
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The greatest gift you can give someone is the power to be successful. Giving people the opportunity to struggle rather than giving them the things they are struggling for will make them stronger.
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If you can’t successfully do something, don’t think you can tell others how it should be done
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Almost nothing can stop you from succeeding if you have flexibility and self-accountability.
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In time, I realized that the satisfaction of success doesn’t come from achieving your goals, but from struggling well.
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Success is achieved by people who deeply understand reality and know how to use it to get what they want. The converse is also true: idealists who are not well-grounded in reality create problems, not progress.
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Don’t worry about looking good — worry about achieving your goals.
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Most of life’s greatest opportunities come out of moments of struggle; it’s up to you to make the most of these tests of creativity and character.
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Look for people who have lots of great questions. Smart people are the ones who ask the most thoughtful questions, as opposed to thinking they have all the answers.
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Ray Dalio Success Quotes #11
Unattainable goals appeal to heroes.
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Imagine that in order to have a great life you have to cross a dangerous jungle. You can stay safe where you are and have an ordinary life, or you can risk crossing the jungle to have a terrific life. How would you approach that choice?
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It is far more common for people to allow ego to stand in the way of learning.
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I came to see that people’s greatest weaknesses are the flip sides of their greatest strengths.
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Principles are fundamental truths that serve as the foundations for behavior that gets you what you want out of life. They can be applied again and again in similar situations to help you achieve your goals.
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The more you think you know, the more closed-minded you’ll be.
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If you don’t look on yourself and think, ‘Wow how stupid I was a year ago,’ then you must not have learned much in the last year.
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What you will be will depend on the perspective you have.
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Reflect and remind yourself that an accurate criticism is the most valuable feedback you can receive.
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The pursuit of dreams is what gives life its flavor.
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Originally published at https://motiveex.com on December 2, 2020.
