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Dalio runs the world's largest hedge fund. He built it by writing down every rule.
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At 33, Ray Dalio bet on a crash. The market rallied.
Bridgewater went broke. He had to borrow rent from his father.

Then he started writing the mistakes down.
Forty years later, those notes became the playbook of the
world's largest hedge fund.

Pain + reflection = progress. Everything else is noise.

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READ STACKSSUMMARYRead in 2 min, 11 slides.from Principlesby Ray Dalio
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READ STACKS1982. Ray Dalio is 33.He bets on a market crash.The market rallies.Bridgewater goes broke.He has to fire everyoneand borrow from his fatherto pay rent.from Principlesby Ray Dalio
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READ STACKSThat failure rebuilt him.He started writing every mistake down.Then the lesson from it.Forty years later that journalbecame Bridgewater's playbook —and the world's largest hedge fund.from Principlesby Ray Dalio
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The idea
READ STACKSPain plus reflection equals progress.Pain alone teaches nothing.Reflection alone is theory.The lesson is forgedwhere the two meet —and never anywhere else.from Principlesby Ray Dalio
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READ STACKSTreat your life like a machine.It produces outcomes.Those outcomes are data.You are not your machine.You are the engineerstanding next to it,deciding what to fix.from Principlesby Ray Dalio
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READ STACKSMost people argue to win.Dalio's rule: argue to find out.The goal isn't to be right.The goal is to be less wrongthan you were yesterday.Dignity is overrated.Accuracy isn't.from Principlesby Ray Dalio
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READ STACKSBelievability-weighted decisions.All opinions are not equal.The surgeon's view on surgeryoutweighs your view on surgery —even when it's your body.Weight people by track record.Not by volume of voice.from Principlesby Ray Dalio
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READ STACKSRadical transparency.Meetings at Bridgewaterare recorded.Critiques happen face-to-face.It sounds brutal.It's actually merciful —because the truthdoesn't get said behind your back.from Principlesby Ray Dalio
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READ STACKSLook at the same problemthrough five mental models.Political. Financial.Human. Historical. Mechanical.The answer that's rightin one frameis wrong in another.That's the gift.from Principlesby Ray Dalio
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READ STACKSReality, you, and outcomesare three different things.Reality is what happened.You are what you wanted.The gap is the problem.Most people debate reality.Dalio debates the gap.from Principlesby Ray Dalio
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READ STACKSThat's the machine.Dalio's full Principles in my bio. Free.Save for the next mistakeyou refuse to waste.from Principlesby Ray Dalio
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