Principles are ways of successfully dealing with reality to get what you want out of life.
Ray Dalio, one of the world’s most successful investors and entrepreneurs, cites principles as his key to success.
In 1975, Ray Dalio founded Bridgewater Associates, out of his two-bedroom apartment in New York City. Over forty years later, Bridgewater has grown into the largest hedge fund in the world and the fifth most important private company in the United States (according to Fortune magazine), and Dalio himself has been named to TIME’s list of the 100 most influential people in the world. Along the way Dalio discovered unique principles that have led to his and Bridgewater’s unique success. It is these principles, and not anything special about Dalio, that he believes are the reason behind whatever success he has had. He is now at a stage in his life that he wants to pass these principles along to others for them to judge for themselves and to do whatever they want with them.
Life Principle
Be specific in identifying your problems.
You need to be precise, because different problems have different solutions. If a problem is due to inadequate skill, additional training may be called for; if it arises from an innate weakness, you may need to seek assistance from someone else or change the role you play. In other words, if you're bad at accounting, hire an accountant. If a problem stems from someone else's weaknesses, replace them with someone who is strong where it's needed. That's just the way it is.
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To me, the application of this principle takes true leadership (= discipline, self awareness, setting ego aside and zero commitment to complacency).
That’s what it takes. Your formula is a good one. True leadership = discipline +self awareness + setting ego aside + zero commitment to complacency. Some people say that’s not easy and look for an easy way hoping they can succeed without being strong and without doing the tough things. The truth is that one must become strong of mind and character and that happens by exercising these qualities the same way as one gets physically strong by exercising the body - bit by bit over time. Becoming strong by doing tough things to have the power to do what needs to be done is much easier than being weak and not being able to do them. There’s no way to do that other than to develop the right mind set habit. Once you have it you would hate to be any other way.
Life Principle
- Use the 5-Step Process to Get What You Want Out of Life
- Identify and don't tolerate problems.
- Be specific in identifying your problems.
- Identify and don't tolerate problems.
Any person or organization can adopt Principles to better achieve their goals.
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