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Ray Dalio

More than anything else, what differentiates people who live up to their potential from those who don’t is a willingness to look at themselves and others objectively.
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Live Object People Potential Willing
I’d like to be clear that a number of people find me intolerable, and they don’t hesitate to say so – which they and I cherish.
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Hesitate Myself People Tolerance
I notice a difference from the moment I meditate.
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Difference Meditation Moments Myself Notice
Competitiveness is really what it costs you per man-hour to get you what you want. In other words, there’s an education level that plays into the mix and so if it’s inexpensive to buy an hour of real good education in places like China versus the U.S., that factors in.
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Competition Cost Education Factor Goodness Place Reality Word
Life is like a giant smorgasbord of more delicious alternatives than you can ever hope to taste. So you have to reject having some things you want in order to get other things you want more.
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Delicious Hope Life Rejection Taste Yourself
I can be stressed, or tired, and I can go into a meditation and it all just flows off of me. I’ll come out of it refreshed and centered and that’s how I’ll feel and it’ll carry through the day.
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Carry Day Flow Meditation Myself
If you don’t own Gold, you know neither history nor economics.
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Economics History Yourself
There is giant untapped potential in disagreement, especially if the disagreement is between two or more thoughtful people.
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People Potential Special Thinking
When you’re centered, your emotions are not hijacking you.
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Emotion Spiritual Aware Yourself
The media has the power to create an entrenched perception of reality that’s incorrect.
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Creation Media Perception Power True
Nature gave us pain as a messaging device to tell us that we are approaching, or that we have exceeded, our limits in some way.
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Device Limitation Nature Ourselves Pain Way
The big question is: When will the term structure of interest rates change? That’s the question to be worried about.
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Change Interest Rate Structure Worry
What matters most is that the people you work with share your values.
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People Share Value Work Yourself
There is a strong tendency to get used to and accept very bad things that would be shocking if seen with fresh eyes.
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Acceptance Bad Eyes See Strong
I think meditation has been the single biggest reason for whatever success Ive had.
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Meditation Myself Success Thinking
Almost everything is like a machine.
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Machine One Liner People

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