People who acquire things beyond their usefulness not only will derive little or no marginal gains from these acquisitions, but they also will experience negative consequences, as with any form of gluttony.
RAY DALIOWhen you’re faced with a choice, you have one of three choices that you can have. You can have those with power decide. You can have one man, one vote. Or you can have believability-weighted decision-making.
More Ray Dalio Quotes
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It’s more important to do big things well than to do small things perfectly.
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When you’re centered, your emotions are not hijacking you.
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The more you think you know, the more closed-minded you’ll be.
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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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To be successful, we need everyone to think independently and work through disagreement to decide what’s best.
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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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I’m going to give away a lot more than half my money. I’d be happy to give that to the government if the government put together programs that were like I’m giving away to charity, in which I believe the money is effectively used to help people.
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By and large, life will give you what you deserve and it doesn’t give a damn what you like. So it is up to you to take full responsibility to connect what you want with what you need to do to get it, and then to do those things.
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Meditation helps you stay in a calm, clear-headed state so that when challenges come at you, you can deal with them like a ninja – in a calm thoughtful way. When you’re centered, your emotions are not hijacking you.
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Almost everything is like a machine.
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I notice a difference from the moment I meditate.
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I believe that dreamers who simply imagine things that would be nice but are not possible don’t sufficiently appreciate the laws of the universe to understand the true implications of their desires, much less how to achieve them.
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Treat your life like a game.
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I think meditation has been the single biggest reason for whatever success Ive had.
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Successful people ask for the criticism of others and consider its merit.
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