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.
RAY DALIOLook at what caused people to make a lot of money and you will see that usually it is in proportion to their production of what the society wanted.
More Ray Dalio Quotes
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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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To be successful, we need everyone to think independently and work through disagreement to decide what’s best.
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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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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.
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Radical transparency fosters goodness in so many ways for the same reasons that bad things are more likely to take place behind closed doors.
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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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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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Watch out for people who think it’s embarrassing not to know.
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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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To make money in the markets, you have to think independently and be humble.
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The more you think you know, the more closed-minded you’ll be.
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School typically doesn’t prepare young people for real life – unless their lives are spent following instructions and pleasing others. In my opinion, that’s why so many students who succeed in school fail in life.
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What matters most is that the people you work with share your values.
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I also believe that everyone needs to think independently and make their own decisions on what makes the most sense.
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When two intelligent parties disagree, that’s when the potential for learning and moving ahead begins.
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