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.
RAY DALIODemand is best measured in terms of spending. You know, I think in traditional economics, it’s a mistake to measure it in terms of the quantity of goods.
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The media has the power to create an entrenched perception of reality that’s incorrect.
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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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Ask yourself whether you have earned the right to have an opinion. Opinions are easy to produce, so bad ones abound. Knowing that you don’t know something is nearly as valuable as knowing it. The worst situation is thinking you know something when you don’t.
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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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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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Meditation, more than any other factor, has been the reason for what success I’ve had.
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Though how nature works is way beyond man’s ability to comprehend, I have found that observing how nature works offers innumerable lessons that can help us understand the realities that affect us.
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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 slow growth, but it is positive slow growth. At the same time, ratios of debt-to-incomes go down. That’s a beautiful deleveraging.
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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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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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Demand is best measured in terms of spending. You know, I think in traditional economics, it’s a mistake to measure it in terms of the quantity of goods.
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Over the long run, the price of gold approximates the total amount of money in circulation divided by the size of the gold stock. If the market price of gold moves a long way from this level, it may indicate a buying or selling opportunity.
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If you don’t own Gold, you know neither history nor economics.
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Don’t worry about looking good – worry about achieving your goals.
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There are far more good answers “out there” than there are in you.
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If inflation-adjusted interest rates decline in a given country, its currency is likely to decline.
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Principles are what allow you to live a life consistent with those values. Principles connect your values to your actions.
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What matters most is that the people you work with share your values.
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If you have the power to see things through somebody else’s eyes, it’s like going from black and white to color or two dimensions to three dimensions.
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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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To test if you are worrying too much about looking good, observe how you feel when you find out you’ve made a mistake or don’t know something.
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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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People who worry about looking good typically hide what they don’t know and hide their weaknesses, so they never learn how to properly deal with them and these weaknesses remain impediments in the future.
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When two intelligent parties disagree, that’s when the potential for learning and moving ahead begins.
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It all comes down to interest rates. As an investor, all you’re doing is putting up a lump-sump payment for a future cash flow.
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