Ray Dalio on Hard Work Quotes

"Radical open-mindedness and radical transparency are invaluable for rapid learning and change."

"Success is a process of starting with a goal, encountering problems, diagnosing those problems, designing a plan, and executing that plan."

"I just want to be right—I don’t care if the right answer comes from me."

"Don’t worry about looking good; worry about achieving your goal."

"I believe that the key to success lies in knowing how to both strive for a lot and fail well."

"The most important thing is that you develop your own principles and ideally write them down."

"Every time you confront something painful, you are at a potentially important juncture in your life."

"The biggest mistake most people make is to not see themselves and others objectively."

"Weaknesses don’t matter if you find solutions."

"Think for yourself while being radically open-minded at the same time."

"Identify and don't tolerate problems."

"Don’t confuse what you wish were true with what is really true."

"Push through to completion."

"To make money in the markets, you have to think for yourself and be contrarian."

"The reward for doing it well is that you get to do it more."

"Maturity is the ability to reject good alternatives in order to pursue even better ones."

"Create a culture in which it is okay to make mistakes and unacceptable not to learn from them."

"The quality of your life will depend on the choices you make at those uncomfortable moments."

"Pain + Reflection = Progress."

"To be effective you must not let your need to be right be more important than your need to find out what's true."

"Reality + Dreams + Determination = A Successful Life."

"It is a fundamental law of nature that to evolve one must push one’s limits, which is painful."

"Design a plan to get around your problems."

"Choose your habits well."

"If you're not failing, you're not pushing your limits, and if you're not pushing your limits, you're not maximizing your potential."

"Look at the patterns of those mistakes to see if they have a common cause."

"Remember that in great partnerships, both people should be willing to do more for the other than they expect for themselves."

"Great is better than terrible, and terrible is better than mediocre, because terrible at least gives life flavor."

"If you can’t successfully do something, don’t think you can tell others how it should be done."

"You have to be an independent thinker because you can't make money agreeing with the consensus."

"Work for yourself, but don’t work by yourself."

"Meditation has been the single most important reason for whatever success I’ve had."