Principles are ways of successfully dealing with reality to get what you want out of life.
Ray Dalio, one of the world’s most successful investors and entrepreneurs, cites principles as his key to success.
In 1975, Ray Dalio founded Bridgewater Associates, out of his two-bedroom apartment in New York City. Over forty years later, Bridgewater has grown into the largest hedge fund in the world and the fifth most important private company in the United States (according to Fortune magazine), and Dalio himself has been named to TIME’s list of the 100 most influential people in the world. Along the way Dalio discovered unique principles that have led to his and Bridgewater’s unique success. It is these principles, and not anything special about Dalio, that he believes are the reason behind whatever success he has had. He is now at a stage in his life that he wants to pass these principles along to others for them to judge for themselves and to do whatever they want with them.
Work Principle
If you've agreed with someone that something is supposed to go a certain way, make sure it goes that way—unless you get in sync about doing it differently.
People will often subconsciously gravitate toward activities they like rather than what's required. If they lose sight of their priorities, you need to redirect them. This is part of why it's important to get frequent updates from people about their progress.
Work Principle
- Manage as Someone Operating a Machine to Achieve a Goal
- Hold yourself and your people accountable and appreciate them for holding you accountable.
- If you've agreed with someone that something is supposed to go a certain way, make sure it goes that way—unless you get in sync about doing it differently.
- Hold yourself and your people accountable and appreciate them for holding you accountable.
Any person or organization can adopt Principles to better achieve their goals.
Learn what Principles are and how they are applied at Principles.com
