262 Quotes by Ray Dalio

Meditate. I practice Transcendental Meditation and believe that it has enhanced my open-mindedness, higher-level perspective, equanimity, and creativity. It helps slow things down so that I can act calmly even in the face of chaos, just like a ninja in a street fight. I’m not saying that you have to meditate in order to develop this perspective; I’m just passing along that it has helped me and many other people and I recommend that you seriously consider exploring it.

To me, the greatest success you can have as the person in charge is to orchestrate others to do things well without you. A.

I believe that we all get rewarded and punished according to whether we operate in harmony or in conflict with nature’s laws, and that all societies will succeed or fail in the degrees that they operate consistently with these laws.

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.

Understand that a great manager is essentially an organizational engineer.

I came to see that people’s greatest weaknesses are the flip sides of their greatest strengths.

I notice a difference from the moment I meditate.

I also feared boredom and mediocrity much more than I feared failure.

I believe that all organizations basically have two types of people: those who work to be part of a mission, and those who work for a paycheck.