
Principles: Life & Work
2017 · 592 pages · Hardcover
Dalio’s account of the principles that shaped his life and his work at Bridgewater.
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Ray Dalio founded Bridgewater Associates in 1975 and built his career in global macro investing. His writing carries the habits of that work into questions of personal judgment and organizational design. Principles presents his account of how Bridgewater’s decision processes developed, including an unusually explicit emphasis on feedback, transparency, and learning from failure.
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2017 · 592 pages · Hardcover
Dalio’s account of the principles that shaped his life and his work at Bridgewater.

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