Are Ray Dalio's Principles the Secret to His Success?

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[@AshHeskes]

Will Patrick ever do a stock analysis if it was paid for? Not as a KZbin vid. Just to the person who paid for it.

[@bottlethrower1544]

Almost 1M subs, but still criminally under subbed

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[@TarlanT]

I worked for Bridgewater in 2013-2014. Attrition rate was around 30-40% a year. 60-80% of time was spent on rating and open examination of other people’s actions and behavior. Everyone was forced to memorize principles and their numbers.

[@drilon8623]

This sounds like a cult wtf, and also very toxic very high schools drama like

[@zeea6507]

I will hate to work at such company.

[@5678plm]

His secret to success is the 2 & 20% fees, he basically runs a closet index fund calling it pure alpha when in reality, his returns are parallel to the markets rather than orthogonal like Ren Tech.

[@theWebWizrd]

​@@5678plm His returns with his Pure Alpha fund do not parallell the stock market though. It is way, way less volatile (in both directions). Of course it doesn't move like an index fund - it is made mostly of bonds and has gold as a sizable portion too.

[@subcitizen2012]

Maybe not to this degree, but you'd be surprised how common this is. "Good" corporate or business culture and practice is predatory and counter productive, so long as mystique is created and maintained. Self congratulatory. If this sort of behavior wasn't so lucrative and rewarded with leadership and prestige, we'd be allowed to call them monsters. In previous eras it was feudal lords and kings, today it's corporates and business suits, tomorrow they will be invasive hostile aliens on other planets.

[@MoneyMacro]

Fascinating video Patrick. I was not at all convinced by Dalio's principles for a changing global order. But, I didn't see this one coming.

[@bachvu2974]

Can't believe I found my favourite finance KZbinr here :D

[@jeffhicks8428]

ofc you weren't you're a narrow minded white chauvinist. rays morning shit has more value than your entire bloodline. lmao.

[@caleb7799]

because you need to research?

[@shikyokira3065]

I mean, its not a coincidence that he is also a fan of China when his company is pretty much a mini communism assuming what has been discussed in this video is true or mostly true.

[@Nwnatves]

It’s amazing how a guy makes a ton of money and then suddenly he’s a genius we need to listen to about all sorts of things. Dalio was good at making money…doesn’t mean he’s good at anything else. The self importance people of wealth ascribe to themselves is amazing.

[@elvicsolgb]

This was beautifully said by Tevye in the musical 'Fiddler on the Roof' in one of the songs entitled 'If I were a rich man'. Where he sort of say that if you're rich, people will think that you're also wise and they'll kind of agree to everything you say. "Yes, Rebbe Tevye." 😂

[@TheJustinJ]

Dalio built an extremely successful company from an apartment room. I don't think many people are qualified to say what he isn't qualified at.

[@danguee1]

Yep - actors and actresses even worse. Btw, it's "importance" not "self-importance" as you've used it...

[@theultimatereductionist7592]

YOU NAILED IT, steverznick!

[@templarknight7]

@@TheJustinJ of course plenty of people are qualified to say what he isn't qualified at. he's got expertise in one field, that doesn't mean he has expertise in other fields. we see this with many people who attain success in one field and somehow feel like that gives them expertise in other fields.

[@geekytraveler5899]

On a very different note. You know what's the most impressive quality of Rob - he is true professional journalist / interviewer - he doesn't interrupt, he does listen, he shares his carefully well thought point. Rare skill in today's journalism - way too many hype journalist who wouldn't even let to speak their counterpart.

[@juwright1949]

Absolutely spot on! Excellent comment. 👍🏻

[@TechnoVision881]

We desperately need more people like Rob.

[@RobCopeland-qw5qr]

Thank you! It helps that Patrick actually 1) reads the book 2) is calmly asking questions and listening to the answers. I can't tell you how rare that is. -Rob Copeland

[@geekytraveler5899]

@@RobCopeland-qw5qr oh, we certainly love and appreciate Patrick and know his best (that's why we're on his channel :) ). It's just... I've seen recently so many interviews (and I'm not talking just about amateurs: streamers / youtubers), but also headline media (TV / professional agencies) where journalist doesn't let the guest to speak their mind (even doing that to a quite snr and respectful guests)- breaking up, jumping the subject, substituting the message, multitude of manipulative techniques - I'm pretty sure you know the stories like that in mass. So it was really a pleasure to see an adult conversation of two interesting people (I probably would call this an interview in it's pure form since it was interesting to hear a points of view of both of you). Respectfully, Denis.

[@MC-qe7op]

His principles always seemed like “water is wet, don’t touch it to stay dry” type stuff to me

[@DuncanL7979]

Yes, some trite self-help guru content as a marketing campaign for himself. Crafting his own public persona as a means of front-running any criticism of his flawed ego.

[@HumanityKilledArt]

insightful. All 3 years old learn it the hard way.

[@bbsara0146]

most of them sound like good ideas but have no indication of how to apply them to your life. its like "collaboration is better, work as a team rather than on your own" which sounds like a good idea, but idk..

[@helloiamchuck]

Unintentional poetry at 1:00:36 "The asset management industry is a great place to be/ When you're the asset manager collecting the fee." (The meter's a little off, but that's what editing is for.) Silliness aside, I am so glad that Patrick is able to get people for these long-form interviews.

[@RobCopeland-qw5qr]

Who said it was unintentional? -Rob Copeland

[@92Psyco]

Well this is a channel about rap

[@del7896]

39:44 I was awfully confused about all this financial talk on my favourite rap channel, but finally we're getting to the point.

[@ljragsandfeathers]

😂

[@seeyongren5765]

😅😅

[@annaczgli2983]

Ray Dalio's Principles: Where the only constant principle is that he constantly has principles!

[@Fungii001]

Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others.

[@ciarancassidy7566]

Unprincipled principles!

[@myp0h]

😂

[@blueblur1984]

I loved how he went on and on about meritocracy and then made his kids board members. No nepotism there I'm sure.

[@bp56789]

Dalio's principles predicted his own rise and fall. Truly inspirational.

[@Kane0123]

This guy has definitely had training on what he can say to mitigate the likely future attacks. This’ll be one of the first actual paper books I’ve bought in a long time!

[@garrettkim2429]

You can really feel how measured his responses are! Makes Dalio appear all the more threatening and villainous.

[@teachermichael6927]

Being a journalist at both NYT and WSJ means he isn't stupid.

[@NorthernContrarian]

@@garrettkim2429 and it cannot be, that him putting himself in the victim seat is meant to create just this type of sensation among people. Journalists do this all the time, always taking the victim role whenever things don't align with their own world view or whenever they feel that they can gain from it.

[@NorthernContrarian]

@@teachermichael6927 Many would argue the complete opposite.

[@davidzoller9617]

Taking a deep dive into a narcissist and psychopathic personality?

[@slovokia]

It’s interesting how having great wealth probably makes it mostly possible to be able to tell any story you want about yourself and your creations without anyone daring to contradict you for fear of being sued.

[@enemy1134]

It's a running theme among shady characters. From crypto scammers to hedge funds, they fight similarly

[@PopeyeSailor-wz7ew]

Golden rule. He who has the gold makes the rules. Has always been that way. And the winner writes history. His-story.

[@arglebargle5531]

​@@PopeyeSailor-wz7ewno, writers write history. "History is written by the victors" is a classic example of a belief that's popular because it sounds correct and makes it simpler for people to analyze things. In reality, a lot of important works of history were written by writers who hated the victors.

[@davidzoller9617]

@@arglebargle5531 I think both is true. For example, imho the mainstream German history is clearly written by the victors. And the other side of the story not only comes from the victims, which are indoctrinated to hate themselves, no, it is also coming from some British and American historians. The mainstream history about slavery on the other hand is written by the victims. Not that what they say would be wrong, they just not tell the missing parts of the whole story themselves were involved in. Whatever the "mainstream-history" wants you to believe, should be doubted, if you care about truth.

[@georgepanicker61916]

​@@arglebargle5531appreciate your comment

[@maxmeier532]

The argument that ex-employees will always have a bias in an interview about their former boss, can be easily answered: If they independently give the same specific descriptions of certain behaviours, it's unlikely they are all making up the same thing. Or to stay in the ex-wife comparison: If one man's 5 ex-wives tell you independent of each other, that their former husband used to eat his boogers, it's probably true.

[@FoodFanBoy7845]

Once is an accident Two is a coincidence Three is a pattern Where there is smoke there is fire

[@faksibey8906]

I talked to MANY former Bridgewater Associates, and it is ALWAYS negative from a variety of roles . . since the 1990s. Be skeptical of Ray’s Principles.

[@ericmyrs]

So, not being a finance guy I first head about Ray, not in the context of him being a mega successfull trader, but just some guy that had some principles on a podcast. I immediately thought "this guy is selling me something I don't want to buy". I guess I was right about that.

[@Chris-ci8vs]

Most of the principles themselves are good. However the main issue is is claims about them and how he actually makes use of them in the workplace.

[@finnwheatley2194]

Ex hedge fund guy here. This is so funny to hear because my mentor/ex boss told me a decade ago he thought the whole principles/systematic thing is just a cover and it was all just Ray D using his connections and traditional macro analysis

[@justgeezer]

My biggest respect for journalists like this. Thank you both!

[@RobCopeland-qw5qr]

Thank you, I appreciate it, please throw me an Amazon/Goodreads review lol -Rob Copeland

[@dawnfmEnthusiast]

Your author interviews are awesome. The one with Zeke Faux was so entertaining and made me buy the book!

[@PBoyle]

Zeke was great. He and I have a very similar sense of humor.

[@dawnfmEnthusiast]

appreciate your work!@@PBoyle cheers.

[@Football__Junkie]

I really enjoyed Dalio’s Priciples book. “Deal with what is, not what should be” is a good one to live by. Having said that, as with any hedge fund I believe their success is based on being fed insider information from people in power. 😀

[@Confucius_Says...]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ad2094]

This comment is top tier haha

[@henghistbluetooth7882]

Not original though. Machiavelli said it 500 years ago in The Prince.

[@senerzen]

That is terrible advice, basically saying "stay where you are and never try improving."

[@HumanityKilledArt]

i could've said that to you when i was 5. There is a chance you said that to yourself when you were 5, you just forgot.

[@brianfennelly9939]

I'm 1/2 way through the audiobook...Dalio comes across as the financial markets version of L Ron Hubbard. Amazing how much different a person can be portrayed via the traditional media vs. a legitimate, dispassionate, non-spin reportage.

[@jburron]

Institutional investors putting money with founders that they like and believe in is the most insightful quote from this interview.

[@imperator_odin]

Very true

[@thomasherrin6798]

Don't mean to say it will work out!?!

[@TacticalTruth]

I always thought there is something off-key about Ray Dalio. Never took him seriously. Glad to see some critique out there.

[@patriciasanchezwebb]

Same.

[@fernandaalario5091]

I bought the book. Power to this guy, he’s measuring every word. Thanks for this interview!

[@mariussavatier4155]

I’ve always harbored skepticism towards his ideas about cyclical patterns. While you require patterns to forecast future events, they tend not to hold up well on a historical scale. The only true constant is human nature.

[@318ishonk]

These principles are the runing gag of each bigger company. Every 3 to 5 years a new CEO comes in and proclaims his new guiding principles for the company that are equal in content to the old principles, and both vague in their wording and nothing better than common sense. And employees roll their eyes when a new wave of principles is distributed and end of the year they fill in their company survey with "yes, the guiding principles are meaningful for my work." And in reality nobody gives a f&^*£ about the principles.

[@theultimatereductionist7592]

OBVIOUSLY!

[@jcus006]

Hey patrick, just wanted to say I really really enjoy these book highlights and interviews you are doing. Would love to see more in the future!

[@effingsix3825]

The best book has to be ‘The Oxford Book Of Aphorisms,’ because all of the principles of life are in there without having been written by Ray Dalio.

"Everyone is watching video tapes of who didn’t wash their hands at the bathroom and no real work is being done." 😂👏👏

[@haneytr3s]

"Does Ray rap at all?" That's the dry wit I come to Patrick for.

[@theianmce]

The insights that Rob shares at the end of the video are so powerful. Many people go their whole lives not realizing them. Steve Jobs realized them on his death bed. I bought the book in the first 10 minutes of this video and am so glad I stayed to watch the whole video. You both are truly awesome, stay that way!

[@randomdude7384]

To be Balanced : Ray had to tone it down when it comes to his unvarnished admiration for Putin, which had always shocked me, considering the fact that Ray owes everything to his having been born in a free, democratic society. In his podcast with Lex Fridman Ray lies about not having met Xi - he's met him multiple times on various occasions.

[@olegnesterenko3929]

Well done Patrick, I just bought the book the Fund. I read most of Dalio books, except for Principles because it did smell wrong. Billionairs are not made by following good virtue principles, but rather in reverse.

[@FlamencoOz]

Spot on, Principles is just so Ray can look like a "one of the nice billionaires". Just like Bill Gates and his foundation.

[@TheJustinJ]

I fail to comprehend either of your logic. Dalio didn't just make himself rich. He grew a successful fund managing money for investors but primarily for large corporate retirement funds that resulted in millions of people saving and retiring richer than they would have otherwise. The fact he returned a profit for millions of Americans instead of an enormous, suicide inducing loss in 2008 is evidence he knows what he is doing. Bill Gates, along with Steve Jobs and their partners revolutionized computer software and the way humans interact with it. How is it evil to invent something useful and sell it fora low enough price that its installed on every computer that actually functions, and can be afforded by everyone? If a guy makes PCs viable for the entire planet, how is that evil?

[@moxictasculinity]

This breaks my heart because I used to do accounting homework while listening to Ray interviews or books at night haha. Good old college days.

[@mikebaker2436]

Every "self-made" person of incredible wealth leaves their connections and inherent advantages out of their origin story.

[@selfawaretrashcan4594]

I've appreciated the high quality interviews you've had recently, Patrick.

[@tenningale]

I used to work at Bridgewater out of college, and I respect Ray's intelligence and he's a genuinely insightful person. However, there is a definite narcissistic side to him where he can get very angry and try to humiliate other employees for no appropriate reason. Everybody is forced to have opinions on other people they barely know and it wastes a lot of time. Getting "dot bombed" by people who barely know anything about you or your work is a real thing. If you don't fully buy into that stuff you'll probably lose interest. And a lot of people are pushed based on how Dalio likes them and not on some "meritocratic" criteria. Overall, Ray has his strengths and weaknesses, flaws, and insecurities like every other person.

[@theultimatereductionist7592]

IGNORE THE LAWSUITS! People have FREEDOM OF SPEECH to say ANYTHING they want outside of Ray Dalio's property (company website, house).

[@theultimatereductionist7592]

All these FAKE "capitalists" and "anticommunists" who NEVER EVER did ANY USEFUL WORK IN THEIR LIVES, who do NOTHING but move MONEY (representing OTHER people's hard labor) around, go running to the GOVERNMENT to go bail them out and help them out and try to sue people for what they say or do on their OWN property. F this Ray Dalio piece of shit. Anyone "sued" by Dalio for what they say has the right to IGNORE THE LAWSUITS! People have FREEDOM OF SPEECH to say ANYTHING they want outside of Ray Dalio's property (company website, house).

[@matsten]

I approve this comment. And what did this jorno build?

[@tenningale]

@@matsten Copeland's book will be catnip for people who don't like Ray. Any celebrity there's a market for that. It's like confirmation bias where some people are very partisan about something/someone and totally calcified about it.

[@fictionpor4640]

so how u think about his prediction on China？

[@ravingmad765]

I didn't want this to end. Two enquiring minds challenging each other's ideas. I can think of no better person to do this interview than Patrick.

[@riledmouse4677]

I loved it, too. I like interviews with Patrick, regardless of whether he’s the one asking or answering the questions.

[@lekhakaananta5864]

You may think the golf caddie origin is quite innocent, but I think it really hurts Ray's pride. The modern image of a successful man is someone who is a leader, not a servant. And using the role of a servant to get closer to rich people in order to get more economic opportunities makes you sound closer to a con artist than a captain of industry. Of course the truth is that humans do this all the time, at all levels of society. But as with many other social standards, the standard for a Captain of Industry is set at an unrealistic level. People who want to play that game for their own ego therefore must manufacture their own biographies, purging negative stories from their public image, not unlike aspiring supermodels eliminating calories in pursuit of their own high standards.

[@gbormann71]

Only in Shallowland.

[@MrGorgefla]

The fact that Ray is doing this means I need to read your book. Obviously some truth.

[@Gaz12360]

You're really good at this Patrick. It's always entertaining and informative.

[@andrewfriedrichs9340]

Given his extreme reaction to having a single non-glowing book written about him, there are some skeletons.

[@GiGo421]

Thank you for this. I thought that Dalio’s book, Principles, was a fairly bland collection of obvious truisms pretending to be visionary revelations. Meanwhile he showed a tragic/autistic level of disregard for the role of human frailty. His vision of the well functioning organization seems to be a place where people behave like meat-computers. I kept thinking that he must suffer from the problem of thinking that what makes him different (being inconsiderate of other people’s feelings) is the same thing that made him successful. I also kept thinking that the inside of his organization must be a mess since he himself narrates two attempts to step away from the business where he was forced to come back and retake control. I look forward to reading this new book.

[@ljragsandfeathers]

Well-said. My thoughts precisely

[@henghistbluetooth7882]

As the autistic father of an autistic son - worth bearing in mind that most autistic people are intensely sensitive to justice and fairness and actually hate when people are hurt. Autistic people do not ‘disregard human frailty’ except in Hollywood.

[@dylancampbell3356]

I completely agree about the book being just bland and uninsightful. I was surprised to see people lauding it so much.

[@stevengreidinger8295]

Successful entrepreneurs are much more likely to be inconsiderate people. Being extremely agreeable is at variance with meeting performance metrics that do not pertain to agreeability, and having a unique vision sometimes means telling people who do not share that vision to buzz off. I am not saying the traits of successful entrepreneurs are desirable or that Steve Jobs is someone to model our lives around. Being successful is only the same as being likable if you penalize yourself for causing conflict, hurt feelings, and stress in others. Stressing people out may be unethical, because it hurts people's health. Not doing so sometimes hurts business performance.

[@GiGo421]

​@@stevengreidinger8295 There is a difference between not being highly agreeable and being an a$$hole. The fallacy of the Steve Jobs example is that everyone who is both successful and an a$$hole points to Steve Jobs and assumes a cause and effect relationship like this: Being an a$$hole is what made me successful. I propose the relationship is more often in the other direction Being successful allows me to be an a$$hole. The thing is, once people are successful, nobody challenges their BS because their success puts them in a position of power. Is it usually possibly to tell people "No" without being an ass? Probably.

[@notheotherklaus]

Thanks for this. Long live free speech/journalism.Always thought it was odd when Dalio portrayed himself as a professor of history of economics with oversimplified theses.

[@pauljones9150]

Wow what an amazing interview! Very thoughtful, through and intriguing

[@Brayness]

So glad Patrick has returned to his roots of Rap news to provide us this information about P Diddy

[@bbsara0146]

All I know is when I went to bridgewater somebody in the stairwell started giving me a lecture for not swiping in and saying he would like "write me up" and I was like "ok whatever I don't even work here bro.. im just here for an interview good luck with that" then he walked off defeated

[@Ryanopoly]

I just requested the book from my local library. There's 2 folks ahead of me, but I can't wait to read it!

[@SICHTKRAFT]

I am glad my number #1 channel for rap news finally got back to it's roots (39:45). I was very confused about all this investment talk lately, I have to say!

[@nicholaschristodoulou3821]

Really enjoyed listening to this Patrick! The guy you had on seems like a legend

[@F_C...]

My main takeaway from this video is that Ray is a victim of his own ego. The way he thinks and acts are not too surprising for someone in his line of work who has been consistently successful and convinces themselves they have the magic touch.

[@marcinkarpinski9163]

There is no secret. It's a mix of being born at a right time and in the right place, having a good education and klowledge and meeting the right people. That's it.

[@billwalton4571]

100% there is no such thing as a 'formula'. People become a product of the times and events that occurred in that point of history. If things come about in your youthful momentum years and a unique opportunity presents itself, at least somebody will be in this position in the ecology of human systems to fill that gap.

[@jaswinderbrar4543]

You forgot the "sell your fictional guide" step at the end.

[@j562gee0hdeewestsdegethemuLa]

Ray's prediction on china is not looking so great, most likely the reason he stepped down from his position.

[@thomasviste5164]

That's what happens when you base your prediction on bad history

[@allanhutton1123]

Prophets are always sound intelligent until it doesn't happen.

[@25andinvested]

I like the idea of a suit and huge headphones

[@midasderrek]

Bad call, but silly to think that's the reason he would step down

[@samuelnakai1804]

I suspect he has such a roses view on China because he wants to stir up exit liquidity on his investments.

[@j.singer8461]

An excellent interview, Patrick. This channel is going from strength to strength!

[@tomaskuric9803]

The last few minutes seemed to have been very honest unlike many interviews...

[@ominollo]

Thanks Patrick! Always excellent content! I will definitely read this book!

[@ray-mc-l]

Damn! Ray Dalio seems like such a genuine, thoughtful guy. I thought he was the rare example of a decent person who became enormously wealthy.

[@briand.wright4333]

Great video. I only learned about Ray four years ago when i started learning about investing. I saw him as a benevolent force in a shark infested water of hedge fund investing ie Steve Cohen. So it was quite enlightening to see that Ray is bit like a shark in dolphin’s outfit. Thanks for this. And I will surely buy the book.

[@slovokia]

Imagine if a televangelist started their own hedge fund and then ran for president.

[@supermotograndad9954]

That thought makes me want to projectile vomit!

[@Confucius_Says...]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@geoffgjof]

So glad this channel exists now that VH1 Behind the Music is off the air.

[@charvakpatel962]

Glad Patrick asked question about rap music. I was worried for a while this was a channel about finance.

[@missbearlockholmes]

48:55 Tough to be a bully through Zoom. This is is the real reason why many bosses want a return to the office.

[@HilcrestDaily]

This was a great interview. Thank you Rob for your contribution and effort with this book.

[@RobCopeland-qw5qr]

Thank you. This rollout has been just a dream come true. Patrick was early on this...he filmed this interview before a single review etc was out. It's such a cool community you guys have here. -Rob Copeland

[@gpfeiffer1]

Wonderful interview. I watched it two months ago, bought the book which I just finished, then watched it again. Hope that you do a follow-up with Rob regarding his experience since the book was published.

[@jeez5735]

Love watching the premiere because everyone is so talkative. Do you have a scheduled release date?

[@mirzaahmed6589]

Release date for what? The book. It's already out.

[@jeez5735]

​@@mirzaahmed6589no I mean for when he drops the video premieres.😊

[@predley]

Two (2) Ray Dalio books for sale $1.00 with free delivery…slightly used with Hubris content. Thanks Patrick & Rob. Can’t wait for delivery of The Fund.

[@zeea6507]

Think Ray's book is another self help book. Index funds are great long term investment but don't need to read principles 😂

[@jorgemontero6384]

Very nice interview. It's pretty clear that Rob has talked to at least a few people in St Louis, who wrote a whole lot of the baseball card system. If there were no NDAs, someone could write a book just on the implementation decisions, and their implications.

[@platinumsun4632]

The what?

[@anthonyreed480]

A mate who worked at Fidelity recommended "Principles" to me years ago. Never been more underwhelmed by a book, ever. Platitudes you'd find on a Hallmark card. Ironically, the book purchase price was a really bad investment based on bad financial advice lol.

[@marybusch6182]

And in the ethics course that every mba takes.

[@dawnfmEnthusiast]

yeah was so boring. i didn't finish it, still on my shelf

[@anthonyreed480]

@@dawnfmEnthusiast Right? And I'm into the subject matter. Can't imagine what it would read like to anyone who isn't that into finance.

[@dawnfmEnthusiast]

that's a great point; true lol@@anthonyreed480

[@theodorehsu5023]

@@anthonyreed480Glad I never heard of Ray, he sounds like a narcissistic, sociopathic SOB who deserves to get pantsed in an investor call, then get his behind spanked in a live-streaming.

[@maestrovso]

Awesome content and subject that will never be addressed by mainstream media. Thanks Patrick. This is one of the smartest and most underrated channels on KZbin. Kudos to Rob Copeland for being a great financial journalist and writer, and the perspective of more important is the balance of life. I don't envy of these super rich that lost their perspective in life and only and obsessed with one thing that is making the most of money.

[@IllIl]

Fascinating interview and insight! You got great interview skills, Patrick. And a great guest!

[@ultraking1]

Patrick thanksbfor doing this interview with Bob, it was quite objective and informative about this world. I think Bridgewater will continue as long as they are not losing investors' money or the leadership does something illegal. Dalio is an excellent marketer and he is a controversial figure ur interview demystifies his persona.

[@startcomplaining9781]

A lot of the divergent perspectives on Ray Dalios success reminded me on the book "fooled by randomness" (a wallstreet classic). Has anyone read it? Ps. Patrick, if you do a review on it, I will reward you with one pound of cheddar!

[@ljragsandfeathers]

One of my faves. Taleb doesn’t need milk toast ‘principles’. He thinks for himself.

[@pch5938]

Isn't he the guy who said cash is trash? When was that said, either way, cash has been pretty good to me in a money market fund over the last couple of years 👍

[@tylernaturalist6437]

Just bought Rob’s book on Audible !

[@johnvanslykejr.8033]

One of the best interviews and back and forth thoughtful exchanges of ideas I have seen anytime and any where. Hear hear. Well done. A great credit to both of you.

[@raymondcolison4501]

Read the excerpt from the book in the Times this past Sunday. Witty and extremely interesting, looking forward to reading the whole book

[@damssen3234]

hopefully ray reaches out for an interview here

[@ericpozarycki6601]

ray sounds a bit thin skinned, don't think that's happening.

[@baxoutthebox5682]

The Bootstrapping narrative these billionaires tell is constantly reinforced by the news media, movies, podcasts, “hustle” culture, etc. And there is massive demand for this kind of content because we have been conditioned to believe that willpower is what separates the most successful people from the least. This idea has been disproven many times over, but it is an incredibly insidious idea that is foundational to American culture. The reality is that luck and connections are the primary drivers of success in our world, and that is a tough pill to swallow because it requires that we accept the chaos and randomness that drives outcomes. It is much easier to believe that we control our own destinies.

[@michaeldavis3819]

While luck is certainly a major element in success and chaos is very real, it's a very real saying that luck is where preparation meets opportunity. It would be ridiculous to believe that everyone who fails in life fails solely because of circumstance and lack of connections; it's also ridiculous to believe that everyone who succeeds in life only does so because of circumstance and connections. Yes, connections can certainly give opportunities for success that people without those connections will never have. But real and lasting success only happens as a result of discipline and work. And a failure to discipline oneself or to work will quickly destroy success that one has gained. American culture definitely needs to continually evaluate how it defines "success," and we should do better at educating people on how to achieve it. But to think that success is random chance or connections alone is defeatism we use to excuse our own shortcomings and lack of effort.

[@donwatson1330]

All the billionaires seem to have the same urge to promote themselves as some sort of wonderful person and they spend a great deal of money, time and effort into the pursuit. Sad.

[@emiliog.4432]

Great interview. Fascinating.

[@DougJacobson2]

started reading "Principals" years ago, but after the first third of the book or so, it didn't pass the sniff test. Never finished Principals. Great interview.

[@catherineblaiklock9832]

OMG - I knew that Ray Dalio had always been arrogant and annoying but never imagined it at this level. This interview confirmed what I suspected.

[@daylan528]

Second really good book Ive found from your channel, thanks!

[@michaels.6301]

I started to read Dalio's book and i was instantly struck by the following thought: If Dalio actually believed in these principles and if they worked, someone would have stopped him from writing that book bc it was so poorly written and the ideas were so poorly conceived that if The Principles worked someone would have convinced him to not write that book or to write a much better one....

[@djayjp]

All the rich people are self-made, right? Right...?

[@Jahguaar]

Knowledge supports growth.

[@fredericperrin3279]

I had access to BW's research for almost 20 years, and it was the most insightful I ever read. I had the chance to meet some of the senior investment decision makers at their Westport office. It was a fascinating discussion. Dalio did not become a billionaire by chance. He is clearly super smart, hard working and talented. And yes he also networked well: I know a few extremely successful and wealthy business people, and virtually all of them are social animals. Nothing unusual or fishy there. BW is certainly not a perfect firm, and it has clearly struggled for years now, mostly since Dalio stepped out as the key investment decision maker. That most important decisions were made by a small circle is probably true. A lot of the rest is speculation. This guy seems to have done a lot of work and I respect that. But journalists are sensationalists, they often have no real business experience, and their knowledge of the subjects they write about is often very superficial. I must say my personal experience with journalists on topics I know very well has generally been very poor. Feel free to read the book and be entertained, but take everything there with a pinch of salt. Dalio may have his flaws, but don't think that this journalist has no hidden agenda himself.

[@roc7880]

I had Dalio s book, and I always wanted to read it. His book is important because ideas had lives of their own, and our actions never follow them completely. But this new book is also important.

[@ryanbrownx1]

When I first came to know of Ray, my gut feeling was something doesn't add up here. Now, I know.

[@everythingphp739]

Great article on CD. Now I'll have to listen to this interview on my drive home from work

[@PBoyle]

It is also available as a podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Google Podcasts - which might be easier when driving.

[@SometimesSomethingProductions]

Can you please make it clear if you are being paid to conduct these interviews? I think the audience you have cultivated will not be put off if you are. Personally I would watch this and enjoy it either way. I would even go so far as to say I trust in your ethics that you would only accept interview slots for books you were interested in and with an ability to exit the deal if you had serious issues with an endorsement. Additionally if you stated these were not paid I would be inclined to believe you though that is not my first assumption. And I'm a paranoid guy. But the stakes are small and without a disclaimer I have a wiggling doubt at the back of my mind stronger I think than if it was confirmed this was a paid publicity tour.

[@SometimesSomethingProductions]

To be clear I am not some ray dalio bot casting doubt, I just bought a copy of the audiobook. Unrelated to the current subject matter I just like clarity on things like this.

[@PBoyle]

I am not paid to do interviews. I tend to do them very occasionally and only with people I find interesting.

[@lovisericachii4503]

I was going to ask this question too! thanks. In this generation, sadly a disclaimer is needed T_T

[@thomascrew8268]

Taking complex things and making them simpler is the mark of genius. Dalio likes to go in the other direction and blow his own horn at the same time.

[@dancahill9585]

Whenever the question is Are _________'s Principles the Secret to his Success and ________ is in the financial industry, the answer will always be no. Making money in finance is usually inconsistent with having principles.

[@eudaimonian9473]

behold the copium of the poor and downtrodden

[@theWebWizrd]

That is just extremely wrong and misguided thinking. Principles in this context means having a method for how you make decisions. Successfull people operate with many principles that dictate how they make decisions. They don't make decisions just at random, as would be the case if they didn't have principles. You are thinking of following commonly accepted moral principles, which intuitively should negatively correlate with wealth if not with success.

[@TheJustinJ]

American popular culture, both on the Religious Right, Moderate Middle, and especially on the Far Left are all based on Christian/Catholic views of original sin, and the worthlessness and inherent evil of humanity. If you follow the Bibles advice, you will never have two nickels to rub together: James 4:13-16 Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, and spend a year there and engage in business and make a profit.” Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow... Or: Mark 12:42-44 Jesus called his followers to him and said, “This poor widow put in only two small coins. But the truth is, she gave more than all those rich people. They have plenty, and they gave only what they did not need. This woman is very poor, but she gave all she had... How is wealth evil? And if wealth is Evil, what does that make a jealous, retributive, egomaniac who makes his entire city in the clouds of Gold and Pearls, while condemning anyone beneath him of aspiring to obtain the same?

[@DanielVasoff]

In general I agree, but this isn't always the case. What about John Boggle and his principles of making money? Once Buffet said that Boggle is the guy that has done the most for the average US investor Joe.

[@theWebWizrd]

@@DanielVasoff That is a very good example of investing principles and their usefulness - agreed!

[@jeffw8218]

Ray’s book seems worthless, because lots of the “Principles” contradicts each other, and they don’t apply universally. Which means any of these Principles are just trite meaningless advice, or they are things everyone already knows, but said differently. What’s WORSE, is that at no point in the book does Ray talk about the value of studying high level math, like calculus, statistics, etc.! Ya know, the kinds of courses he took at Harvard Business School! Or, the importance of getting an EARLY job being a Caddy for highly successful Wall St Traders, and learning from them. How come Ray doesn’t tell people to do that??

[@jorgemontero6384]

A friend that worked in BW would tell me, people quoted different principles against each other in discussions, as if it was a bunch of priests in the middle ages, arguing about biblical scripture

[@Ta-mc5jh]

After I heard his prediction on China. His creditable drop to 0.

[@steviecrow914]

Worked for a guy like this. Sadly I wasn’t paid $50M to depart the firm.

[@Lemma01]

Not sure what this is (I am old) - but a great admirer of Pat's insights. Seems like I have time to peel potatoes, regardless

[@dawalrusable]

Gotta love Patrick, he's my weekly source of news on the Rap genre.

[@Axios-Lux]

That Animal Farm quote got me.

[@Zazzri]

So much of what he says is based on rumours, no real evidence. He failed to get a job at Bridgewater 10 years ago and since then keeps trying to attack them.

[@sirkl4272]

Goddammit Patrick. I'm genuinely unhappy that you haven't brought back Sassy Pat a la Winklevoss twins style, but these interviews have been top notch, even if noticeably sass-deficient.

[@theodorehsu5023]

He has to put on his “professional interviewer” hat here, and can’t let “Sassy Pat” get the better of the interview. This belongs to the author, and there was a few bits here that might hint Patrick had a lot of things to navigate to avoid the trouble a “non-disclosure agreement” would create. Last thing he wants is a flip comment to get him and the author in trouble from Ray Dalio’s legal teams.