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2018-10-24
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Continue to read book "Principles: Life and Work" by Ray Dalio
Now and then you come across a book that is great. This was caused me to think about leadership and decision making. These are two areas that I face each day, and it is nice to have some good advice and wisdom on the topic. This book is a homerun from the author. It is about an average guy growing up that became a successful hedge fund trader. The book gives some details about his life, but for the most part, it is about your life and your work place. The book is packed full of wonderful advice. He says "I believe that the key to success lies in knowing how to both strive for a lot and fail well. By failing well, I mean being able to experience painful failures that provide big learnings without failing badly enough to get knocked out of the game." This is the story of my life, me failing over and over again, but through the grace of God, staying in the game. Because of this, I continue to learn and do better. Here is something else I have experienced. "Getting much attention for being successful is a bad position to be in. Australians call it the “tall poppy syndrome,” because the tallest poppies in a field are the ones most likely to have their heads whacked off." Sometimes there will be people that feel the need to start some whacking. Even though, when we fail, we can learn. "In gaining this perspective, I began to experience painful moments in a radically different way. Instead of feeling frustrated or overwhelmed, I saw pain as nature’s reminder that there is something important for me to learn." Here is another lesson. "Most people call something bad if it is bad for them or bad for those they empathize with, ignoring the greater good." Needless to say, over and over again, this book made sense to me. It is long, detailed, and full of wisdom. It was a clear understanding of how the world seems to work. The principles that Dalio gives are excellent. This is truly a winner.
Principles is a book written by someone with great self-awareness. I cannot speak to or of Bridgewater Associates only to the experiences described and captured in the book. What I was left with is a profound sense of person who is deeply self aware of their actions, experiences and environment. Who has then moved to codify their approach through clear processes and procedures to create an environment that installs and reinforces self-awareness throughout the company that they created.
In essence, this book is a combination of a history lesson in life, and a manual to create an environment that forces people to be radically candid with each other. It defines how to create an environment that forces those that participate in it to be self aware. In many ways it is a book of common sense but as the author states "Common sense isn't actually all that common".
It is a book that I will add to my short list of recommended reads. Why? The process of reading the book forces you to self evaluate. As such it forces those that read it to become for a short period at least self-aware. That action as Billie Jean King states creates champions.
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