Who recommended Principles?

53 people have recommended Principles in the interviews, articles and reading lists we track, including Bill Gates, Naval Ravikant, Tim Ferriss and Nat Eliason. Each name links to their full reading list.

Is Principles worth reading?

53 people we track recommend it. It is best for: A mid-level manager in a fast-scaling tech company who’s frustrated by opaque CEO decisions and wants to build a case for clearer decision-rights and mistake-embracing processes.; A solo financial advisor reconsidering their own investment philosophy after a few painful market swings, looking for a way to turn personal failures into explicit, teachable heuristics.; A founder of a 30-person e-commerce business who’s hitting scaling friction because they can’t let go of gut checks and wants a template for systematizing delegation without losing team trust.. It may not suit: You’ll likely put it down when the endless lists of numbered principles start feeling like a corporate compliance manual rather than wisdom. The book is dense and repetitive after the biographical section.; You’ll bounce off when Dalio’s tone turns smug and self-congratulatory, framing his own path as the only logical one. The relentless certainty grates after a while.; Skip if you’re looking for compassionate, human-centric guidance; the book treats emotions as bugs to be debugged, which can alienate readers wanting empathy. you'll likely put it down once the emotional coldness becomes overwhelming..

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Principles by Ray Dalio: Recommended by 53 People

Name: Principles
Author: Ray Dalio
ISBN: 9781501124051

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * 5 MILLION COPIES SOLD “Significant...The book is both instructive and surprisingly moving.” —The New York Times Ray Dalio, one of the world’s most successful investors and entrepreneurs, shares the unconventional principles that he’s developed, refined, and used over the past forty years to create unique results in both life and business—and which any person or organization can adopt to help achieve their goals. In 1975, Ray Dalio founded an investment firm, Bridgewater Associates, out of his two-bedroom apartment in New York City. Forty years later, Bridgewater has made more money for its clients than any other hedge fund in history and grown into the fifth…