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Ray Dalio: The principles that made me a billionaire

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Ray Dalio: The principles that made me a billionaire

My First Million

Jul 17
My First Million

My First Million

Jul 17
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Ray Dalio's rules for building wealth: https://clickhubspot.com/rgsk [https://clickhubspot.com/rgsk] Episode 842: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr [https://x.com/theSamParr] ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP [https://x.com/ShaanVP] ) sit down with Ray Dalio ( https://x.com/RayDalio [https://x.com/RayDalio] ) to talk about the holy grail of investing strategies. — Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (0:49) Hitting rock bottom (8:28) Personality traits of the 1% (14:22) Partnerships that win (18:25) Pain + Reflection = Progress (23:30) What’s the money for anyway? (26:26) Principles (28:41) Ray’s hiring philosophy (30:43) Being a caddy (35:16) Mistakes smart investors make (37:01) What Ray spends his money on (39:13) Aliens (41:00) The 5 Big Forces (46:35) Investing in Gold and Bubble Mechanics (52:55) How Bridgewater became the biggest hedge fund (55:40) The gap between the best and everyone else (59:26) The 1 Big Takeaway — Links: • Ray’s Personality Test - https://principlesyou.com/ [https://principlesyou.com/]  • Bridgewater Associates - https://www.bridgewater.com/ [https://www.bridgewater.com/]  — Check Out Sam's Stuff: • Hampton (joinhampton.com [http://joinhampton.com]): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm [http://joinhampton.com/mfm] — Check Out Shaan's Stuff: • Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com [https://www.shaanpuri.com]  • Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm [https://www.somewhere.com/mfm] to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents. • Mercury - Shaan uses Mercury across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/ [http://mercury.com/]  Mercury is a fintech company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., Members FDIC • I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out: beehiiv.com/mfm-challenge My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano /

Highlights

Ray Dalio, founder of Bridgewater Associates, shares his investing philosophy and life principles in this conversation. He discusses his rock-bottom moment, the importance of understanding one's nature, and his core belief that pain plus reflection equals progress.
00:00
Happiness doesn't correlate with wealth—purpose matters more.
00:49
The holy grail is 15 good, uncorrelated return streams.
11:24
Success comes from aligning with your nature.
17:11
Pain plus reflection equals progress.
21:33
Pain + Reflection = Progress
23:35
Money is not inherently valuable
26:27
Your nature doesn't change, but life phases do.
28:41
Values and abilities matter more than skills.
30:43
Human capital is more valuable than financial capital.
35:16
Long timelines lead to entrepreneurial success
37:02
Wealth is a byproduct of playing a game I love.
39:17
Probability of extraterrestrial life is high.
44:03
Debt accumulation leads to restructuring.
49:37
Market is about 75% toward levels seen in 2000 and 1929
52:59
Consistent returns with minimal risk
58:30
Society lacks clear guiding principles and role models.
1:02:00
Prioritize meaningful work and relationships

Chapters

Intro
00:00
Hitting rock bottom
00:49
Personality traits of the 1%
08:28
Partnerships that win
14:22
Pain + Reflection = Progress
18:25
What’s the money for anyway?
23:30
Principles
26:26
Ray’s hiring philosophy
28:41
Being a caddy
30:43
Mistakes smart investors make
35:16
What Ray spends his money on
37:01
Aliens
39:13
The 5 Big Forces
41:00
Investing in Gold and Bubble Mechanics
46:35
How Bridgewater became the biggest hedge fund
52:55
The gap between the best and everyone else
55:40
The 1 Big Takeaway
59:26

Transcript

Ray Dalio: You want to be successful? Here's the mantra for investing. I got my pen. The most fundamental question is, how do I have the upside without having the downside? That approach was the basis of Bridgewater Associates. Going from having to borrow ...