Author
Ray Dalio
Investor and founder of Bridgewater Associates, known for codifying his approach to work and life into explicit written principles.
Solo Library's perspective
Dalio matters to Solo Library because he treats life as a machine you can debug — writing down principles, testing them, and updating them when reality disagrees.
Core ideas
- Radical transparency
- Believability-weighted decision making
- Pain + Reflection = Progress
In the library
Books by Ray Dalio
Quotes
In their own words
Pain plus reflection equals progress.
— Ray Dalio
Where they live in the library
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Reading paths
Journeys featuring Ray Dalio
Think Clearly
A path through the psychology of judgment — how the mind works, where it fails, and how to build a decision system around it.
3 books
Build Your First Business
From validating your first idea to building something that could actually last.
3 books
Become a Better Investor
Behavior, temperament, and time — the parts of investing that actually matter.
2 books
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