Humility, Creativity, and Building an Idea Meritocracy | Ray Dalio
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Gary Vaynerchuk
4.8 • 18.1K Ratings
🗓️ 13 January 2025
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
This episode, featuring living Legend, Ray Dalio, is a masterclass in principles, decision-making, and personal growth. Ray shares his journey from starting Bridgewater Associates, the largest hedge fund in the world, to discovering the power of humility and learning from failure. We explore how writing down principles, embracing thoughtful disagreement, and building meaningful relationships have been key to his success.
We also dive into the art of balancing audacity with humility, the impact of meditation on creativity, and the value of radical transparency. Ray’s perspective on decision-making and evolving through failures will leave you with actionable takeaways to apply to your personal and professional life.
Plus, don’t miss our conversations on pattern recognition, the importance of self-awareness, and Ray’s practical advice on managing challenges like bipolar disorder. It’s a deep, honest, and inspiring discussion that will resonate with anyone seeking to refine their mindset and achieve lasting success.
Tune in now to learn from one of the world’s greatest minds and hear insights that can transform the way you think, act, and grow!
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| 0:00.0 | On this episode, |
| 0:02.7 | Living Legend, Ray Dalio stops by. |
| 0:17.9 | Hey everybody, this is Gary Vaynerchuk, and this is a 275 of the Ask Gary Vee's show, and I'm super |
| 0:25.6 | fired up about this episode, and let me explain to you why. |
| 0:29.2 | Knowing my audience, I have a feeling a lot of you are about to be exposed to an extremely |
| 0:33.2 | interesting gentleman. |
| 0:34.9 | More importantly, I think he's going to have disproportionate impact on a |
| 0:38.9 | sector of you because I do think it's coming from an angle that I would argue has very similar |
| 0:45.4 | seeds to, I think, what makes me successful, but comes from a completely different angle. And I think |
| 0:51.3 | that's exactly how you tend to get results. And so Ray Dalio, please, first and |
| 0:56.9 | foremost, allow me to thank you for being on the show. Thank you for having me. I'm thrilled to be here. |
| 1:00.7 | Number one, I'm impressed and I want to make sure everybody checks this out. You are hustling, |
| 1:05.1 | which excites me. You are showing up in all sectors on all sorts of places I respect, Tim Ferriss's podcast, other places that nature. |
| 1:12.9 | And then when I look at Bill Gates and Tony Robbins |
| 1:16.1 | and Ariana Huffington and Jamie Diamond and Mehmet Oz |
| 1:18.9 | and Reed Hastings, the rolodex of quotes |
| 1:22.9 | for your new book, which by the way, |
| 1:24.5 | I just told Ray something very important. |
| 1:26.5 | I do not read as all of you know, |
| 1:28.5 | when I make the joke that I've written more books than I've read, I'm getting dangerously |
| 1:32.5 | close, but the few times I do read is when I'm on vacation between December 20th and the 24th |
| 1:37.8 | when I go off the grid, and I will be reading this book, so I'm excited. Now, so you guys know, that happens because my team's working with him |
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